General Information

Serial #

1086399

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

Building Acoustics Analyer

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal casing and connector pieces with hard synthetic knobs and flexible synthetic handles.

Dimensions

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

Length

43.0 cm

Width

21.8 cm

Height

14.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bruel Kjaer

Country

Denmark

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1984-1998

Canada

Bell Northern Research, was the research and development subsidiary of Northern Telecom (later Nortel Networks) and Bell Canada. It was built by Northern Telecom at its Trans-Canada plant in Montreal. Northern Telecom and its predecessor, Northern Electric, was for decades Canada’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Originally a subsidiary of the AT&T-owned Western Electric, for which it manufactured American-designed products for the Canadian market, Northern Electric became Canadian-owned in the 1950s and in the 1960s began to design and produce equipment to meet the distinctive needs of Canadian telecommunication companies. In the 1970s, through its new research subsidiary, Bell Northern Research, the company made a concerted shift from conventional analogue equipment into the emerging field of digital communications, becoming in the 1980s the first equipment supplier to provide a complete line of fully digital switching and transmission gear. During this decade the company moved aggressively into export markets, and opened manufacturing and R&D operations in several countries. The company’s sales soared during the internet boom of the 1990s, but a combination of poor financial decisions and a failure to maintain its technological edge led eventually to its bankruptcy in 2009. The original Bell Northern facilities were designed with cutting edge telecommunications research and development in mind with the first three buildings on the campus featuring laboratories, an extensive research library, and an anechoic chamber. The anechoic chamber was the focal point of the Bell Northern Research acoustics research examining both the technology and placement of speakers and microphones in telecommunication devices. The anechoic chamber group was organized under the Industrial Design and working together with design were responsible for the development of the acoustic properties of most products. (From the Acquisition Proposal, see Ref. 1)

Function

Used to characterize the acoustic properties of rooms where acoustic experiments were conducted. (From the Acquisition Proposal, see Ref. 1)

Technical

Used in conjunction with other Bruel & Kjaer equipment to build an experimental acoustic apparatus. (From the Acquisition Proposal, see Ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On the proper front, printed on the green panel: "Building Acoustics Analyzer Type 4418/ Rem. Control/ Direct/ Direct/ Rem. Control/ Ch. A Input/ Direct/ Preamp./ Ch. B Input/ Preamp./ Pol. Volt./ 200 V/ 0 V/ Preamp./ [logo]/ Brüel & Kjaer/ Cal./ Cal./ Ext. Power/ Power/ On/ Range dB/ 20/ 30/ 40/ Rev. Time/ Samples/ 1/ 3/ 9/ Channel/ A & B/ A/ Averaging/ Time/ 32 s/ 16 s/ 5 s/ Recorder/ Single Freq./ Spectrum/ Printout/ Off/ Spectrum/ 50/ 1,25/ 70/ 2,5/ 90/ 5/ 110/ 10/ 130/ 20/ dB/ s/ F.S./ Cal./ DC Output/ Rem. Control/ Level Recorder/ Noise Output/ Ch. A/ Ch. B"/ Labels on and above the various indicators on the proper front: "Stop/ Repeat/ Run/ 2nd/ Calibration/ Level dB Reverberation Time s/ Colon: Batt. Low/ Error/ Clear/ Memory/ V/ m3/ S/ m2/ Source/ Room/ Level/ Receiving Room/ Backgr./ Level/ Level/ Rev. Time/ Ch. A/ Ch. A (Ch. B if A & B)/ Measurement/ Option/ Level/ Differ-/ ence/ Impact/ Level/ Standard-/ ized/ (0,5 s)/ Normal-/ ized/ (V, S)/ Index/ (V, S)/ Sound/ Power/ (V, S)/ Select Level Differ-/ ence or Impact Level/ Calculation/ Hz/ kHz/ 100/ 125/ 160/ 200/ 250/ 315/ 400/ 500/ 630/ 800/ Hz/ N/ n/ 0/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 1/ 1,25/ 1,6/ 2/ 2,5/ 3,15/ 4/ 5/ 6,3/ 8/ kHz/ 1/3 Octave Centre Frequency"/ On the black component attached on the proper front in the proper top right corner: "Battery Box/ ZG 0146/ [logo]/ Brüel & Kjaer/ Release"/ On the assorted stickers on the proper front: BNR [logo]/ ACOUSTIC DESIGN"/ "nt/ FOR/ INDICATION/ ONLY"/ "L- 27355 [logo]"/ On a sticker on the proper top: "Bell-Northern Research/ L0027355"/ Printed on the green panel on the proper back: "Chassis/ Chassis/ Printer/ Interface Bus (LP)/ Fuse: T/ 500 mA/250 V"/ On the two stickers on the proper back: "Brüel & Kjaer/ Serial No. 1 086366/ Made in Denmark"/ [logo]/ BRUEL & KJAER CANADA LTD./ 90 Leacock Road, Pointe Claire, Qué./ MODEL 4418A, s.n. 1086399/ VOLT/ HZ/ VA/ PURCHASE/ DATE/ JULY 1984/ FUSE"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Predominantly black casing with light green panels on the proper front and the proper back. On the green panels are black markings and knobs, silver coloured metal connectors,and white, blue, pink and grey stickers. On the proper front there are several black switches and indicators with white markings printed on them. On the proper top there are two black synthetic handles that collapses almost flush with the top of the casing.

Decoration

N/A