General Information

Serial #

647-00333

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, METER WINDOW, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

48.2 cm

Width

33.5 cm

Height

13.2 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 Kingdom

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, INSTRUMENT WHICH GENERATES PERIODIC SIGNAL. THIS ONE PROVIDED TEST QUALITY SIGNALS FOR LABORATORY OR PRODUCTION MEASUREMENTS FROM 10 HZ TO 10 MHZ.

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 READING "651B TEST OSCILLATOR/ HEWLETT PACKARD"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD LTD./ U647-00333/ MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN"/ BLACK & RED LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT, BLACK ON BACK

Missing

POWER CORD From CA of 11/16/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - may be missing feet, not power cord

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE-GREY PAINTED CASING/ GREY PAINTEDCASING FRONT/ UNFINISHED CASING BACK/ BRUSHED METAL & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK & RED CONTROLS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS/ WHITE METER FACE WITH COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT WINDOW

Decoration

BLUE, BLACK & WHITE "HP" LOGO PLATE ON FRONT/ SIMILAR LOGOS ON LABEL ON EACH SIDE