1960's / 1970's General Electric (GE) Portable Cassette Player
$295.00
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1960's / 1970's General Electric (GE) Portable Cassette Player
$295.00
The GE M8400D belongs to an earlier generation of portable cassette machines, when recording and playback were contained in hardware substantial enough to see and feel working. A cassette wasn't merely inserted—it engaged with a mechanism of rollers, spindles, switches and moving parts that physically pulled tape across the machine's recording head.
Those mechanics are easy to forget when the case is closed. Once exposed, the player becomes a collection of purposeful components, each originally positioned to move, record or reproduce sound from a strip of magnetic tape only a fraction of an inch wide.
- Original Piece: 1960's / 1970's General Electric (GE) Portable Cassette Player
- Era: 1960's / 1970's
- Manufacturer: General Electric (GE)
- Model: M8400D
- Original Function: Portable Cassette Player
- Frame Size: 11 x 16 in.
- Finished Dimensions: 11 x 16 x 3 1/2 in.
- Weight: 4.6 lbs
- Colors: Caution Yellow, Chassis Gray
- Frame Color: Black
- Backer Color: White
- Materials: Wood / Original Materials
- Functional: No
- One of One: This is an original, one-of-a-kind Electronic Afterlife piece.