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OBJECT TYPE: FLEXIBLE
DATE: 1885–1899
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0677.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Currier's Large Conical
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: bakelite; fabric; silver metal wire

Dimensions

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

Length: 95.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 3.6 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Assistive technologies
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This conversation tube appears new/ little used.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. This piece was among a collection assembled by a former audiometric technician at the Hospital for Veterans on Christie St., Toronto pre-1945. [Ref. 2]
Function: To direct and conduct spoken sound directly to ear.
Technical: Conversation tube designed by Prof. E.H. Currier as a powerful conductor of sound for the deaf and hardof hearing. [Refs. 3 & 4]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "988.10.1" printed by hand in white ink on earpiece.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Dark brown conical bakelite "mouthpiece"; dark brown woven fabric covered flexible wire tube; dark brown bakelite earpiece formed by elongated, slightly curved tube.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tube, conversation, circa 1885–1899, Artifact no. 2002.0677, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0677.001/

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