Stylus collection, disk recorder

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1952–1954
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1549.001

MANUFACTURER: Capps, Frank L. & Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 54
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.2 PAPER & CARDSTOCK/.3-.53 STYLI ARE PROBABLY SAPPHIRE, SOME MIGHT BE METAL; MOST ARE STORED IN FOAM IN WAX PAPER ENVELOPES INSIDE PAPER ENVELOPES/.54 METAL STYLI SHANKS IN CORK

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 10.0 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Capps
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: MARKINGS ON ENVELOPES INDICATE THAT THESE STYLI WERE USED IN THE EARLY TO MID 1950'S
Canada: USED IN CANADA/ USED TO RECORD CANADIAN ARTISTS
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .2 ON COVER 'FRANK L. CAPPS & CO./ 244 WEST [49TH] ST./ NEW YORK, [19] N.Y./ VIA AIR MAIL/ REGISTERED/ 408289/ RCA VICTOR COMPANY LTD./ GENERAL SERVICE DIVISION/ MONTREAL, QUE., CANADA' HANDWRITTEN '.002' & '12041'; HANDWRITTEN ON END '10/ New M[?]/ Sapphire Styli'/.1 ON COVER 'FRANK L. CAPPS & CO., INC./ 20 ADDISON PLACE/ VALLEY STREAM, L.I., N.Y.', 'RCA Victor Co., Ltd./ 1001 Lenoir Street/ Montreal 30/ Canada'; HANDWRITTEN INCLUDES '2523', '950.002'; '20/ 10/ M.2714'; STAMPED ON END 'MONTREAL CANADA/ 26/ NOV/ 19[5]3/ REGISTERED'/.3-.51 ENVELOPES PRINTED 'CAPPS*/ To/ Order No./ Master Recording Stylus/ Incl. Angle/ Radius/ Back Angle/ 'BURNISH: RIGHT/ LEFT/ TIP/ V.U. BELOW REFERENCE SIGNAL:/ AT 33 1/3 RPM/ 78 RPM/ "db Noise level - Decibels below 10 cm/sec./ lateral velocity-total noise, 400 to 10,000 cycles:/ All Styli of our manufacture - and those of/ other manufacture which we have resharpened/ - are covered by CAPPS* Patent No.2187512./ *Reg. U.S. Pat. Off."
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1-.2 BOXES CREAM TO LIGHT BROWN ON OUTSIDE, DARK BLUE INSIDE/.3-.51 STORED IN BROWN ENVELOPES/.52-.53 STORED IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT BEIGE ENVELOPES/.54 DARK SILVER-GREY SHANKS STORED IN BROWN CORK
Decoration: N/A

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Capps, Frank L. & Co. Ltd., Stylus collection, disk recorder, circa 1952–1954, Artifact no. 1995.1549, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1549.001/

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