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Swing Cell

Large model of a braille cell for beginning braille students; features two rectangular blocks of wood with three holes aligned vertically in each block to represent dot positions in a braille cell; six black, plastic removable pegs fit into the holes to represent raised braille dots; two nickel-plated steel fasteners secure the blocks to a base and allow the blocks to be positioned vertically, side by side, to represent a whole cell, or to be swung out into a horizontal position, until they rest against a half-inch rim at the top left and top right of the resin-molded base, to show the correlation between the six dots and the layout of braillewriter keys; metal nub, located on the bottom of each block, fits into same-size indentations in the base at the vertical and horizontal positions; black plastic feet fastened at each corner on the reverse of the base; painted red; printed APH label on reverse; APH catalog no. 6-78040-00.

H-1.5 W-6.75 L-11.5 inches

1983

American Printing House for the Blind

Louisville, KY

APH Collection

Swing Cell was transferred, along with other braille instructional materials, to the APH Museum from the APH Research Department, following the 2012 retirement of Eleanor Pester, APH Braille Project Leader, in whose office it had been stored.

APH Collection