Recorder-player, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLOOR
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0590.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PRESTO RECORDING CORP.
- MODEL
- 6N
- LOCATION
- Paramus, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2857
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- The body of the unit is metal, possibly ferrous/various components of the turntable and amplifier are aluminum and brass/gaskets,turntable pads and rollers are rubber/warning light indicators and tube contai ning cutting specs are plexi.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 57.5 cm
- Width
- 57.5 cm
- Height
- 102.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PRESTO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Paramus
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1950s & 1960s
- Canada
-
Used in Canada at CKSL-AM radio station, London, Ontario. - Function
-
Used to make disk recordings at 78 or 33 1/3 r.p.m. - Technical
-
Typical soft record disk cutting system in common use inthe broadcast industry before the advent of the tape recorder. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1: Mfr's plate on lower left corner of top bears following info.: 'MADE/IN/USA/PRESTO/VOLTS/115/CYCLES/60/PRESTO RECORDING CORP./PARAMUS, N.J., U.S.A./WATTS SER. 2857 TYPE 6N'/Plate on cutter bears following info.: 'PRESTO CUTTER 1-D/PRESTO RECORDING CORP./PARAMUS, N.J., USA'/stencilled to left of plate:'PRESTO/NEW YORK U.S.A.'/.2: Plate on centre front of casing: 'McCURDY/RADIO I NDUSTRIES LIMITED'/Plate on amplifier unit, inside casing bears following info.: 'PRESTO RECORDING CORP./PARAMUS, N.J. U.S.A./TYPE A-93 SER. 122'/'PRESTO RECORDING CORP./NEW YORK, U.S.A.' appears on meter face/All switches, connections, etc. labelled.
- Missing
- Attenuator switch & lamp cap on front panel.
- Finish
- The cabinet for the unit is grey-blue. The turntable is silver as are some of the components on the lathe. The serial no. plate is silver metal with a black background and white printing.
- Decoration
- N/A
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PRESTO RECORDING CORP., Recorder-player, disk, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1985.0590, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1985.0590.001/
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