Oscillator, audio

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0369.001

MANUFACTURER: HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
MODEL: 200D
LOCATION: Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 20136
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 47.0 cm
Width: 30.0 cm
Height: 22.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Service-test equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: HEWLETT PACKARD
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Palo Alto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED C. 1950S +
Canada: USED BY MR. OSMOND KENDALL (1909-1996), POSSIBLY IN HIS DEVELOPMENT OF "COMPOSER-TRON", AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHICH ENABLED COMPOSER/MUSICAL ARRANGER TO CREATE PIECE DIRECTLY AS IT IS CONCEIVED. (REF.1) AUDIO OSCILLATOR USED BY KENDALL FOR 'PITCH' FUNCTION WAS A HEWLETT-PACKARD MACHINE. (REF.1 FILE 1/4)
Function: Generate alternating current voltages in the audio frequency range for purpose of testing the audio response of transmitters, amplifiers, loudspeakers, transmission lines, etc.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " AUDIO OSCILLATOR/ MODEL 200D/ HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY/ PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA " appears on plate on lower front of casing. " D-125 " handwritten in black marker in upper right of casing. " O. K. KANDALL. " printed on black dyna-tape label applied to front top of casing. "SERIAL NO. 20136", "MADE IN/ U.S.A." & "TYPE NO. 121548" stamped in black ink on casing back. Plate fixed to casing back reads " LICENSED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. UNDER U.S./ PATENTS OF AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. AND/ WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. AND BY RADIO CORPORA-/ TION OF AMERICA./ (SEE LABEL INSIDE)/ IF THIS SET CONTAINS....* cont's in Comments.
Missing: APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE.
Finish: GREY-BROWN PEBBLE-TEXTURED FINISH APPLED TO CASING; SILVER METAL CARRY HANDLES ATTACHED TO EACH SIDE.
Decoration: N/A

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HEWLETT-PACKARD CO., Oscillator, audio, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1997.0369, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0369.001/

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