Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DYNAMIC/UNIDIRECTIONAL/CARDIOID/TABLE
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0111.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SHURE BROS.
- MODEL
- 556A
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C4565
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST METAL CASE, MICROPHONE ELEMENTS, FILTERS, TRANSFORMER, MOUNTING ASSEMBLY AND CONNECTOR/ A FINE CLOTH MESH PROTECTS THE MIKE ELEMENTS FROM DUST AND ACTS AS A WIND SCREEN/ SYNTHETIC CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 9.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SHURE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940-1970
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE OR MUSIC, AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A TRANSMITTER. RANGE 40 TO 10,000 CYCLES. - Technical
-
SEE 'A HISTORY OF HIGH QUALITY STUDIO MICROPHONES-JOURNAL OF THE AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY-DEC 1976, PG. 801-803/ 1 OF 2 ORIGINALCARDIOID DIRECTIONAL DESIGNS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE ON STEM: 'MODEL/ 556A CARDIOID/ Unidyne/ UNI/ DIRECTIONAL/ DYNAMIC MICROPHONE/ SERIAL/ C4565/ 35-50 OHMS/ MADE IN/ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ PATENTS PENDING/ SHURE BROTHERS CHICAGO. USA'/ LOGO 'S' ON MIKE BODY
- Missing
- REAR OF CASE BADLY DAMAGED
- Finish
- CHROME PLATED
- Decoration
- STYLIZED 'S', CENTRE FRONT OF GRILL
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SHURE BROS., Microphone, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1984.0111, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0111.001/
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