Tape, audio

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OBJECT TYPE: MAGNETIC/CARTRIDGE/8-TRACK
DATE: 1975
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0271.001

MANUFACTURER: HARDMAN INDUSTRIES LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC TAPE & CARTRIDGE/ PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Height: 2.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: HARDMAN
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1970S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE PURCHASE BLANK & USED FOR HOME RECORDING. 8-TRACK PLAYERS WERE POPULAR, ESPECIALLY IN AUTOMOBILES, FROM LATE 1960S TO LATE 1970S. HOME RECORDING FROM RADIO BROADCASTS & FROM COMMERCIAL RECORDS WAS POPULAR PASTIME IN 1970S.
Function: RECORDING & PLAYBACK MEDIUM FOR USE WITH 8-TRACK CASSETTE AUDIO RECORDER-PLAYER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF 8-TRACK AUDIO CARTRIDGE. 8-TRACK WAS BASED ON CONTINUOUS LOOP CARTRIDGE SYSTEM DEV'D IN 1950S & IMPROVED BY W.P. LEAR IN 1984. IT SUFFERED FROM MECHANICAL PROBLEMS & BECAUSE IT HADBEEN DESIGNED FOR AUTOMOBILE PLAYBACK IN MOVING VEHICLE, COULD NOT FAST-FORWARD, REWIND, ERASE OR EDIT EASILY. IT WAS NOT POPULAR AS HOME RECORDING MEDIUM & BY EARLY 1980S HAD BEEN LARGELY DISPLACED BY 1/4 INCH COMPACT CASSETTE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.2 RAISED LETTERING READING "MFG'D UNDER LICENSE FROM/ LEAR JET STEREO INC./ BY HARDMAN INDUSTRIES LTD.-TORONTO/ PATD. 1972-70 CANADA"/.1 RED & BLACK "BASF" LOGO & HANDWRITTEN "AIR FARCE"/.2 WHITE & SILVER LETTERING READING "CYCLES/ 375 ft.pi./ 114.3M/ 80/ 80 Minute/ 8 Track Recording Tape/ Cartouche Ruban Magnetique/ AudioMagnetics/ Rexdale, Ontario M9W 5M9"; HANDWRITTEN IN SCRIPT "Tribute to Elvis/ Thursday/5/1/78"
Missing: COVERS
Finish: BROWN TAPE/ BLACK CARTRIDGE/.1 WHITE LABEL/.2 BLACK & WHITE LABEL
Decoration: N/A

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HARDMAN INDUSTRIES LTD., Tape, audio, circa 1975, Artifact no. 2001.0271, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0271.001/

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