Where can I find info on wire recorders?

[the cool one]

Particularly one made by Webster Chicago - Model 30-1 made in the 40's.

 

[ECC82]

Try videointerchange.com/wire_recorder1.

Check out the splicing technique. Looks like tying a fishing line.

Mono only but no oxide shed or sticky binder with wire.

 

[david winter]

Mono only but no oxide shed or sticky binder with wire.

You forget that a wire loop on your real can easily drop down over another loop and cause the wire to block or even break. One way to avoid that (in part) is to put the recorder vertically (or almost) so that gravity has almnost no effect on the upper loops, which won't fall down.

My oldest wire recorder so far is a 1907 Poulsen made by the Americam Telegraphone Company. I'm looking for a Record-O-Phone but I can keep dreaming...

 

[the cool one]

Interesting...there was another post here but now it's gone. It had this info on it:

http://www.webster-chicago.com/


www.oldradioparts.com


http://chambinator.free.fr/english/dino3us.htm


http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/wire1.php


Good thing this site is almost irrelevant.


Sorta makes you wonder just what else has dissapeared.













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[the cool one]

Oh...multiple posts...no wonder!