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Amplifier chassis, sound system

1965.5 c. 1959 Steel, copper, glass valves 480 × 300 × 220 mm

A steel chassis, four output valves, a transformer wound to order, and point-to-point wiring done by hand with no board. Built to be louder than anything imported, which is what it was for.

Two resistors have been changed and one of them is not the right value. We left both in place: the repairs are part of what the object records.

Accession
1965.5
Made
c. 1959
Maker
Hedley Jones, Kingston
Came from
Beeston Street, Kingston
Material
Steel, copper, glass valves
Size
480 × 300 × 220 mm
Kept
The machine floor

Out on the floor, today, freeIt is in The machine floor. Walk in during opening hours and look at it. Nobody will ask you for a ticket or a reason.

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