Case, storage-carrying

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OBJECT TYPE: Microphone
DATE: 1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2016.0282.014

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 14
Total Parts: 14
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Aluminum (possible) case exterior with steel hardware, leather handle, wood structure and foam interior

Dimensions

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

Length: 55.5 cm
Width: 48.0 cm
Height: 21.0 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: ca.1977-1998
Canada: Unknown
Function: Used to store and protect its contents when in transit or when not in use.
Technical: The Soundfield microphone is an audio microphone composed of four closely spaced subcardioid or cardioid (unidirectional) microphone capsules arranged in a tetrahedron. (From Acquisition Proposal, see Ref. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On the labels on the proper front: "BNR [logo]/ ACOUSTIC DESIGN"/ "nt/ FOR/ INDICATION/ ONLY"/ "Bell-Northern Research [logo]/ [barcode]/ C0040028"/ On the plate on the proper front: "[logo] CALREC/ Sound Field/ Microphone"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: The exterior is a textured silver-coloured metal with smooth silver-coloured metal clasps, corner reinforcements and rivets and a black handle. At the proper back are metal hinges with brown corrosion. On the proper front are a white label, a pink label and a grey label and a silver-coloured metal plate with black markings. The interior is predominantly black foam.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Case, storage-carrying, after 1977, Artifact no. 2016.0282, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2016.0282.014/

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