Global Museum<p>During his captivity in Changi gaol Private Mark Flew formed a friendship with a Dutch prisoner. The two men created two identical rings from an opal the Dutch prisoner had, to ensure the two friends would recognise each other should they met again in the future. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/objectoftheweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>objectoftheweek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Opal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Changi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Changi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a></p><p>@AWMemorial</p>
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Museum of Portable Sound<p>Our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a> is also a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NewAcquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewAcquisition</span></a>: How To Give Yourself A Stereo Check-Out by Decca Records (1967).</p><p>This 12” LP was not only a standard test record of the time, but is also a mini crash course in important audio concepts like wow & flutter, Sound coloration, channel phasing and more.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/LPRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LPRecords</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/stereo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stereo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/records" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>records</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/VinylRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VinylRecords</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WowAndFlutter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WowAndFlutter</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ChannelPhasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChannelPhasing</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SoundColoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoundColoration</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/decca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decca</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/DeccaRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeccaRecords</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TestRecord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TestRecord</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CultureOfSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureOfSound</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SoundBeyondMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoundBeyondMusic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MuseumOfPortableSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumOfPortableSound</span></a></p>
Museum of Portable Sound<p>Just arrived here at Museum of Portable Sound Laboratories: a specially designed archival box to store our newly-acquired Edison Gold-Moulded 'Black Wax' Cylinder (see this week's <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a> post), courtesy an anonymous donor! We're extremely grateful for this bit of kit. 🙏 🎁 😍</p>
Museum of Portable Sound<p>Our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a>: Unopened Maxell Original UR IEC Type I Normal Bias Compact Cassette (date unknown; presumed 1990s). Detail images courtesy Museum of Portable Sound Archives.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Maxell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maxell</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CompactCassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompactCassette</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CassetteTape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CassetteTape</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NormalBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NormalBias</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MagneticTape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagneticTape</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cassettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cassettes</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archives</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MuseumOfPortableSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumOfPortableSound</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ItsOkayToBeNormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItsOkayToBeNormal</span></a></p>
Museum of Portable Sound<p>Our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a> is also a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NewAcquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewAcquisition</span></a> for our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ResearchLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchLibrary</span></a>! On Recording: A Manifesto, by musician, producer, studio co-owner, and thinker Chris Schlarb is a beautiful 50-page philosophical treatise on the art of recording that’s focused on intent instead of gear. He & his wife Adriana opened Big Ego Studios n Long Beach, California in 2015 (the same year we opened our museum), but Chris has spent a lifetime absorbing recording knowledge. </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/ChrisSchlarb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisSchlarb</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BigEgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigEgo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a></p>
Museum of Portable Sound<p>Our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a> is a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NewAcquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewAcquisition</span></a>: The 2nd MP3 Player in the World, the Diamond Rio PMP300 (Sept 1998, after S.Korea’s MPMan in March) – the 1st commercially successful MP3 player.</p><p>The Rio provoked the 1st RIAA lawsuit trying to kill MP3s (they lost bc their suit was based on the misunderstanding that the Rio was a recording device).</p><p>Even after 25 years, our Rio still plays the (terrible) files on its built-in 32MB storage.<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/diamondrio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diamondrio</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pmp300" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pmp300</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/mp3player" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mp3player</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/mp3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mp3</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/portablesound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portablesound</span></a></p>
Museum of Portable Sound<p>Our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a> is our first <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NewAcquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewAcquisition</span></a> of 2023: an IBM 224 ‘Executary’ Dictation Unit (1965) in a leather carrying case, for allegedly smart white men to record their thoughts on the go - onto large ‘dictabelts’- for their women secretaries to listen to & type up. (1/2)</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/dictation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/VoiceRecorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceRecorder</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/dictabelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictabelt</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BusinessMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessMarket</span></a></p>
Museum of Portable Sound<p>Our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a> is a Creative Zen Micro (2004), a 5GB hard drive- based portable audio player that also features a built-in FM radio tuner/recorder, voice recorder & microphone. Donated by @msmarypoppers.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/MP3Player" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MP3Player</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/mp3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mp3</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creative</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CreativeZen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeZen</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CreativeZenMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeZenMicro</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MuseumObject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumObject</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PortableSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortableSound</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MuseumOfPortableSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumOfPortableSound</span></a></p>
North Herts Museum<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/objectoftheweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>objectoftheweek</span></a> A top Christmas present of years gone by, who else owned a Spirograph? The Spirograph has an enduring appeal and is still a popular option for Christmas, decades on from its invention. These days you can also get variations such as travel sized Spirograph, Spirograph Junior and Spirograph Animator with light effects.</p>
Museum of Portable Sound<p>Our <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ObjectOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOfTheWeek</span></a>: Ever Ready Batrymax B114 (1947), 1,5 & 69 volt. Used for powering portable radios, these batteries had to be wire-connected by the user in radios like the Marconiphone P17B. </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/EverReady" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EverReady</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EverReadyBattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EverReadyBattery</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Batrymax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Batrymax</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PortableSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortableSound</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SoundBeyondMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoundBeyondMusic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MuseumOfPortableSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumOfPortableSound</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>batteries</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/voltage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voltage</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/1940s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1940s</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/1950s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1950s</span></a></p>
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