Shure Professional Uniderectional Head Microphone, used by Herbie Hancock
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1983
name: label: user
content: Hancock, Herbie
label: manufacturer
content: Shure
notes: label: Description
content: Used by Herbie Hancock in the Rockit video and Rockit performances. Used for technique called "vocoding" which changes human voice to an electronically synthesized sound. One of the first performers to wear a headset microphone/headphone during performances.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0055.04
label: accession number
content: 2004.0055
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0055.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microphone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 20 cm x 21.5 cm; 5 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 8 7/16 in