Cassette, tape
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0213.007
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 7
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS; SYNTHETIC VIEW WINDOW; FELT AND RUBBER PADS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.3 cm
- Width
- 16.3 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS RECORDER WAS USED LATE 1950S-EARLY 1960S.
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED IN CANADA, THIS DEVICE WAS USED BY AN INSURANCE AGENT TO DICTATE POLICY PROPOSALS FOR LATER TYPING BY HIS ASSISTANT. THE OWNER SAID THIS WAS BETTER USE OF HIS TIME THAN TYPING THEM HIMSELF. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO RECORD A VOICE AUDIO SIGNAL ON MAGNETIC TAPE AND REPRODUCE THE AUDIO SIGNAL AT A LATER TIME FOR TRANSCRIPTION. - Technical
-
FEATURES A CASSETTE CONTAINING STANDARD 5-INCH REEL OF 1/4-INCH TAPE AND A 5-INCH TAKE UP REEL. TAPE CAN BE REMOVED FROM MACHINE AND REPLACED WITHOUT RE-THREADING. THIS MAKES IT A FORERUNNER OF THE PHILIPS COMPACT CASSETTE. (REF. 1) THE MACHINE COULD BE OPERATED BY REMOTE CONTROL. (REF. 2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cassette, tape, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1999.0213, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0213.007/
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