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OBJECT TYPE: FLOOR MODEL/INTERNAL HORN
DATE: 1919
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0035.001

MANUFACTURER: HEINTZMAN, GERHARD LTD.
MODEL: A
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 4734
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD AND METAL CONSTRUCTION. FELT PAD ON TURNTABLE. FABRIC SPEAKER COVER. FAUX IVORY NEEDLE CASE STORED INSIDE CABINET, NEAR TURNTABLE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 52.0 cm
Width: 46.0 cm
Height: 111.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: HEINTZMAN
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTIC PHONOGRAPH BUILT IN CANADA BY GERHARD HEINTZMAN LTD., A WELL KNOWN AND SUCCESSFUL PIANO MFR. (1881- 1928) HEINTZAMN BEGAN BUILDING PHONOGRAPHS IN 1916, IMPORTING PARTS FROM THOMAS MFG. CO., OTTO HEINEMAN, MEISSELBACH AND OTHER AMERICAN SOURCES. (REF.1)
Function: TO REPRODUCE SOUND RECORDED ON RECORD DISKS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF INTERNAL HORN, UPRIGHT, FLOOR MODEL DISK RECORD PLAYER OF THE VICTROLA PATTERN. GIVEN IT'S PLAIN APPEARANCE AND MORE UTILITARIAN STYLING, IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LESS EXPENSIVEMODELS PRODUCED BY GERHARD HEINTZMAN LTD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 Mfr's plate fixed to inside of lower cabinet door reads " GERHARD HEINTZMAN PHONOGRAPH/ MADE BY/ GERHARD HEINTZMAN LIMITED/ NO. 4734 TORONTO. ". Goldtone decal, below, reads " SOLD BY/ WADE MUSIC CO./ BRANTFORD CAN. ". " GERHARD HEINTZMAN " stencilled in gold on inside back of cabinet top. " PAT'D APPLIED FOR " incised on both sides of reproducer arm fitting. " Fast " & " Slow " speed adjustment labelled./.2 " U.S. PAT. MAY 28-18'8 " incised on mechanism.
Missing: PHONOGRAPH PROPER IS COMPLETE. ONE PIECE OF FRONT GRILLE AND KNOB FROM CABINET DOOR ARE MISSING.
Finish: DARK STAIN APPLIED TO WOODEN CABINET, AND VARNISHED. GOLD COLOUR WOVEN FABRIC COVER BEHIND SPEAKER GRILLE. GREEN FELT PAD ON TURNTABLE.
Decoration: N/A

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HEINTZMAN, GERHARD LTD., Player, disk, circa 1919, Artifact no. 1998.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0035.001/

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