General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Vinyl exterior covering; brass clasps; fabric interior lining; wood (possibly) frame

Dimensions

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

Length

40.7 cm

Width

34.0 cm

Height

5.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Tandberg

Country

Norway

State/Province

Unknown

City

Oslo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Late 1950's to mid 1960's

Canada

Donor was in the RCAF and was stationed at the Metz Canadian air division headquarters after World War II. Donor collected vinl records, but was intrigued by the new tape recording mediums that became available at that time. One of Allatt's comrades ourchased the Tandberg 5 tape player-recorder when passing throug Norway, brought it back to the Metz RCAF headquarters, and sold it to Allatt.

Function

To provide a base for a tape recorder-player that attaches to another piece to form a case for storage and transportation.

Technical

The model 5 recorder was, like most Tandbergs, a three-springed model, with a single motor sitting right between the reels. Made in 1958, the model 5 is curious in that it's actually a four-track machine and, although it can playback stereo tapes, it can only record in mono; the rationale being that there was only a minute amount of recordable stereo material available. Refording in stereo sound was made possible by connecting an optional stereo record amplifier to the tape player-recorder. This tape player-recorder is one of the first European-made stereo recording devices made available on the market. An interesting fact is that although the machine has two power amplifiers for playing back stereo tapes, only one loudspeaker is built into the case.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None.

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Medium brown vinyl exterior with a lighter brown cloth interior.

Decoration

N/A