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Western Electric 143-W “Receiver”

The part you hold to your ear

Robert Von Lieben

First tube amplifier (2 years before vacuum)

French TM Type R tube

SG Brown Ltd.

Mechanical microphone amplifier exterior

SG Brown Ltd.

Mechanical microphone amplifier interior

Cunningham SX-301A

Vacuum tube

Penta Laboratories PL-4-400A Transmitter tube

General Electronics DR-300

Vacuum tube

International Electronics

833-C transmitter tube

Bang & Olufsen Power ICE amplification module

KR Audio Kronzilla T-1610

Largest audio amplification tube

Electric Tomatoes by Olney & Floyd

“Good Things To Eat from out of the Air” 136 tested radio recipes

Radio Foods Corp. – Diced Carrots / Soup

Radio Foods Corp. – Crushed Pineapple

Radio Foods Corp. – Unsweetened Evaporated Milk

Radio Foods Corp. – Pineapple Sticks

Radio Foods Corp. – Pineapple Juice

Radio Foods Corp. – Sliced Yellow Elberta Peaches

Radio Foods Corp. – Nal-Pac Bartlett Pears

Whitewater Flour Mills – 6 lb. bag Radio Flower

Radio Foods Corp. – Fancy Crab Meat

Radio Foods Corp. – Orange Juice

Sound Beauty Chum Salmon / Washington Fish Co, Seattle

Western Electric 600A/1A

Double Button Carbon mic (front)

RCA 4-AP

Condenser mic (right side)

RCA 4-AP

Condenser mic (front)

RCA 4-AP

Condenser mic (left side)

RCA PB-90

Ribbon mic (front)

RCA PB-90

Ribbon mic (side)

Shure 40-C

Condenser (front)

RTF/VEB CM-7151

Neumann design – Leipzig (front) Neumann Bayonet mount capsule – Gefel (front)

RTF/VEB Neumann

(back)

Western Electric 639-A

Dynamic/Ribbon (back)

Western Electric 639-A

Dynamic/Ribbon (side)

(All Technical) Altec 639-B

Dynamic/Ribbon (front)

Telefunken Ela M-102

Dynamic handheld (front)

RCA 44-BX

“Junior Velocity” ribbon mic (front)

Altec 213

“Performer” handheld for TV (front)

ElectroVoice 664

“Buchannan Hammer” in gold (side)

ElectroVoice 664

“Buchannan Hammer” in gold (top)

AKG D-19

cardioid dynamic “Ringo mic”

AKG D-88

Stereo Dynamic mic (front)

Grundig GDM-121

Desk mic (front)

Grundig GDM-121

Desk mic (side) Pleases flip end for end

Olson M-102

Reslo RBH

Ribbon mic (front)

Reslo RBH

Ribbon mic (side)

Sennheiser MD-211 Please flip end for end

Altec 687-B

Desk mic

Shure SM-58

Dynamic wireless handheld flip end for end

AKG D-200E

Dynamic

Schoeps M-222

MK-41 collette condenser (front)

Calrec CM-4050

“Soundfield” ambisonic mic (front)

Calrec

“Soundfield” matrix controller (front)

Calrec

“Soundfield” matrix controller (back)

Nady HT-3

First Wireless Handheld

Nady Pro-410

First Wireless mic Receiver (front)

Neumann U-87

Condenser (front)

Neumann U-87

Condenser (open) Please flip end for end

Neumann U-87

Electronics close-up

audio-technica AT-813a

Cardioid condenser (front)

Oktava MK-319

Condenser (front)

ElectroVoice N/D767a

Dynamic mic (front)

ElectroVoice N/D767a

Dynamic mic (back)

Rode NT-3

Condenser (front)

Photograph of Edouard Leon Scott De Martinville’s “Phonautograph”

Edison’s original phonograph

Tin foil recording

Harper’s Weekly “Tin Foil Phonograph”

Civil War photographer Mathew Brady of Thomas Edison showing at Smithsonian

Edison (1877) and Berliner (1887) phonographs

Emile Berliner flat disc gramophone (70 rpm) manufactured in Washington, DC

Edison

Cylinder record sleeve

Edison

Cylinder record sleeve

Edison Cylinder record

Pathe Freres “Disque Pathe” (90-100 rpm)

Scientific American – featuring Thomas Edison

Nipper – Originally EMI in England, then RCA in the U.S.

Victor model VV405 – 78 records left, horn on right (front)

Victor VV405 – combination acoustic and electric (top)

Victor Talking Machine Co, model: VV830 Credenza – best acoustic player (front)

Victor VV830 Credenza – acoustical horn designed by Bell Labs (top view)

Victor VV830 Credenza – sound box and beginning of horn (close-up)

Zenith S-11468 Cobra-Matic – record changer

Cecil Watts model MK11-A “Parastat” – record cleaning brush

Marantz SLT-12 – Straight line tracking turntable

Thorens TD-125 – with Rabco SL-8E straight line tracking arm (front)

Thorens TD-125 – with Rabco SL-8E straight line tracking arm (top)

Thorens TD-125 Mk II turntable – with SME tonearm (front)

Thorens TD-125 Mk II turntable – with SME tonearm (top)

Bang & Olufsen 4002 – Straight line tracking turntable

Clearaudio – Goldfinger 24k phono cartridge

Lyra Atlas – phono cartridge

Talking Books – back side 78rpm record in the shape and image of an Elephant

Talking Books – back side 78rpm record in the shape and image of a Lion

Speak-O-Phone – Record yourself on an aluminum disc

Speak-O-Phone – two different sizes of aluminum discs.

Old MacDonald Had A Farm M-3

Little White Duck M-4

Sidewalks of New York M-7

Bicycle Built For Two M-8

Syncopated Clock M-31

Circus Days M-32

Emile Berliner Gramophone “Sally to our Alley”

Gramophone with Angel

Disque Pour Gramophone 30099x

Little Wonder “Down in Little Bom Bombay” #212

Little Wonder on aluminum “Down in Little Bombay” #212

Gitanes-Vizir cigarette pack record

Packard-Bell Phonocord home recording

Miss Alaire Young on Packard-Bell

Miss Heylett Biem 245 – side 1

Miss Heylett Biem 245 – side 2

First Recording of the Pope

Teddy “Ah! Le Bon Saint Nicolas” T3161-A

Teddy “Noel” T3161-B

Golden “The Ballad of Davey Crockett D-197 B

Golden “Davey Crockett” Part II D-197 B

3 Italian Boys Orphanage “Merry Christmas”

Buon Natale 3 children in Chapel

Bernstein’s West Side Story on DGG in original CD blister-pack

Bhutan History, in Bhutanese – red – 10 ch (play)

Bhutan History, in English – blue – 1.25 NU (play)

Bhutan Airmail – purple – 3 NU (play)

Bhutan Folk Song #1 – Black – 7 NU (play)

Bhutan Folk Song #2 – white – 8 NU (play)

Bhutan Airmail – yellow – 9 NU (play)

Western Electric model 581A (“Receiver”) driver (side)

Western Electric model 581A (“Receiver”) driver (throat)

RCA midrange horn driver

Western Electric model 713B (“receiver”) driver

Fane Acoustics Ltd. model 601 “Ionofane” ionic tweeter (mouth)

Fane Acoustics Ltd. model 601 “Ionofane” ionic tweeter (side)

Fane Acoustics Ltd. model 601 “Ionofane” ionic tweeter (back)

Prof Josef Merhaut (Technical Univ of Prague) Electrostatic horn driver (front)

Prof Josef Merhaut electrostatic horn driver (back)

Prof Josef Merhaut electrostatic horn driver (end)

Dr. Oskar Heil AMT-1 Air Motion Transformer (front)

Dr. Oskar Heil AMT-1 Air Motion Transformer (back)

JBL LE-85 cast aluminum exponential (conical) midrange horn (side)

JBL LE-85 cast aluminum exponential (conical) midrange horn (cutaway)

Atlas Sound model PD60AT midrange driver (side)

Acoustical physics, J.G. Heck “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, etc”

Ferracute’s Oberlin Smith Inventor of Magnetic Recording (amber)

Ferracute’s Oberlin Smith Inventor of Magnetic Recording (blue)

Carnegie Hall

Alfredo Zayas, President of the Republic of Cuba, broadcasting from Havana office

FADAndrea Do It Yourself construction of Hazeltine AM receiver

National Broadcasting Bldg, 711 Fifth Avenue (beginning of Networks)

Recording the MGM Lion roar

(H.H.) Scott News (Vol. 9, #3) New Studio in Los Angeles

RCA “Fantasound” manual for 2 yr. travelling Disney movie “Fantasia” Instructions (only copy in the world)

World Broadcasting System 16” Electrical Transcription, W-E vertical 33.1/3 Disc 178 (recorded in-out) with Kitty Kallen / Mary Kaye Trio

Winston Churchill at 5 microphones, Waldorf Astoria, NYC

Fairchild model 620 6 channel mixer (David Greisinger) front

Fairchild model 620 6 channel mixer (back)

EMI model BTR-1 Tape Recorder

Gabor Kornel Tolnai – Stockholm instrumentation (digital) tape recorder

Ampex 350 10” reel-to-reel tape recorder with Lang LRP-1C electronics

McIntosh Record Compensator pre-amplifier

McIntosh MR-55 AM / FM tuner

Karg Labs “Tunematic” with NYC FM station call-letters, not frequencies

Ferrograph reel-to-reel tape recorder

Richard Burden “Phantodyne” AM Stereo Matrix

Ampex console stereo, AM/FM and reel-to-reel tape recorder (front view)

Ampex console stereo, AM/FM and reel-to-reel tape recorder (top view)

Italian 2,000 Lire celebrating Guglielmo Marconi / obverse: his wireless invention

Bill Hanley’s audio console for the Woodstock Music Festival photograph

Tandberg model 3300X stereo reel-to-reel tape deck

BASF DP26 Low noise High output reel-to-reel tape 5”

BASF DP26 LH Super 730m / 2400ft.

BASF LP35 LH Super 540m / 1800 ft.

Shure C/PEK-3 Stereo Cartridge Analyzer

BASF

IEC Chrome Bias primary reference (calibration) tape

Garfield Electronics “Dr. Click Rhythm Controller”2channel electronic metronome

Soundtracs FMX Series 12 channel console

Velodyne model H6S-10CA subwoofer (side view)

Velodyne model H6S-10CA subwoofer (back)

L. Manno

Building Blocks of the Electronics Industry

L. Manno

Silicon wafer BBotEI

Emerson AU-190 green Catalin (marbled resin) tabletop radio

Crosley “Magic Mood” transistor ‘book’ radio (end)

Crosley “Magic Mood” transistor ‘book’ radio (interior)

Lafayette Micro Super AM radio

The All-American Emerson 555 ‘Nevabreak” Pocket Radio (salmon)

Emerson 555 in green and red

Columbia “Transistor Six”

General Electric 10 Transistor radio

Radio Shack weather radio

Coca-Cola transistor radio (front & back)

Tandy Radio Shack trio (L to R): Realistic Time Cube / Weatheradio cube / older weather radio

both together

Tandy Corp. red Radio Shack transistor portable

Heinz Tomato Ketchup radio (front)

Heinz Tomato Ketchup radio (back)

Proton 100 FM Stereo Receiver (portable radio with case)

Proton 320 AM/FM clock radio

Tropicana Orange transistor radio

Kieth Haring 3-eyes smiling transistor radio (front)

Kieth Haring 3-eyes smiling transistor radio (side)

Grado HP1 headphones (with polarity switches)

Sony Discman portable player

Scotch EG T-120 videocassette tape

Conair Sound Therapy Travel System

Bloomberg WBBR1130 captive station portable

Bloomberg AM1130 captive station portable

Panasonic RQ-SW44V AM/FM/Cassette sport player

Aiwa HS-TX427 AM/FM/SW Tuner

Transistor AM/FM Radio

Next Play NR695S am/fm clock-radio (front)

Next Play NR695S am/fm clock-radio (back)

Motorola “Radius” CP-200 UHF walkie-talkie

Apple iPod music player

Insignia “Presidian” CD/AM/FM portable

iHome transistor portable radio with 5-band EQ

Jan Partners Manhattan skyline transistor radio