Recorder-player, disk & radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUTOMATIC DISK CHANGER/78RPM/AM-SW/AC/TUBE/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0544.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA Victor Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- QU-8
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 32
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CABINET; METAL, GLASS, AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1940S AND 1950S.
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED AND SOLD IN CANADA. - Function
-
TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK 78 RPM DISK RECORDS: AUTO-CHANGER PLAYS BOTH SIDES OF DISK. ALSO TO RECEIVE AM BROADCASTS ON REGULAR AM AND SHORT WAVES UP TO 22.6 MHZ. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF THE MOST ELABORATE OF THE "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" UNITS OF THE PERIOD. THE RECORD CHANGER THAT PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF UP TO 20 - 78 RPM DISKS IN MIXED SIZES IS OF SPECIAL INTEREST. THE UNIT COULD ALSO BE USED AS A P.A. SYSTEM & DRIVE UP TO 30 SPEAKERS. [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- various knobs see condition report
- Finish
- CABINET STAINED AND VARNISHED - FINISH IN POOR SHAPE
- Decoration
- MOLDING AROUND TOP AND BOTTOM OF CABINET AS WELL AS ON DOORS/ DECORATIVE DESIGNS ON DOOR KNOBS
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RCA Victor Co. Ltd., Recorder-player, disk & radio, circa 1941, Artifact no. 1996.0544, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0544.001/
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