Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TABLE
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0636.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Amperite
- MODEL
- PGAH
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- G396
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST WHITE METAL CASE. ALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM, MAGNET ASSEMBLY, VOICE COIL, MATCHING TRANSFORMER. 3 TERMINAL AMPHENOL TYPE CONNECTOR. PROTECTIVE METAL SCREEN OVERDIAPHRAGM OPENING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Amperite
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940-1960
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE & MUSIC, AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE AC WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER OR TO DRIVE SOUND SYSTEM SPEAKERS. - Technical
-
TYPICAL GENERAL PURPOSE MICROPHONE OF THE PERIOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'AMPERITE N.Y.C./ OFF/ PGAH MADE IN U.S.A.' PRINTED ON SWITCH PLATE/ SN STAMPED INTO SWITCH PLATE: APPEARS TO BE 'G396'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- ENTIRE MICROPHONE IS CHROME FINISH EXCEPT FOR SCREEN/ BLACK SWITCH PLATE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Amperite, Microphone, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1985.0636, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0636.001/
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