RCA Ribbon Microphone BK 10 Dual Diaphragm The Perry Como Mic! Just Serviced! - $4,500 - (Morris, NY)

RCA BK-10A Microphone!Rare!Just serviced by Clarence Kane! This one is ready to go, just serviced by RCA specialist Clarence Kane. Ask questions if you have them. This one is rare.The RCA Type BK-10A Ultradirectional Microphone (MI-11018) is designed to provide quality audio pickup under adverse conditions during television broadcast, radio broadcast, recording and public address. This is accomplished by a highly sensitive second order gradient directional characteristic which may be used to increase the signal to noise ratio of the microphone.The BK-10A is a ribbon type bigradient uniaxial microphone with a frequency response that is essentially uniform from 80 to 15,000 cycles suiting it for repro­duction of both speech and music. The response pattern and the improved signal to noise ratio simplify microphone and camera placements, and allows for great­er distance between the microphone and the talent than heretofore possible. It is especially effective for TV studio boom use in high noise areas. Other uses indi­cat­ed for the new microphone are: situations where feedback from monitor speak­ers is a problem; and controlling the level of the leading voice in a choral group. The microphone incorporates a filter which effectively reduces the pos­si­bil­ity of damage to the instrument from sharp blasts and other violent noises. The axial directivity combined with a Boom Stand such as the KS-3B, make the micro­phone very easy to handle to keep the sound source “in focus.”About this microphone it has been said by a friend that, “I don’t think more than 75 or so were made. Legend has it that it was developed for NBC for use on Perry Como’s television shows. Apparently Como had such a soft voice that NBC needed an ultra directional, high gain boom microphone. The instrument became affectionately known as the Como Mic.”Another friend remarked, “It’s the Perry Como mic! Perry recorded for RCA and his TV show was on NBC (RCA-owned). When he rehear…

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