Microphone

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OBJECT TYPE: DYNAMIC/UNIDIRECTIONAL/TABLE
DATE: 1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0139.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric
MODEL: 630A
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3367
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST ALUMINUM CASE; DURALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM, VOICE COIL, MAGNET ASSEMBLY, & ACOUSTIC EQUALIZING CHAMBERS

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.4 cm
Width: 6.4 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1938-1950
Canada: USED BY CBC FOR CANADIAN BROADCASTING
Function: USED TO PICK UP SOUND SUCH AS VOICE OR MUSIC & CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO DRIVE SPEAKERS IN A SOUND SYSTEM OR APPLIED TO A RADIO BROADCASTING RADIO TRANSMITTER
Technical: SECOND SERIES OF DYNAMIC MICROPHONES DEVELOPED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC WHO WERE THE MAJOR SUPPLIER OF BROADCAST MICROPHONES IN THE 1920'S & EARLY 1930'S
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED AROUND BASE: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC U S A 630A'
Missing: N/A
Finish: PAINTED GLOSS BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric, Microphone, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1984.0139, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0139.001/

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