General Information

Serial #

114627

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL & PLASTIC CASING/PLASTIC CONTROLS & PARTS/.2 METAL MICROPHONE WITH SYNTHETIC CORD/.3 PLASTIC WITH METAL PLUG

Dimensions

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

Length

24.3 cm

Width

13.1 cm

Height

6.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sony

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1970'S+

Canada

USED BY CBC NEWS IN OTTAWA AREA-CONTAINS CASSETTE TAPE TITLED "QUESTION PERIOD 3/2/80 COPY C-90"

Function

AUDIO CASSETTE TAPE RECORDER-PLAYER

Technical

BY THE 1970'S AUDIO RECORDING QUALITY OF CASSETTE RECORDERS WAS SUFFICENTLY IMPROVED SO THAT THEY BECAME STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR RADIO NEWS GATHERING. WITH ITS PROFESSIONAL QUALITY MICROPHONE & MINIATURE EARPHONE, & OPERATING ON 110 VOLT A.C. OR ITS INTERNAL BATTERY (4"D"CELLS), IT WAS A FLEXIBLE & FULLY PORTABLE SYSTEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Decals reading "SONY/TAPERECORDER TC-110A/AC 117V 60 Hz 3W/DC BATTERY SUPPLY: 1.5V x 4/SIZE "C" FLASHLIGHT OR EQUIVILENT/NO. 114627/DISTRIBUTED BY GENERAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD. VANCOUVER B.C./SONY CORP./TOKYO JAPAN"

Missing

BATTERY UNIT, CASE, mircophone

Finish

.1 BLACK & GREY CASING/RED, BEIGE, GREY & WHITE SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/BLUE CONTROL BUTTON PANEL/.2 GREY METAL WITH PLATED PARTS, GREYPOWER CORD/.3 WHITE

Decoration

.1 2 BLUE, YELLOW, & ORANGE CBC DECALS/WHITE & BLACK DECAL READING "CBC RADIO/OTTAWA AREA NO 45"/DECAL READING "CBC/RADIO-CANADA 22941