Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1968
name: label: maker
content: Akai
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Akai reel-to-reel tape recorder was imported from Japan in the late 1960s. The professional-grade recorder used transistors rather than older style vacuum tubes. That reduced power consumption and made the electronics much lighter. However, the unit features a wooden case and cover that makes it heavier than most recorders in the collection.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Japanese industrialists viewed the task of rebuilding after World War Two as an opportunity to modernize their production facilities and product lines. The transistor was one new technology in which they invested heavily.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Magnetic Recording
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content: Communications
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Lynn G. Herbert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0147.06
label: accession number
content: 2003.0147
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0147.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tape recorder
label: Object Name
content: recording device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 51.4 cm x 35.6 cm x 28 cm; 20 1/4 in x 14 in x 11 in