General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CABINET AND PARTS/ BAKELITE KNOBS/ PLASTIC CORD/ 1 PLASTIC RECORDING DISK/ 1 PAPER DISK/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

28.6 cm

Width

26.0 cm

Height

14.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Brush

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Cleveland

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PURCHASED NEW DURING WWII & USED TO MID 1950'S

Canada

PURCHASED NEW BY DONOR DURING WORLD WAR II AND USED TO MID-1950'S IN HALIFAX & OTTAWA. DONOR WAS OSMOND 'KEN' KENDALL (1909-1996), AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WHO OVER THE YEARS WORKED AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD AND THE DEFENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELDS OF 16MM COLOUR FILM PRINTING AND CINE SOUND RECORDING. HIS MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECT (1951) WAS THE COMPOSER-TRON, A MUSICAL SOUND GENERATOR THAT ALLOWED A COMPOSER TO CREATE NOVEL TONES BY DRAWING THE WAVE PATTERNS ON THE FACE OF A CATHODE RAY TUBE.

Function

TO RECORD AND REPRODUCE THE HUMAN VOICE ON A MAGNETIC DISK.

Technical

VERY EARLY EXAMPLE OF MAGNETIC RECORDING ON "FLOPPY" DISK. PAPER DISKS WERE FOLDED AND COULD BE MAILED IN AN ORDINARY BUSINESS ENVELOPE. THIS MODEL WAS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR CORREPONDENCE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

MICROPHONE/ EARPHONE (CRYSTAL TYPE)

Finish

GREY HAMMERSTONE ENAMEL

Decoration

WHITE PAINTED MFR'S INFORMATION AND LOGO ON INTERIOR/ SMALL METAL PLATE WITH MFR'S LOGO IN BLACK & RED ON PICKUP ARM/ PRINTED LABEL ON UNDERSIDE