Stylus, disk player
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REPRODUCING/MULTI-PLAY/DIAMOND
- DATE
- 1955–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0463.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Shure Bros. Inc.
- MODEL
- N649-7D
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASE & PACKING/ PAPER BACK/ METAL STYLUS WITH DIAMOND TIP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SHURE
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- NOT USED - WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FROM THE LATE 1950'S THROUGH THE 1960'S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF STYLUS DISTRIBUTED BY A CANADIAN COMPANY AND USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO TRANSMIT DISK GROOVE MODULATIONS TO THE PICKUP ELEMENTS OF A DISK PLAYER WHERE THEY ARE CONVERTED INTO AUDIO-FREQUENCY WAVES. - Technical
-
IMPROVES STYLUS OVER EARLIER TYPES WHICH HAD TO BE DISCARDED AFTER ONLY ONE PLAY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON CASE: 'ASTATIC'/ ON PAPER BACKING LIP: 'N649-7d/ N3D, N7D, N8D/ A Genuine Product of/ SHURE BROS. INC.'/ BACK: 'N649-7d/ N3D, N7D, N8D/PS-600 SP673D/ A-269 818D, 817D/ W-125STD 3118D/ SHURE/ For Records: Stereo - LP/ Tip: 0.7 Mil Diamond/ TO REMOVE: [...]/ A Genuine Product of SHURE BROS. INC./ Canadian Astatic Ltd., SCARBOROUGH,/ Ontario. MIH 2V5'
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- WINE CASE WITH GOLD PRINTING/ YELLOW SPONGE PACKING
- Decoration
- DRAWING OF A DIAMOND & A GLOBE ON FRONT OF PACKAGE
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Shure Bros. Inc., Stylus, disk player, circa 1955–1970, Artifact no. 1991.0463, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0463.001/
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