Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder
Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder
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- Description (Brief)
- This portable tape recorder from Steelman Phonograph & Radio Company was produced during the early 1950s and featured miniature vacuum tubes in the circuits. Users found this recorder much easier to carry than earlier tape and wire recorders. While transistors accelerated miniaturization and portability in electronics, vacuum tube development had already made smaller and more portable devices practical. By the end of the 1950s however, this recorder was replaced by a transistorized design that used less power and was more rugged.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- tape recorder
- recording device
- date made
- ca 1960
- maker
- Kleinerman, Ben
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0520.02
- accession number
- 1987.0520
- catalog number
- 1987.0520.02
- Credit Line
- from Ben Kleinerman
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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