Telephone answering device
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TAPE/SOLID STATE
- DATE
- 1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0086.001
- MANUFACTURER
- T.A.D. Avanti Inc.
- MODEL
- TAD-10V
- LOCATION
- Lakewood, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 00138
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL HARDWARE & PANELS/ WOOD VANIRED WALNUT SIDE PANALS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, CORD, REELS, TAPE/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS/PAPER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS/.2 SYNTHETIC WITH METAL PLUG
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 29.0 cm
- Height
- 10.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Avanti
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Lakewood
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED BY DONOR FROM 1971 TO 1990'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
IN THE TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER'S ABSENCE, TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE; PLAYS A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE, & THEN RECORDS A TIMED MESSAGE FROM THE CALLER BEFORE DESCONNECTING. - Technical
-
GOOD EXAMPLE OF EARLY TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MFR'S PLATE: `TELEPHONE ANSWERING DEVICE/ SOLID STATE/ K-107 MODEL TAD-10V/ SERIAL NO. 00138/ AC. 117VOLT 50/60Hz 40WATTS/ T.A.D. AVANTI, INC. LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA U.S.A./ PRODUCT OF JAPAN/ U.S. & CANADIAN PATENT PENDING/ 2810 TRK'/ ON FRONT: `Record-a-Call [REG. TRADE MARK]'/ FRONT CONTROL DECK: `ON TEST POWER READY AUTO-ANSWER REWIND LISTEN RECORD2 CONFIRM RECORD1 CALL MAX/MIN MIC ON/MONITOR'/ CONTROLS AT REAR: `RING DELAY 1-10/ TIMER 0-10/ EXT. SP./ ANOUNCE/FOODPEDAL RECORD/ FIX CONT./ MULTI-LINE COUPLER'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 LIGHT GREY PAINTED LIFT-UP TOP/ BLACK SPEAKER COVER & FRONT CONTROL DECK WITH WHITE PRINTING/ BLACK, RED & WHITE BUTTONS & KNOBS/ RED, GREEN & ORANGE LIGHT COVERS/ BROWN WOOD GRAINED SIDE PANELS/.2 WHITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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T.A.D. Avanti Inc., Telephone answering device, circa 1971, Artifact no. 1994.0086, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0086.001/
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