universal mike
Recently I saw a Universal Microphone, serialnumber 5465.
What are your thoughts about this mike? And what would be a reasonable price?
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It says KD at the back of the microphone.
I had to tell hi from Joe Powers. He visited me last week. ;)
Thanks for your help.
Best regards,
Joost from Amsterdam
Thanks for the additional info, Joost. UNIVERSAL produced a handful of mic designs for 'communications and amateur radio applications', some with crystal elements and some with early dynamic elements -like your KD, which does indeed seem to have its original dynamic element. There were two sizes of this shell style as I recall, the larger were the 'KD' dynamic and 'KC' crystal, the smaller were the 308 dynamic and the 312 crystal. They don't often surface and few people seem to know about them. There are a couple examples pictured on David's website, one of which is an example of the smaller bodied model of mine that once belonged to my great-uncle, Jack Arbuckle.
As for current market value? I've honestly never seen one for sale. Search the make and model and you might get lucky...
Hello S.H.,
Can't say I'm familiar with the numerical designation. Most of the mics from UNIVERSAL of Inglewood, California (which claimed to be the first "independent" microphone builder in America) were designated by a two letter code. I'm familiar with several of these. If possible, send a picture. That should solve the mystery.