General Information

Serial #

2857

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

The body of the unit is metal, possibly ferrous/various components of the turntable and amplifier are aluminum and brass/gaskets,turntable pads and rollers are rubber/warning light indicators and tube contai ning cutting specs are plexi.

Dimensions

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

Length

57.5 cm

Width

57.5 cm

Height

102.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PRESTO

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Paramus

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1950s & 1960s

Canada

Used in Canada at CKSL-AM radio station, London, Ontario.

Function

Used to make disk recordings at 78 or 33 1/3 r.p.m.

Technical

Typical soft record disk cutting system in common use inthe broadcast industry before the advent of the tape recorder.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1: Mfr's plate on lower left corner of top bears following info.: 'MADE/IN/USA/PRESTO/VOLTS/115/CYCLES/60/PRESTO RECORDING CORP./PARAMUS, N.J., U.S.A./WATTS SER. 2857 TYPE 6N'/Plate on cutter bears following info.: 'PRESTO CUTTER 1-D/PRESTO RECORDING CORP./PARAMUS, N.J., USA'/stencilled to left of plate:'PRESTO/NEW YORK U.S.A.'/.2: Plate on centre front of casing: 'McCURDY/RADIO I NDUSTRIES LIMITED'/Plate on amplifier unit, inside casing bears following info.: 'PRESTO RECORDING CORP./PARAMUS, N.J. U.S.A./TYPE A-93 SER. 122'/'PRESTO RECORDING CORP./NEW YORK, U.S.A.' appears on meter face/All switches, connections, etc. labelled.

Missing

Attenuator switch & lamp cap on front panel.

Finish

The cabinet for the unit is grey-blue. The turntable is silver as are some of the components on the lathe. The serial no. plate is silver metal with a black background and white printing.

Decoration

N/A