- Accession Number:
- 1994.17a-b
- Description:
- Portable phonograph; rechargeable battery pack; variable speech compression; fast forward index button; counter-balanced tone arm to avoid skipping; plays at three standard speeds--8 1/3, 16 2/3, and 33 1/3 rpm; 9" turntable; gray plastic case with ribbed aluminum trim, rectangular with angled corners; speaker compartment cast into lid with black wire speaker grill on top; lid is removable; black plastic carrying handle flanked by aluminum latches; black rubber feet on bottom and back for horizontal or vertical resting position; controls on right: three pushbuttons for indexing, speed selection, and pause; four rotary dials for variable speed, variable speech, tone, and volume; five jacks for remote, input, headphones, output, and power adapter; separate black plastic AC-DC adapter stores inside case; tag within lid.
- Height:
- 4.75
- Width:
- 13
- Depth:
- 13.5
- Date Made:
- 1990
- Place of Origin:
- Louisville, KY
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection, 1994.17
- Subjects:
- Phonographs. Reading devices for the disabled. Talking books.
- Dimension Notes:
- overall, closed
- Made:
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Material:
- Plastic, aluminum
- Updated:
- 03/25/2011
