Recorder-player, tape

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OBJECT TYPE: DIGITAL/MAGNETIC/TABLE
DATE: 1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0241.001

MANUFACTURER: LUX CORP.
MODEL: LUXMAN KD-117
LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

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General Information

Serial #: A70910431
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING; METAL & PLASTIC WORKING PARTS/ CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.8 cm
Width: 35.0 cm
Height: 8.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: LUX
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Tokyo

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: NEW - NEVER USED
Canada: FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MODEL OF A HOME DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE RECORDER IN CANADA; IT MAKES POSSIBLE TAPE RECORDINGS OF A QUALITY EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF THE COMPACT DISK.
Function: RECORDS & PLAYS BACK DIGITAL AUDIO TAPES.
Technical: A NEW AUDIOFORMAT WHICH USES A NEW TYPE OF CASSETTE, A NEW MAGNETIC TAPE FORMULATION, AND A ROTARY-HEAD PLAYER-RECORDER. INFORMATION STORED ON TAPE IS WRITTEN IN DIGITAL LANGUAGE RATHER THAN ANALOG WAVEFORMS, ELIMINATING ERRORS, NOISE, PITCH INSTABILITY, ETC..
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Red lettering on front reading "LUXMAN", white lettering reading "DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE DECK KD-117", with white lettering for control functions/ brown lettering on back reading "LUXMAN KD-117/ DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE DECK/ LUX CORPORATION, TOKYO, JAPAN, LL43240"/ white decal reading "SERIAL NO./ A70910431", under which is brown "AC 120 V, 60 HZ, 43 W", and brown lettering for jacks, etc./ mfr.'s symbols on back and front.
Missing: COMPLETE pts lcn: 2475-TC-D-I-04 (08/Jun/2010)-were in the location but the Parts were not on the shelf and it is unknown what the parts were, patch cords are inside the box-PJM 2022
Finish: BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED BRUSHED METAL CASING FRONT & BACK; BLACK WRINKLE FINISHED CASING; BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, POWER CORD/ BUFF CARDBOARD BOX
Decoration: N/A

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LUX CORP., Recorder-player, tape, 1987, Artifact no. 1987.0241, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0241.001/

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