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Turntable used by Grand Wizzard Theodore

African American Museum

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Vestax, Japanese, 1977 - 2014

Used by

Grand Wizzard Theodore, American, born 1963

Description

Vestax PDX-2000 turntable made of plastic and metal.The body of the turntable is made of silver plastic. The top left corner of the turntable has a black and silver power button. The top right corner has a black tonearm with a needle that slides from the right side of the top of the turntable to the platter at the center. The lower right corner of the top of the turntable has red and black type that reads: [Vestax / PDX-2000]. Below the type are controls for pitch, reverse, quartz lock and speed adjustment. The lower left corner of the top of the turntable has three buttons for start/stop, 33 rpm, and 45 rpm. The back of the turntable has an output jack, ground terminal, remote control jack, AC cord as well as the model information. Black and white type on the back reads: [Vestax / MODEL NO. PDX-2000 / 120V ~ 60Hz 50W / MADE IN JAPAN / SERIAL NO. / 1YU300486]. The bottom of the turntable has two caution warnings and places for the turntable feet.
Three round black plastic feet (2015.142b-d), a black and red ground wire (2015.142e), and a rubber cone (2015.142f) are also found with the turntable.
A black felt slipmat (2015.142g) is on the deck, with white type on the felt reads: [SCRATCH DJ ACADEMY / SCRATCH.COM / [Facebook logo] ScratchDJAcademy [Twitter logo] @ScratchAcademy].

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

2000s

Object number

2015.142a-g

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

turntables (sound device component)

Medium

plastic, metal, felt and rubber

Dimensions

H x W x D (2015.142a): 5 × 17 3/4 × 15 in. (12.7 × 45.1 × 38.1 cm)
Diameter (2015.142b): 2 1/2 × 2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 cm)
Diameter (2015.142c): 2 1/2 × 2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 cm)
Diameter (2015.142d): 2 1/2 × 2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 cm)
L x W (2015.142e): 40 × 5/16 in. (101.6 × 0.8 cm)
H x W x D (2015.142f): 1 3/4 × 1 13/16 × 1 7/16 in. (4.4 × 4.6 × 3.7 cm)

Place used

Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Tools and Equipment
Musical Instruments

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Hip-hop (Music)
Musicians

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b57da776-5880-4a71-b0da-07ad25c12292

Record ID

nmaahc_2015.142a-g

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