Stylus, disk player

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OBJECT TYPE: REPRODUCING/MULTI-PLAY/WOOD
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0157.001

MANUFACTURER: B.C.N.
MODEL: NON-METALLIC ROUND
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER PACKAGING; WOOD STYLI

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.3 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: BCN
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: DISTRIBUTED BY A CANADIAN FIRM AND AVAILABLE FOR USE IN CANADA
Function: USED TO TRANSMIT DISK GROOVE MODULATIONS TO THE PICKUP ELEMENTS OF A DISK PLAYER WHERE THEY ARE CONVERTED INTO AUDIO FREQUENCY WAVES.
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE OF A REUSABLE STYLUS MADE OF WOOD. PURPORTED TO ELIMINATE SCRATCHING OF DISK AND LESSENED WEAR OF DISK. HAD TO BE SHARPENED TO MAINTAIN GOOD TONAL QUALITY, PREFERABLY WITH THE B.C.N. SHARPENER AVAILABLE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SEE S.I. FILE FOR COPY OF COMPLETEMARKINGS/ PRINTING INFORMATION INCLUDES: 'B.C.N./ THE MUSIC LOVERS NEEDLE/ ELECTRIC/ PICK-UP NEEDLES/ (Non-Metallic)/ (Round)/ HEINTZMAN & CO., LIMITED,/ 193-197, Yonge Street,/ TORONTO, Ont./ Sole Distributors for the Dominion of Canada/ Made in England. Patented.'
Missing: ONE STYLUS
Finish: PACKAGING: BEIGE WITH BLUE PRINTING; STYLI: PINK
Decoration: DRAWING OF LETTERS 'B.C.N.' ON A DISK

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B.C.N., Stylus, disk player, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0157, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0157.001/

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