Amplifier used as part of a DJ setup
- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Tapco, American, founded 1969
- Used by
- King, Angelo T., American, born 1959
- Date
- 1970s
- Medium
- metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (without cord): 5 1/4 × 19 × 18 1/4 in. (13.3 × 48.3 × 46.4 cm)
- H x W x D (with cord): 6 × 19 × 18 3/4 in., 41 lb. (15.2 × 48.3 × 47.6 cm, 18.6 kg)
- Description
- A metal Tapco amplifier model CP 500. The front of the amplifier has black dials that include two power lock dials, a power dial, and two channel dials. Above the dials, white text reads: [TAPCO CP 500 / dual channel power amplifier]. There are two black handles on either side of the front, as well as a white sticker that written by hand: [# 19]. The back of the amplifier has four inputs, a fan, a fuse, a power cord, and four outputs.
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Musical Instruments
- Tools and Equipment-Audiovisual
- Type
- amplifiers
- Topic
- Hip-hop (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Angelo T. King / The Original DJ Tony Tone AKA Tony Crush of The Cold Crush Brothers
- Object number
- 2012.47.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.