Collection of Twelve American Modernist Microphones

Description

• Collection of Twelve American Modernist Microphones
• a definitive survey of the form, comprising:
  Western Electric, Model 1D Carbon Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1925, in brass and cast iron
  Webster, Carbon Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1930, in chromium-plated brass
  Amperite, Model SR80 Ribbon Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1935, in chromium-plated brass
  Rauland, Model W1248 Ribbon Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1937, in chromium-plated brass and bakelite
  RCA, Model 44B Ribbon Microphone and Floor Stand, designed by John Vassos, 1937, in chromium-plated brass
  RCA, Model 77B Ribbon Microphone and Floor Stand, designed by John Vassos, 1937, in chromium-plated brass and bakelite
  Electrovoice, Model 731 Cardyne Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1938, in chromium-plated brass
  Altec, Model 639, Ribbon Microphone and Floor Stand, 1938, in chromium-plated brass
  Shure, Model 550 Cardoid Unnidyne Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1939, in chromium-plated brass
  American, Model D9 Dynamic Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1939, chromium-plated brass
  Turner, Model 101 Dynamic Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1939, in chromium-plated brass
  Amperite, Model RBHG Ribbon Microphone and Floor Stand, circa 1946, in cast and polished aluminum and chromium-plated brass

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