General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST WHITE METAL CASE & STANDMOUNTING ASSEMBLY/ 2 CRYSTAL MICROPHONE CARTRIDGES MOUNTED ON A METAL & SYNTHETIC FRAME WHICH IS ISOLATED FROM CASE WITH FOAM RUBBER PADS

Dimensions

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

Length

25.0 cm

Width

7.5 cm

Height

7.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cahoon

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1940-1960

Canada

MFG. FOR ASTATIC CORP. IN CANADA

Function

TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE & MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX AC. THE AC WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER OR TO DRIVE SOUND SYSTEM SPEAKERS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'ON/OFF' PRINTED ON SWITCH PLATE ON MICROPHONE HANDLE/ TWO ALLIGATOR CLIPS BEAR FOLLOWING INFO: 'WELLER ELEC. CO./ CLEVELAND, O. U.S.A./ 60/ SERIES'/ ONE CLIP BEARS IDENTICAL MARKINGS EXCEPT IT IS DESIGNATED 'NO. 60'/ FOURTH CLIP BEARS INCISED STAMP 'JAPAN'/ CAPACITOR (?) BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'RADIO RECEPTOR CO. N.Y.', '488470395', '6P2J8' AND 'K/+'

Missing

N/A

Finish

MICROPHONE IS CHROME COVERED - BLACK CLOTH SCREEN/ BLACK SWITCH PLATE

Decoration

HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL METAL BARS