74B

In design the Type 74-B is similar to the larger 44-BX, but lacks the latter’s shock mounting and transformer shielding. The transformer output impedance taps are for 50, 250, and 15,000 ohms. The windscreen is finished in satin chromium and the base is umber gray. Attached to the base is a ball and socket joint which permits rotation or tilting at any angle.

The fabric that lines the grilles is called “silk,” but originally it was 100 per cent cotton cambric, also used across the bottoms of sofas and chairs by furniture manufacturers of that era to keep bugs and dust out. The cambric was cut to size and applied to the microphone grilles with shellac, then smoothed and worked by hand with alcohol, which kept the shellac from clogging the weave of the cambric, but allowed the cambric to stick to the metal grille. Other techniques are used today, like spray adhesive.

Features

• Free from objectional peaks or dips from 70 to 8,000 cycles.
  
• Bi-directional “figure eight” type pattern which allows placing of artists on both sides of the microphone and greatly reduces reflection pickup from side walls.
  
• Light weight, small size.
  
• Attractive appearance.