Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CRYSTAL/STAND
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0088.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TURNER CO.
- MODEL
- 55
- LOCATION
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PRESSED STEEL CASE WITH THREADED BRASS MICROPHONE STAND COUPLING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 8.5 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1938-1950
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE, AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER OR TO DRIVE A SOUND RECORDING DEVICE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL: 'TURNER CO./ NO. 55 CRYSTAL MIKE/ [?]'
- Missing
- MICROPHONE CORD AND CONNECTOR/ CRYSTAL MICROPHONE CARTRIDGE
- Finish
- METAL CASE BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL/ MICROPHONE STAND COUPLING, CHROME PLATED
- Decoration
- EGG-SHAPED
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TURNER CO., Microphone, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1990.0088, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0088.001/
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