General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Hard-bodied lid with artificial leather edging.

Dimensions

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

Length

41.5 cm

Width

34.0 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Ampex

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Redwood City

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Owned by celebrated Canadian jazz musician Oscar Peterson.

Function

Used to store and protect the tape recorder. The interior of the lid serves to secure the power supply cord, the adapter, as well as the film wheels.

Technical

Designed by Ampex engineer Jack Wernli and first introduced in 1954, the 601 is a high-quality, portable tape recorder-player. At “only 27 pounds” it was considered lightweight at the time (Leslie and Snyder, 2010, p. 7). It pairs with the Ampex 620 amplified loudspeaker, as part of a portable “suitcase” unit (see 2013.0667).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

The proper right clip is missing its gold coloured cover.

Finish

Hard-bodied lid with two gold coloured metal clips. The sides of the lid has brown artificial leather edging with yellow stitching. The interior of the lid has two brown leather straps to secure the power cord. The interior of the lid also holds two film wheels.

Decoration

N/A