Player, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1899
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0310.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Berliner, E.
- MODEL
- B
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 347
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- A varnished wooden gramophone with a metal top, turntable and handle. On top of the turntable is a layer of green felt (possible) and the end of the handle has a synthetic handle.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.6 cm
- Width
- 55.9 cm
- Height
- 43.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Berliner
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
An apparatus for reproducing sound from records, comprising a turntable that spins the record at a constant speed and a stylus that slides along in the groove and picks up the sound, together with an amplifier and a loudspeaker - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on front of gramophone reads "BERLINER'S/ GRAM O PHONE/ MADE IN CANADA/ PATENTS/ N0S. 55078 & 55079. FEB 24 391[?] (VERY FADED)/ TYPE B347/ E. BERLINER MONTREAL"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK JAPANNED HORN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Berliner, E., Player, disk, circa 1899, Artifact no. 1970.0310, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1970.0310.001/
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