Receiver, radio & player, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/AC/TUBE/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0686.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Marconi Co.
- MODEL
- 4280
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- A518-315
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CABINET/ FIBERBOARD BACK PANEL/ METAL TURNTABLE & PICKUP ARM/ SYNTHETIC SPEAKER COVERS, RADIO PANEL, & KNOBS/ GLASS, SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 83.5 cm
- Width
- 39.5 cm
- Height
- 78.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Marconi
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
DEFINES MARCONI AS STILL BEING IN THE HOME ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IN 1959 (LEFT FIELD CA 1961-2) - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
TRANSITIONAL MODEL (STEREO DISCS INTRODUCED IN 1958)/ THIS UNIT HAS 2 CHANNELS BUT REQUIRED A SEPARATE EXTERNAL SPEAKER FOR STEREO - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTING ON BACK PANEL INCLUDES: '60 CY. ONLY/ MODEL 4280/ 117 VOLTS.5 AMP./ SERIAL 661/ Canadian MARCONI Company/ Established 1902/ Vancouver- Winnipeg-Toronto-Montreal-Halifax-St.John's/ MADE IN CANADA/ A518-315/ Licensedin Canada under/ Patents and Patent Rights of Years 1941-1958/ Canadian Radio Patents Limited/ and/ Canadian Marconi Company.../ QUARANTEE NOTICE.../ USE ONLY MARCONI R.V.C. RADIOTRONS/ WHEN REPLACING DEFECTIVE TUBES'/ STICKERS: 'CSA APPROVED' 'CAUTION RE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS' 'TUBE DIAGRAM'/ ON FRONT: 'Marco[?]/ STEREO/ [DIAL INDICATIONS]'/ INSIDE: 'STEREOPHONIC'/ 'MODEL U.A.8./ MADE IN GT. BRITAIN/ 115 VOLTS 0.12 AMPS 60C/ 12071'/ 'BSR' ON PICKUP/ '1633 45 78' ON KNOB/ 'MONAURAL/ STEREO'
- Missing
- .2: BACK AND BOTTOM PANELS; TOP OF CASE DAMAGED
- Finish
- .1 STAINED & VARNISHED CABINET/ BROWN RECORD PLAYER UNIT/ BROWN & WHITE WOVEN SPEAKER COVERS/ 'SILVER' RADIO PANEL WITH BROWN & 'GOLD'KNOBS/ BLACK PRINTING/.2 WOOD GRAIN VENEER
- Decoration
- .1 'GOLD' METAL TRIM AROUND RADIO PANEL & TWO SPEAKER COVER PANELS/ 'GOLD' METAL COVERING OVER 2 FRONT LEGS/.2 'GOLD' METAL TRIM AROUND FRONT PANEL; BROWN TWEED SPEAKER COVER PANEL
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Canadian Marconi Co., Receiver, radio & player, disk, circa 1959, Artifact no. 1992.0686, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0686.001/
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