Tuner, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRE-TUNER
- DATE
- 1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0304.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Instruments Ltd.
- MODEL
- 11
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 WOODEN CABINET; SYNTHETIC & METAL COMPONENT PARTS & FITTINGS VISIBLE..2 SYNTHETIC, META & WOOD COMPONENTS; FABRIC COVERING ON WIRING. bakelite nobs.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.7 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Instruments
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF TUNER USED 1923+
- Canada
-
EARLY PRE-TUNER MFD IN OTTAWA, ON BY INSTRUMENTS LTD. IN 1923. - Function
-
TO PRE-TUNE A RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL PRIOR TO CONVERSION TO AUDIO FREQUENCIES BY A DETECTOR. - Technical
-
TUNES WAVE LENGTH RANGE FROM 150 TO 4,000 METERS, USING A SINGLE TAPPED COIL AND A VARIABLE CONDENSER OF.001 MFD. (REF. 2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "INSTRUMENTS LTD./ OTTAWA./ PATTERN No. [blank]/ SERIAL No. [blank]" printed in off-white along bottom edge of control panel. All controls, connections, etc. labelled..2 No markings visible.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN. From CA of 12/18/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- .1 CABINET IS RED-BROWN WOOD WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC TOP OR FACE PLATE. FITTED WITHMOULDED BLACK SYNTHETIC KNOBS; BRIGHT BRASS-COLOUR CONTACTS, ETC..2 GREEN-BROWN TUNING COIL WIRES WOUND AROUND BLACKENED METAL HOOP. BUNDLED WIRES WRAPPED IN RED-BROWN FABRIC COVERING. BLACK SYNTHETIC HANDLE ON BRIGHT COPPER OR BRASS SHAFT.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Instruments Ltd., Tuner, radio, 1923, Artifact no. 2001.0304, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0304.001/
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