Yamaha (Nippon Gakki) Guitar Amplifier and Speaker
date: label: Date made
content: late 1960s - early 1970s
name: label: maker
content: Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: This amplifier and speaker was made by Yamaha (Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd.) in Hamamatsu, Japan, in the late 1960s – early 1970s. It is a guitar amplifier/speaker model TA-60, serial #202290. This speaker has a unique wedge shape and features Yamaha's Flexion or “Natural Sound” speakers. There are 4 channel input jacks, reverb tremolo jack, and signal output jack. On the top there are 4 control knobs for each channel (volume, bass, middle , and treble). Channel 1 has also a reverb unit with tremolo depth and frequency of reverb controllers. There are 2 foot-operated buttons to control the reverb. Accessioned with a black vinyl cover.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Shizuoka, Hamamatsu
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ronald L. Clairmont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0123.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0123
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0123.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: amplifier
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 3/4 in x 25 in x 12 in; 85.725 cm x 63.5 cm x 30.48 cm