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Amplifier

Date: 1934-1938 ca.
Place Made:Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsWritten on bottom of case in yellow chalk: 8-875/51; stamped with white paint on inside of lid: BUD RADIO INC./U.S.A.
DescriptionUsed with NMM 10,878, ViVi-Tone Clavier. Connector cable to interface with NMM 10,880.

Steel box, coated black, with air holes on all sides. Hinged door on one side to access electronic components (amplifier). Front panel of amplifier houses (L-R): ¼ inch input jack, volume knob (numbered 1-6, with 4 hash marks between each number), two ¼ inch input jacks, volume knob (as above), red-jewel indicator light, tone control knob (labeled bass on L, treble on R), fuse. Top of amplifier has plugs for seven fuses, as well as two transistors. Back of amplifier has an output jack for a four-pronged cable, which is mounted through the back of the box.
DimensionsHeight: 20.5 cm/ 8.07 in.
Width: 40.6 cm/ 15.98 in.
Depth: 20.6 cm/ 8.11 in.
ProvenanceLloyd Loar, Chicago, IL, ca. 1934-1943; Bertha (Snyder) Loar, Chicago, IL, 1943-1949, Beverly Hills, CA, 1949-1994; Roger Siminoff, Arroyo, CA, 1994-2005. Siminoff discovered this instrument (along with NMM 10,878, NMM 10,880, NMM 10,881, NMM 10,882, NMM 10,883, and others) in storage while putting Mrs. Loar’s affairs in order in 1994.
Credit Line: Gift of Roger H. Siminoff, 2005
Not on view
Object number: 10879