Wonder About Wollensak - The T-524 Vintage Reel to Reel Mono Tape Recorder скачать в хорошем качестве

Wonder About Wollensak - The T-524 Vintage Reel to Reel Mono Tape Recorder

This is a video exploration of the design and construction of a Wollensak T-524 monophonic 1/2 track 4-speed reel to reel tape recorder. The T-524 tape recorder was built in approximately 1963. According to one source, a Wollensak technician who was working in the field at the time this tape recorder was built, The T-524 was meant to be a low budget entry for 3M and Wollensak. It wasn’t very popular and 3M and Wollensak quickly moved on to other designs. This tape recorder came to ClydeSight Productions as a restoration job for a client named: “Bob”. He needed a 4-speed tape recorder because he had a collection of tapes that were recorded at the extremely slow speed of 15/16ths ips. Very few consumer grade tape recorders were made that used this speed because the sound quality was terrible. However, in the 1960s, tape recorder manufacturers vied for customers on many levels, and any machine offering multiple speeds would be attractive to those consumers who wanted to make maximum time use of a reel of recording tape. Unfortunately, this tape recorder is so strangely designed and made that I was unable to restore it properly in a reasonable period of time. Rather than have “Bob” wait an undetermined time for me to figure out what was causing all the problems with the Wollensak T-524 tape recorder, I offered to ship him an Emerson 4-speed tape recorder in exchange, the MM-315. That machine is featured on YouTube as “The Mars Tape Recorder”    • Mars Tape Recorder – Emerson Telectro MM316   Bob accepted the exchange and I continued to chase down the problems with the Wollensak T-524. I eventually did solve them, but it was quite the adventure, as this video shows. Special Thanks: The microphone used in this recording is a good match for the tape recorder. It is a Wollensak microphone, a crystal design that was used with their tube type amplifiers. It was given to Clydesight by YouTuber, Amberola1b.    / amberola1b  . Amberola1b has produced a number of excellent how to videos about the restoration of early Edison Phonographs (“talking machines”) and other extremely antique and vintage recorders and radios. Thanks, Amberola1b for the microphone for the Wollensak T-524. Visit ClydeSight Productions at: http://www.clydesight.com ********* COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: This is an educational video, a critique, and report on an historic piece of vintage audio electronic equipment that is no longer manufactured or sold in stores. It is covered by the Fair Use Section of U.S. Copyright Law: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." The musical performance in this video is from a fictional opera aria the Hammer movie “The Phantom of the Opera” - 1962. It comes from the same time period and is used to educate viewers of the musical capabilities of the Wollensak T-524 tape recorder, It is therefore covered by the Fair Use doctrine of the copyright act and is NOT used with the intent to infringe upon Hammer’s film rights.