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Dictograph portable type R external horn loudspeaker for Dictogrand controller

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Dictograph portable type R external horn loudspeaker for Dictogrand controller

Date: circa 1923
Inventory Number: DPWN0030
Classification: Speaker
Subject:
communications,
Maker: Dictograph Products Company (founded 1906)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
New York,
Dimensions:
33 x 30 x 30 cm (13 x 11 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Description:
Audio instrument, horn. Black curved flared trumpet horn with a matte finish.
Perhaps it is an external horn for Item DPWN0054, but this is unknown. Fits on attachment terminals (2), and horn mounting flange corresponds to the depression around the mounting terminals in the wooden mounting case. Throat of horn screws into housing on bell of horn.
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  • radio
Signedon base of horn (on a plaque): DICTOGRAPH
Inscribedlabel 1: DPW / N-30
FunctionTransduces electrical signals into sound.

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