General Information

Serial #

142 327276

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LEATHER CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE/ METAL BODY AND CONTROLS; SYNTHETIC PANEL IN TOP/ SYNTHETIC SPOOLS AND TAPE/ CARDSTOCK BOTTOM INSIDE PANEL AND SPEAKER CONE/ METAL 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

28.5 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

10.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

UHER

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Munich

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS ONE USED FROM THE 1960S PROBABLY TO THE 1980S BY DONOR'S FATHER, HAROLD EASTWOOD

Canada

HAROLD EASTWOOD WAS A SERIOUS AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND, BUTRETIRED TO PEI AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. HE MADE WILDLIFE FILMS FOR THE BBC & FOR UN FAMINE RELIEF. HE FILMED IN AFRICA, MEXICO & N. AMERICA. PROBABLY USED THIS RECORDER TO MAKE HIS FILMS.

Function

USED TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK AUDIO ON TAPE.

Technical

THIS DEVICE RECORDED IN FOUR SPEEDS: 15/16; 1 7/8; 3 3/4; 7 1/2. RECORDED AND PLAYED 1/2 TRACK MONO. ALL TRANSISTOR; BATTERY PORTABLE USING 5 "D" CELLS. SLIDE PROJECTOR SYNCHRONIZATION PROVISION; BUILT-IN SPEAKER; VOICE CONTROL PROVISION; PREAMP AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER OUTPUTS [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE ON INSIDE OF FRONT PANEL: 'UHER WERKE MUNCHEN/ Typ 4000 REPORT-L/ 142 327276 MADE IN W. GERMANY'/ PRINTED ON FRONT PANEL: 'UHER 4000 REPORT-L'/ PRINTED AROUND KEYS & KNOBS: 'START PAUSE STOP RECORDING/ 7 1/2 3 3/4 1 7/8 15/16/ VOLUME TONE REC. LEVEL MICRO'/ PRINTED ON SIDE: 'Radio Phono Speaker Earphone'/ MOLDED IN TOP: 'UHER'/ MOLDED IN REELS: 'UHER [3 TIMES]' 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN/ EMITAPE/ RECORDING TAPE'/ PRINTED IN 4 LANGUAGES ON BACK CARDSTOCK PANEL: 'Keepdry/ Insertion of [?] cells/ Use "Leak Proof" cells only/ Insertion of storage battery/ UHER/ Made in W.Germany'

Missing

FIVE BATTERIES REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF OCT 5/99

Finish

CASE: BROWN LEATHER WITH WHITE STITCHING/ RECORDER: DARK GREY BODY WITH BRUSHED SILVER METAL KEYS AND SHINY METAL FRONT PANEL AND KNOB EDGES/ SHINY BLACK KNOB CENTRES AND STRIP ON FRONT PANEL

Decoration

SILVER STRIPES ON FRONT PANEL