Stylus, disk player

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OBJECT TYPE: REPRODUCING/SINGLE-PLAY
DATE: 1940–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0151.001

MANUFACTURER: Berliner Gram-o-phone Co. Ltd.
MODEL: REGULAR
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Berliner
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY 1940'S
Canada: MADE & USED IN CANADA
Function: USED TO TRANSMIT DISK GROOVE MODULATIONS TO THE PICKUP ELEMENTS OF A DISK PLAYER WHERE THEY ARE COVERTED INTO AUDIO FREQUENCY WAVES.
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON CASE: 'REGULAR/ NEEDLES/ 300/ "HIS MASTER'S VOICE"/ REG. IN DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE/ MADE IN CANADA/ 300 NEEDLES/ USE EACH POINT/ ONLY ONCE/ BERLINER GRAM-O-PHONE CO./ LIMITED/ MONTREAL/ A[?] CAR CO. 31A16'
Missing: PROBABLY SOME STYLI
Finish: CASE: PAINTED GOLD; LID PAINTED RED; BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: PICTURE OF 'NIPPER' LISTENING TO GRAMOPHONE ON LID

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Berliner Gram-o-phone Co. Ltd., Stylus, disk player, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1996.0151, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1996.0151.001/

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