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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0559.002

MANUFACTURER: Sony Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: video recorder
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic & metal

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: 39.5 cm
Height: 8.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Sony
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Tokyo

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Example of video equipment used for instructional purposes in a Canadian university in the period before the introduction of compact video cassette formats.
Function: To contain and protect contents when not in use.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "SONY/ VIDEOCORDER/ AV-3650/ SONY-MATIC SOLIDSTATE VIDEOCORDER" printed on plate fixed to lid exterior. "TAPE THREADING/ [diagram]/ ATTENTION/ Please confirm that function selector/ lever is in STOP position before/ threading the tape." printed on plate fixed to inside of lid. Second plate, beside, reads: "CAUTION/ Keep the tape path, and other components connecting the/ tape, clean. This includes the head drum, tape guides,/ rotary heads and audio/control head. If these items are/ dirty, picture quality may be severely degraded./ To clean the rotary heads/ use a head cleaner saturated/ with cleaning fluid. Both are included in the accessory/ kit./ To clean the head drum, use a polishing cloth (supplied)/ or chamois saturated with cleaning fluid. Be sure to do/ this before and after operating the Videocorder in a/ corrosive atmosphere, near the seashore, or on a sea-going/ vessel./ [diagram]".
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Red-brown and black pebble-textured synthetic covering on lid exterior; brushed silver metal latches & fittings; black synthetic pads on exterior; light grey pebble-textured synthetic covering lines lid two brown foam rings fitted to lid interior.
Decoration: N/A

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Sony Corp., Lid, circa 1970, Artifact no. 2002.0559, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0559.002/

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