- Accession Number:
- 2018.3
- Description:
- Yellow plastic case with faux leather finish, with removable hinged lid, speaker is stored in lid with wire running into back of base; lid has spring-loaded latch in front center; cast into lid, "National Library Service/for the Blind and/Physically Handicapped/A-1/The LIbrary of Congress"; black plastic swiveling carrying handle on front, power cord stored in recess on back; headphone and earphone jacks on lower right side; 9" turntable covered with a black rubber mat; boxy black aluminum tone arm on right; a spring loaded latch beneath the arm will lock it in place during transportation; depressing the front of the tonearm raises the stylus and lowers a foot, the foot detects the rim of a record as the tone arm is moved left, and releasing the tone arm lowers the stylus to the record; front of the base is angled and has two banks of controls: slider switches control tone, volume, and variable speed; rocker switches control power and base speed; serial number on tag on base, "06598".
- Height:
- 6.375
- Width:
- 14
- Depth:
- 14.5
- Date Made:
- 1989
- Place of Origin:
- Blue Earth, MN
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- Museum Collection, 2018.30.
- Subjects:
- Talking book machines Talking books Phonographs Reading devices for the disabled Assistive technology
- Dimension Notes:
- overall, closed
- Made:
- Telex Communications, Inc.
- Material:
- Plastic, rubber, aluminum
- Updated:
- 02/22/2019