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That must have been amazing. I have been facinated by pipe organs since I was a kid. There was a huge roller rink called The Hub on Harlem avenue in Chicage we used to hang out at. The place was the size of an aircraft hanger. They had a Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ in a loft over the skating...

It may not be capstan speed, rather may be pinch roller related. When I have had this happen it was because the pinch roller was not fully engaging with the capstan shfat, thus the tension on the takeup reel side was pulling the tape thru at high speed. If you have not used the machine in some...

Ive got that identical machine under restoration. The 440C has tape motion sensing to avoid nasty things happening when switching modes. Still a good idea to slow down the tape before hitting stop or engaging play.

Power it up and let it get warm and the vapors make you light headed. I had to...ummmm...I had to.......I forget man...... hehehe

If that was the one on Dallas C-List, I took it. Yeah, it was fuses. That and looks like someone spilled a bong on the mixer section. Replaced all the fuses and a week of nights disassembling and cleaning the whole thing and it was good to go.... I did not need it, so I passed it on cheap to a...

Heres wishes for a speedy recovery!!!

Yeah, test the heck out of it before you commit. EBAY is not necessarily a good reference point...often this seem to be overpriced and over-described there. My "reference": I see local pickup 388's going for the $200/ $300 range on Craigslist here in Dallas. I paid $200 for my current one, and...

Turn it on and leave it on for a day or two or more. It needs to get warm and burn all the moisture out of the system. Coils, caps, contacts, windings, etc are all affected by cold and damp. let it get, well, hot.

What do you consider a decent price? A problematic 388 doesnt have much value, and if the tape side is non functional, you are left with a very large heavy 8 channel mixer As far as the reel spinning too quickly, the reel tables are direct drive while the capstan is belt driven, so I do not...

Not on topic exactly, but it looks like the site layout has changed, and I cannot see the pages in the forums any longer!!. Reading a thread requires strange keyboard dexterity..I have to hit the ESC key immediately after loading a page to get anything or the body of the page goes blank after...

BUT....doesnt this prevent you from ever mounting up a 7 inch reel, or even a 10.5" plastic one with that does not use an NAB adaptor??

Oops...now i look closer and see the cooling fan is under the deck. That should not be difficult to find.

Cory, You are in the exact same place I am with the 440C 4 track I picked up. Mine was complete with a nice 1/2" 4 track headstack and the DC servo motor setup, but shows some spotty issue from moisture damage (storage induced). I decided that it would be wiser to do my restoration/ buildup...

Sounds like you have the tape routed around the wrong side of the tach wheel. Thats the far right big roller right before the right hand tension arm.That would make it count backwards. Move the tape to the other side of the roller. I have swiped someone elses picture here, but it shows how the...

I'm 15 minutes away from those 2 388's in Dallas CL. I'm tempted to go look, but 1) I do NOT need another 388.....dont use the one Ive got!! and 2) Ive shipped a 388 and its a b****, so buying and selling becomes unappealing for these monsters. I'd bet they both would work like champs with a...

I have never understood why someone going thru the effort to photograph and list something online doesnt even bother spending 5 minutes with a damp cloth wiping the dust, dirt, bird droppings, or whatever off of their "treasure" before taking pictures. The local term for this unit is "road hard...

Did some surfing and found it on other clist site and some peoples responses from the "seller" Scam a mile wide

Update...its apparently a scam!! Damn

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/2020155626.html

Ahhhhhh!!! A 440 4 track!!! Im working on getting mine going. How do you like it?? Any quirks?? Issues?? Suggestions?