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OBJECT TYPE: DYNAMIC/TABLE
DATE: 1937–1958
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1982.0425.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric
MODEL: 633A
LOCATION: New York, New York, 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: CAST ALUMINUM CASE; DYNAMIC MICROPHONE CAPSULE (WHICH INCLUDES A POWERFUL PERMANENT MAGNET, A DURALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM & VOICE COIL), A BRASS AND CAST IRON MICROPHONESTAND AND CONNECTING MICROPHONE CABLE/ BASE HAS A RUBBER SCRATCH PROTECTOR RING.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1939-1970
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE AND MUSIC, AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT/ THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO DRIVE SPEAKERS IN A SOUND SYSTEM OR APPLIED TO A RADIO BROADCASTING TRANSMITTER
Technical: ONE OF A SERIES OF DYNAMIC MICROPHONES FIRST DEVELOPED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC IN 1931.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EMBOSSED ON UNDER SIDE OF MICROPHONE: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC U.S.A. 633A'/ EMBOSSED IN BASE UNDERWIDE: '23A/ IF456246/ N/ 12'
Missing: N/A
Finish: MICROPHONE CASE, BLUE GRAY GLOSS ENAMEL/ STAND, OLIVE GREEN WRINKLE FINISH ENAMEL
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric, Microphone, between 1937–1958, Artifact no. 1982.0425, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0425.001/

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