Recorder-player, tape
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REEL-TO-REEL
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0666.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ampex Corp.
- MODEL
- 601
- LOCATION
- Redwood City, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 6F290
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- Tape recorder
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.5 cm
- Width
- 35.5 cm
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ampex
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Redwood City
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Owned by celebrated Canadian jazz musician Oscar Peterson. - Function
-
Used to record sound onto magnetic tape, or reproduce sound from a previously recorded tape. - Technical
-
Designed by Ampex engineer Jack Wernli and first introduced in 1954, the 601 is a high-quality, portable tape recorder-player. At “only 27 pounds” it was considered lightweight at the time (Leslie and Snyder, 2010, p. 7). It pairs with the Ampex 620 amplified loudspeaker, as part of a portable “suitcase” unit (see 2013.0667). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the main surface of the player: " METER GLASS MISSING /. AMPEX /. 601 /. MIC REC LEVEL /. INPUT TAPE /. MONITOR SELECTOR /. LINE REC LEVEL /. MICROPHONE /. ON /. OFF /. PHONES " On the black manufacturer plate: " AMPEX /. CORPORATION /. REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA U.S.A. /. MODEL 601 /. MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER /. 117 V.A.C. 60 CYCLES 0.6 AMPS /. CATALOG NO. 7948 - 2 /. SERIAL NO. 6F290 "
- Missing
- As indicated by the blue plate, the meter glass is missing.
- Finish
- Recorder inserted in a synthetic orange casing. The edges of the casing has a brown / orange artificial leather finish with yellow stitching. The casing has numerous orange rubber pegs to set the player. The front of the player has a dark grey metal grilling and a brown synthetic interface. The interface of the player has metal and synthetic detailling, including black knobs, silver switches and black rotation knobs.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ampex Corp., Recorder-player, tape, circa 1955, Artifact no. 2013.0666, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0666.001/
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