This object is currently on display in room 105 as part of Jon Gray of Ghetto Gastro Selects. There is one other image of this object. See our image rights statement.
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Tonearm Balance (Tonarmwaage)
This is a Tonearm Balance (Tonarmwaage). It was designed by Dieter Rams and manufactured by Braun AG. It is dated 1962 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is metal, plastic, foam. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
In the 1960s, the increasing sophistication of recording techniques and the rising popularity of the LP record contributed to a demand for high-quality audio equipment. Dieter Rams was a leading designer in this new market. Showing Rams’s acute attention to clarity and simplicity, the Tonarmwaage is a scale that allowed users to determine and then balance a phonograph’s tonearm settings.
This object was
donated by
Robert Greenberg.
It is credited Gift of Robert M. Greenberg.
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Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.
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- painted wood, metal, glass, plastic.
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Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 17 × 8 × 2.5 cm (6 11/16 in. × 3 1/8 in. × 1 in.) H x W x D (on stand): 21 × 8 × 2.5 cm (8 1/4 in. × 3 1/8 in. × 1 in.)
Cite this object as
Tonearm Balance (Tonarmwaage); Designed by Dieter Rams (German, b. 1932); metal, plastic, foam; H x W x D: 17 × 8 × 2.5 cm (6 11/16 in. × 3 1/8 in. × 1 in.) H x W x D (on stand): 21 × 8 × 2.5 cm (8 1/4 in. × 3 1/8 in. × 1 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg; 2017-51-3
In addition to Jon Gray of Ghetto Gastro Selects, this object was previously on display as part of the exhibition Bob Greenberg Selects.
