General Information

Serial #

M11976

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION; LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE; PAPER INSTRUCTION SHEET FIXED TO CASING BACK.

Dimensions

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

Length

28.0 cm

Width

22.0 cm

Height

14.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Clarke Smith

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wallington

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS CASSETTE PLAYER & TAPES USED C. 1960-1980.

Canada

CASSETTE PLAYER AND TAPES DESIGNED FOR USE BY PEOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND (CNIB) HAS DISTRIBUTED 'TALKING BOOKS' AND PLAYERS TO CANADIANS FREE OF CHARGE SINCE C. 1918. (REF. 2)

Function

TO REPRODUCE SPOKEN WORD IN AUDIBLE FORM.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF CASSETT PLAYER ADAPTED TO NEEDS OF A PERSON WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. PLAYER DESIGN AND OPERATION HAVE BEEN SIMPLIFIED, AND CONTRASTING COLOURS USED TO ASSIST OPERATOR IN LOCATING CONTROLS, ETC. .4 MAILING ENVELOPE USED TO SEND AND RECEIVE CASSETTES VIA POST: MAILING LABEL HAS CLIENT ADDRESS RECORDED ON ONE SIDE; WHEN READY TO RETURN TAPE TO CNIB LIBRARY, CLIENT SIMPLY REVERSED MAILING LABEL WHICH BEARS PRE-PRINTED ADDRESS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Decal on player front reads "MODEL NO. 2048 CSA/ VOLTS/ 110-125 A.C./ FREQ./ 60 Hz./ WATTS/ 18/ [CSA logo]/ CLARKE & SMITH MANUFACTURING Co. LTD./ WALLINGTON- ENGLAND/ CAUTION- DISCONNECT SUPPLY/ CORD BEFORE OPENING". Silver decal, above, reads "PROPERTY OF/ C.N.I.B./ No. 29492". "CLARKE & SMITH" printed on casing top. All controls, etc. labelled. Serial no. "M11976" marked on plate fixed to underside of casing. "TAPE TALKING BOOKREPRODUCER 2048" and instructions printed on paper sheet fixed to casing underside. See entire text reproduced in Supp. Info. Please see image of instruction sheet fixed to underside of player , attached.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

GREEN PEBBLE-TEXTURED CASING; SMOOTH CREAM-COLOUR ENAMEL PANELS ON CASING TOP & FRONT; BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC CONTROL KNOBS AND BLACK LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE; DARK BROWN SYNTHETIC COVERING ON CORD AND PLUG HEAD.

Decoration

N/A