General Information

Serial #

63325

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CASING WITH SYNTHETIC FABRIC SPEAKER COVER/ METAL CONTROL PANEL, SWITCHES, WORKING PARTS, HARDWARE/ METAL METER CASING WITH GLASS COVER/ GLASS METER COVER & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

56.6 cm

Width

54.6 cm

Height

111.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TURNER

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

High Wycombe

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1930S

Canada

COMPONENT OF 1930S CBC RADIO STUDIO RECORDING SYSTEM USED TO RECORD IMPORTANT RADIO BROADCASTS OF ROYAL & POLITICAL ADDRESSES, OPENINGS OF PARLIAMENT, FUNERALS & WEDDINGS OF NOTABLES, MAJOR SHIP LAUNCHINGS & OTHER SIGNIFICANT CANADIAN EVENTS.

Function

AUXILIARY COMPONENT OF TAPE RECORDER-REPRODUCER SYSTEM WHICH MONITORED & CONTROLLED VOLUME, FEEDS, & A.C. SUPPLY; ALSO CONTAINED SPEAKER. SYSTEM WAS USED IN RADIO STUDIO TO RECORD BRAODCASTS FOR LATER REBROADCAST.

Technical

COMPONENT OF MARCONI BLATTNERPHONE,EXAMPLE OF EARLY USE OF RECORDING ON MAGNETIC TAPE IN RADIO. DEVELOPED IN EARLY 1930S IN LONDON BY BLATTNER & BBC FOR USE WITH WORDWIDE BBC EMPIRE BROADCAST SERVICE. RIGHTS TO DEVICE WERE PURCHASED BY MARCONI IN 1933.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON METER FACE READING "D.C. MILLIAMPERES/ MARCONI/ MANUFACTURED BY ERNEST TURNER/ ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS L.D. HIGH WYCOMBE, ENGLAND/ MODEL NO. 509 SERIAL NO. 63325"/ INTERIOR PLATE ON SPEAKER READS "THE BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON Co LTd/ RK LOUD SPEAKER/ 200/250 VOLTS DC/ PAT NOS. 231420, 245796 & OTHERS/ CODE NO. 70694"/ BLACK LABELS WITH WHITE LETTERING IDENTIFYING CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON CONTROL PANEL

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 09/22/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Artifact appears to be complete.

Finish

WOOD STAINED MEDIUM BROWN & VARNISHED?/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROL PANEL ON FRONT WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC & METALLIC CONTROLS/ BLACK PAINTED METER CASING WITH WHITE FACE/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ RED-BEIGE FABRIC

Decoration

N/A