Recorder head
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1935–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0643.001
- MANUFACTURER
- REK-O-KUT
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- R 299
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Entire cutter made from metal (steel?) - cloth covered electrical wires with connecting probe; - wiper has a steel base, aluminum arm and rubber wiper.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.0 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 12.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- REK O KUT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used in Canada - Function
-
Early disc record cutter head with drive mechanism intended for use on various turntables. - Technical
-
Typical of home or semi-professional record cutter. May have been partially home-assembled. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate screwed to weight near head bears followinginfo: 'NO./R299/REK-O-KUT/NEW YORK, NEW YORK/MADE IN/U.S.A.'/'RM4' cast in raised print on extreme right end/'MADE IN U.S.A. I.C.A.' appears in raised print on probe housing.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Sides and part of cutter black crinkle finish; - left hand part of cutter has brasslike finish; - left hand base and bars are chrome finish; - probe is painted purple; - wiper base is brown crinkle finish; - wiper arm is chrome finished.
- Decoration
- N/A
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REK-O-KUT, Recorder head, between 1935–1945, Artifact no. 1985.0643, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1985.0643.001/
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