Stylus, disk player
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MULTI-PLAY/DIAMOND & SYNTHETIC
- DATE
- 1958
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0560.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Walco Electronics Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- W-75DS
- LOCATION
- East Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, DIAMOND AND SYNTHETIC TIPS/ SYNTHETIC CASE/ CARDSTOCK LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.2 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Walco
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- East Orange
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- NEVER USED BUT THIS TYPE WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THE 1960S TO THE 1980S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT DISK GROOVE MODULATIONS TO THE PICKUP ELEMENTS OF A DISK PLAYER WHERE THEY ARE CONVERTED INTO AUDIO-FREQUENCY WAVES - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON INSET: 'Walco/ DIAMOND/ NEEDLE/ THE FINEST NEEDLE FOR YOUR RECORDS/ W-75DS PRINTED IN U.S.A/ W-75DS A PRODUCT OF/ WALCO ELECTRONICS CO., INC., EAST ORANGE, N.J'/ MOULDED IN HEAD OF STYLUS: '78''LPW'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CARDSTOCK INSET: BLACK WITH WHITE AND TURQUOISE PRINTING/ CLEAR PLASTIC CASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Walco Electronics Co. Inc., Stylus, disk player, circa 1958, Artifact no. 1996.0560, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0560.001/
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