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OBJECT TYPE: DYNAMIC/STAND
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0380.001

MANUFACTURER: TURNER
MODEL: 99
LOCATION: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 6443
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST NON-FERROUS METAL CASE WITH ADJUSTABLE MIKE STAND MOUNTING YOKE/ A WOVEN METAL SCREEN WITH FABRIC WIND-BLAST MATERIAL PROTECTS DIAPHRAGM OPENING/ SYNTHETIC CORD

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.9 cm
Width: 8.9 cm
Height: 13.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: TURNER
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Iowa
City: Cedar Rapids

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1940-1960
Canada: POSSIBLY USED BY MACKENZIE KING FOR WAR BOND DRIVES.
Function: TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE & MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE AC, WHEN AMPLIFIED, WOULD DRIVE SPEAKERS.
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY DYNAMIC MICROPHONE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PAINTED ON BOTH SUPPORT ARMS: 'BLOOM SOUND'/ MFR. PLATE ON TOP: 'TURNER DYNAMIC/ MODEL SERIAL OHMS/ 99 6443 50/ CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA U.S.A.'/ENGRAVED AROUND SCREW ATTACHMENT: 'AMPHENOL'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BROWN GUNMETAL/ BLACK CORD
Decoration: N/A

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TURNER, Microphone, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1988.0380, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0380.001/

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