• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.; Clifton, N.J.

• Year
• 1941 ?

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 348542

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• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Recording phonogr.-Disc Recorder

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz, 110-120 Volt

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Cutterhead 214-3, 214-3A - Fairchild Camera and

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• The Fairchild 214-3, 214-3A Cutterhead is mounted to the Portable (and Auxiliary for dual-record systems) Recorder Mechanisms, and is part of the Fairchild FC26/FC29 Recording Systems, as listed below.

  FC26-2 consists of:
  1 x Unit 199-2 Portable Recorder Mechanism.
  1 x Unit 214-3 Cutterhead.
  1 x Unit 219-2 Portable Recording Amplifier.

  FC26-3 consists of:
  1 x Unit 199-3 Portable Recorder Mechanism.
  1 x Unit 214-3A Cutterhead.
  1 x Unit 219-2 Portable Recording Amplifier.

  FC29-2 consists of:
  1 x Unit 199-2 Portable Recorder Mechanism.
  1 x Unit 220-2 Auxiliary Portable Recorder Mechanism.
  2 x Unit 214-3 Cutterheads.
  1 x Unit 219-2 Portable Recording Amplifier.

  FC29-3 consists of:
  1 x Unit 199-3 Portable Recorder Mechanism.
  1 x Unit 220-3 Auxiliary Portable Recorder Mechanism.
  2 x Unit 214-3A Cutterheads.
  1 x Unit 219-2 Portable Recording Amplifier.

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Automatic Record Changers and Recorders (Volume 1, 1941, pages 92-98.)

• Author
• Model page created by Ed Riley. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 19 models, 9 with images and 17 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.; Clifton, N.J.