General Information

Serial #

738-00283

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

48.3 cm

Width

33.4 cm

Height

13.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HEWLETT PACKARD

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960'S+

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED IN ENGINEERING DEPT. OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. CREATED IN 1939, NFB IS PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES FILMS & OTHER AUDIOVISUAL WORKS WHICH REFLECT CANADA. AT ONE TIME WELL FUNDED BY GOV'T, NFB HAD GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT BY WELL KNOWN MFRS.

Function

GENERALLY, DEVICE THAT MAGNIFIES STRENGTH OF RELATIVELY WEAK INPUT SIGNAL WITHOUT ALTERING CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT SIGNAL. THIS EXAMPLE IS PRECISION AMPLIFIER USED IN AC CALIBRATION PROCEDURES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTICAL TEST EQUIPMENT OF 1960'S, PART OF EQUIPMENT OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "463A PRECISION AMPLIFIER/ HEWLETT-PACKARD"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "U.S. PATENT PENDING/ 738-00283/ 115/230 VOLTS 50-1000 CYCLES/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ BLACK & RED LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS, BLACK ON BACK

Missing

POWER CORD From CA of 11/16/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - feet appear to be missing; no power cord

Finish

TEXTUREDBLUE-GREY PAINTED CASING/ GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT & BACK/ BRUSHED METAL & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK & RED CONTROLS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

BLUE, BLACK & WHITE "HP" LOGO PLATE ON FRONT/ SIMILAR LOGOS IN LABEL FORM ON SIDES