Receiver, radio & player, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/FM/SUPERHET/AC/TRANSISTOR/CONSOLE/HOME
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1553.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zenith Radio Corp.
- MODEL
- Z590-1
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, 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
- FIBRE BOARD BODY, METAL FRAME AND VARIOUS PARTS; METAL AND SYNTHETIC SPEAKERS; SYNTHETIC PLAYER COVER; SYNTHETIC TURNTABLE WITH METAL PLAYING PARTS AND BASE; SYNTHETIC AND METAL KNOBS AND CONTROL PANEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 105.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 85.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zenith
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ONE USED FROM C 1965 UNTIL 1994 BY THE OWNER
- Canada
-
AVIALABLE AND USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO RECEIVE AM & FM STEREO BROADCASTS AND PLAY 16, 33 1/3, 45 AND 78 R.P.M. DISKS. - Technical
-
OMNI-DIRECTIONAL SPEAKER DESIGN ADVERTIZED BY ZENITH AS "CIRCLE OF SOUND". EXAMPLE OF MODULAR DESIGN. ALSO HAS TAPE INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS FOR STEREO & MONAURAL TAPES AS WELL ASPROVIDING FOR CASSETTE & 8-TRACK UNITS TO BE PLUGGED IN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FRONT PLATE: 'ZENITH'/ RADIO CONTROL PANEL & DIAL SURROUND READS: 'STEREO FM/ ZENITH/ SOLID STATE/ phono off [?]ape am afc fm/ tune/ FM 88 [to] 160 AM/ stereo push/ mono pull/ bass/ treble/ balance/ loudness/ HEAD PHONE'/ PRINTED AROUND MIDDLE OF TURNTABLE: 'STEREPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY [2 TIMES]'/ ON TONE ARM: 'MICRO/ TOUCH/ 2G/ 78/ LP'/ ON DIALS: '78 45 33 16' 'OFF ON REJ'/ ON TOP OF COVER: 'SOLID/ STATE'/ AROUND JACKS ON BACK: 'RIGHT LEFT/ TAPE INPUT''RIGHT LEFT/ TAPE OUTPUT''RIGHT LEFT/ SPEAKERS'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SIDES, AND BOTTOM LEDGE OF UNIT FAUX WOOD COVERING WITH BACK FAUX LEATHER ON TOP PANEL; SPEAKERS COVERED ON TOP AND SIDES WITH FAUX WOOD; RECORD PLAYER PARTS VARIOUS SHADES OF GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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