The phrase "about the contraption" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing or referring to a specific device or mechanism, often in a context where details or explanations are being provided.
Example: "The engineer gave a detailed presentation about the contraption he had designed for the project."
Alternatives: "regarding the device" or "concerning the apparatus".
I'm not sure where or how I first heard about the contraption, but I found out that several people I knew had one.
But the failure of the Soviets to tell the United States about the contraption defeats its purpose and, at the end of the film, inadvertently causes a nuclear Armageddon.
When a White House aide heard about the contraption, he thought it could allay one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's cardinal fears — that he'd be misquoted during a press conference or meeting, further endangering the world.
Until a few days ago, her voice remained on her answering machine, fading into an intriguing bit of girlish laughter when her son, Norman, coaxed her not to be shy about the contraption.
"But can it do all of those?" So what about the contraption in his basement?
The bit about the contraption requiring large pectoral muscles, etc. in order to work doesn't really consider all the evidence, I would argue.
He thinks about switching the contraption off, but cannot quite bring himself to do it.
They thought about putting the contraption in very visible places such as the state center or in front of the T station so that it can attract many people.
I would not think twice about getting into the contraption and traveling back to my younger years in school.
The inspiration for the contraption, about the size & shape of a cigarette-vending machine, came to him when, as a research psychologist in the Air Forces Air Research & Development Command, he drew up tests to measure the proficiency of personnel who had been trained to work with intricate electronic equipment.
Perched in the air-conditioned booth of Mr. Meador's canopy shaker, a jumpy ranchera tune crackling from the radio, Felix Real, a former picker, said he can make up to $120 a day driving the contraption down the rows, about twice as much as he used to make.
