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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

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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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