General Information

Serial #

766

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COVERING ON FRONT PANEL, CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

48.3 cm

Width

36.0 cm

Height

17.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

General Radio

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Cambridge

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960'S+

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED IN ENGINEERING DEPT. OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. CREATED IN 1939, NFB IS PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES FILMS & OTHER AUDIOVISUAL WORKS WHICH REFLECT CANADA. AT ONE TIME WELL FUNDED BY GOV'T, NFB HAD GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT BY WELL KNOWN MFRS.

Function

GENERALLY, INSTRUMENT WHICH GENERATES PERIODIC SIGNAL. THIS ONE SERVED AS SOURCE OF POWER FOR BRIDGES & OTHER NETWORKS WHERE FREQUENCY RANGE NEEDED EXTENDED BEYOND NORMAL LIMIT OF AUDIO OSCILLATORS INTO SUPERSONIC RANGE.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTICAL TEST EQUIPMENT OF 1960'S, PART OF EQUIPMENT OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED WHITE? LETTERING READING "OSCILLATOR/ TYPE 1302-A SERIAL NO. 766/ GENERAL RADIO CO./ CAMBRIDGE MASS. U.S.A." WITH PATENT INFO./ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ HAND INCISED "NFB 9216" ON FRONT PANEL/ PLATE ON BACK READING "115 VOLTS/ 50-60 'CYCLES'"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/15/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing power cord

Finish

FLAT BLACK PAINTED CASING TOP & BACK, METALLIC SIDES & BASE/ BLACK TEXTURED COVERING ON CONTROL PANEL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ RED SYNTHETIC LIGHT/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED METAL DIAL

Decoration

N/A