General Information

Serial #

3703

Part Number

1

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL, PROBABLY PLASTIC PTS, GLASS, FIBRE (INCLUDING FELT COVER ON TURNTABLE)/.2-.5 METAL, FIBRE (IN WIRES), POSSIBLY SOME PLASTIC PTS/.6-.8 METAL/.9 METAL, FIBRE (IN WIRES), POSSIBLY PLASTIC?/.10 METAL (PLATED BRASS) & RUBBER

Dimensions

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

Length

45.5 cm

Width

54.0 cm

Height

40.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

USED FROM PERIOD OF THE INTRO. OF ELECTRICAL RECORDING IN THE LATE 1920'S TO DEMISE OF 78'S C. MID 1950'S

Canada

USED IN CANADA/ USED TO RECORD MANY CANADIANARTISTS

Function

TO RECORD AUDIO ON TO A MASTER DISK BY MECHANICALLY CUTTING GROOVES TO CORRESPOND TO THE AUDIO OUTPUT/ THE RECORD STAMPER WOULD BE MADE FROM THIS MASTER

Technical

ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORD CUTTING LATHES USED FOR ELECTRICAL RECORDING IN CANADA

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON RECORDING ARM '704'/ ON PLATE INSIDE 'REMOVE TO OIL 13 BEARINGS'/ PLATE '37031'/ PLATE ABOVE HAS SEVERAL CUT OUT 'TRACKS', MK'D '110', '100' '96', '86', & DIAGONALLY IN CORNER '132[?]2'/ PLATE ON MOTOR INCLUDES 'PHONOGRAPH MOTOR/ MODEL 55Y5A7/ VOLTS 110 CYC. 50/ RCA Victor Company, Inc./ U.S.A./ Pat.1267536, 1[6]1274[0], 1852829'/.2 '189'/.3 '137'/.4 MFR'S PLATE 'TRADE MARK/ Western Electric/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ D-85262 ELECTRICAL RECORDER/PAT. IN U.S.A. NOV. 17 192[5]/ PATENTS APPLIED FOR/ MADE IN U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. 394', HANDWRITTEN ON BOX 'B 704'/.5 ON FRONT 'RCA'/.9 HAS MASKING TAPE ON IT HANDWRITTEN 'BROKEN'

Missing

MICROSCOPE & SUPPORT STRUCTURE

Finish

.1 CASING HAS TEXTURED GREY FINISH, SOME PTS HAVE CHROME-LIKE FINISH, SOME BLACK, GREEN COVER ON TURNTABLE, REDDISH-BROWN BELT/.2-.5 NICKEL-LIKE FINISH, BLACK PTS/.2-.4 PTS HAVE TRANSPARENT FINISH, WOOD APPEARS GOLDEN BROWN/.6-.8 NICKEL-LIKE FINISH, PARTLY CHIPPED OFF, SOME BLACK PTS/.9 MAINLY DARK BRASS, DARK SILVER-GREY PT, BLACK PTS/.10 NICKEL-LIKE FINISH, ONE BAND APPEARS RUBBED OFF TO SHOW BRASS COLOUR, RUSTY RED TUBE

Decoration

N/A