Acme Reproducer Single Free Edge Cone type K-3 loudspeaker
Date: 1926-1927
Inventory Number: DPWN0003
Classification: Speaker
Subject:
Maker: ACME Apparatus Company (founded 1920)
Owner: David P. Wheatland (1898 - 1993)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
30 x 35 x 10 cm (11 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Description:
Audio instrument, loudspeaker. Green metal bowl-shaped frame with truncated cone, curved neck, roughly triangular base and brown and white material covered cord. Adjustment screw on rear of central axis of cone, hemispherical metal casing for paper cone on stand.
In Collection(s)
Signedplate on back: ACME / for amplification / REPRODUCER / SINGLE FREE EDGE CONE / TYPE K-3 / ACME APPARATUS CO. / CAMBRIDGE, MASS. / PATENT APPLIED FOR
Inscribedlabel 1: DPW / N-3
FunctionTransduces electrical signals into sound.
ProvenanceDavid P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA.