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Amplifier
Maker: Webster Electric Company
Date: 1934-1935 ca.
Place Made:Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Model: 6041RI
Serial No: 24765
SignedOval aluminum plaque affixed to interior housing with two nickel-plated dome-headed screws, graphics in aluminum on black inked background: [“W” logo] / Webster / Power / Amplifier / SER No TYPE / 24765 6041RI [die stamped; serial number and type in different font sizes] / CYC. 60 VOLTS 115 / WARNING: / DO NOT USE ON / DIRECT CURRENT / MADE BY / Webster Electric Co. / Racine, Wis. / U.S.A. [sic]
White, red, black, and gold decal on back of speaker magnet housing: Rola / REG TRADE MARK / VOLTS OHMS / K-1 [written in black ink] 1800 [stamped in black ink] / PATENTS PENDING / ELECTRO-DYNAMIC REPRODUCER / MODEL K SERIES / THE ROLA COMPANY / CLEVELAND, O. OAKLAND, CALIF.
White, red, black, and gold decal on back of speaker magnet housing: Rola / REG TRADE MARK / VOLTS OHMS / K-1 [written in black ink] 1800 [stamped in black ink] / PATENTS PENDING / ELECTRO-DYNAMIC REPRODUCER / MODEL K SERIES / THE ROLA COMPANY / CLEVELAND, O. OAKLAND, CALIF.
MarkingsStamped near two plugs-ins: FIELD
Stamped near two plugs-ins: PHONE
Stamped near two plugs-ins: PHONE
DescriptionAmplifier with four vacuum tubes, a nine-inch speaker, and contoured aluminum foot pedal to control volume.
Sold with NMM 10811, Vivi-Tone electric guitar.
Sold with NMM 10811, Vivi-Tone electric guitar.
DimensionsCase measurements: Depth: 251 mm; Width: 426 mm; Height: 474 mm.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 2004
Not on view
Published ReferencesArian Sheets, “Lloyd Loar’s Other Instruments…Four Rarities for the Workshop of an Electroacoustic Pioneer” National Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 1, (February 2005), pp. 1-3.
Object number: 10812