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OBJECT TYPE: RIBBON/STAND
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0640.001

MANUFACTURER: MARSLAND RADIO ENGINEERING CO.
MODEL: VH
LOCATION: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 105
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON FERROUS CASE & MIKE STAND (PROBABLY WHITE METAL)/ INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION INCLUDES A MAGNET ASSEMBLY WITH ACORRUGAGED ALUMINUM RIBBON HUNG IN THE MAGNETIC FIELD.

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: MARSLAND
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Kitchener

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1935-1950
Canada: MADE IN CANADA BY A CANADIAN CO.
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: BASIC DESIGN A COPY OF THE RCA 44A VELOCITY MIKE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: FOLLOWING INFO. APPEARS ON PLATED AFFIXED TO MICROPHONE: 'MARSLAND/ MODEL VH/ SERIAL 105/ MADE IN CANADA/ MARSLAND RADIO ENGINEERING CO./ KITCHENER, CANADA'
Missing: LEATHER LIKE WASHER REPLACES RUBBER VIBRATION ABSORBING WASHER BETWEEN MOUNTING YOKE & COUPLING/ LEFT SIDE MOUNTING SCREW MISSING
Finish: CHROME PLATED
Decoration: N/A

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MARSLAND RADIO ENGINEERING CO., Microphone, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1985.0640, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0640.001/

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