Recorder-player, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAGNETIC
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0039.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Brush Development Co.
- MODEL
- MAIL-A-VOICE/BK-501?
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CABINET AND PARTS/ BAKELITE KNOBS/ PLASTIC CORD/ 1 PLASTIC RECORDING DISK/ 1 PAPER DISK/ RUBBER FEET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.6 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 14.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Brush
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PURCHASED NEW DURING WWII & USED TO MID 1950'S
- Canada
-
PURCHASED NEW BY DONOR DURING WORLD WAR II AND USED TO MID-1950'S IN HALIFAX & OTTAWA. DONOR WAS OSMOND 'KEN' KENDALL (1909-1996), AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WHO OVER THE YEARS WORKED AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD AND THE DEFENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELDS OF 16MM COLOUR FILM PRINTING AND CINE SOUND RECORDING. HIS MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECT (1951) WAS THE COMPOSER-TRON, A MUSICAL SOUND GENERATOR THAT ALLOWED A COMPOSER TO CREATE NOVEL TONES BY DRAWING THE WAVE PATTERNS ON THE FACE OF A CATHODE RAY TUBE. - Function
-
TO RECORD AND REPRODUCE THE HUMAN VOICE ON A MAGNETIC DISK. - Technical
-
VERY EARLY EXAMPLE OF MAGNETIC RECORDING ON "FLOPPY" DISK. PAPER DISKS WERE FOLDED AND COULD BE MAILED IN AN ORDINARY BUSINESS ENVELOPE. THIS MODEL WAS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR CORREPONDENCE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- MICROPHONE/ EARPHONE (CRYSTAL TYPE)
- Finish
- GREY HAMMERSTONE ENAMEL
- Decoration
- WHITE PAINTED MFR'S INFORMATION AND LOGO ON INTERIOR/ SMALL METAL PLATE WITH MFR'S LOGO IN BLACK & RED ON PICKUP ARM/ PRINTED LABEL ON UNDERSIDE
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Brush Development Co., Recorder-player, disk, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1981.0039, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0039.001/
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