Re: wire recorders

["Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>]

My recollection is that tape recorder technology was advanced by the
Furheur's desire to voice track his speeches across his land, kind of like
Clear Channel.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sven Franklyn Weil" <sven@gordsven.com>
To: "Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>
Cc: <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: wire recorders


> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Roger Kirk wrote:
>
> >
> > How did they work?  Poorly.  Splicing wire was a Boy
> > Scout's dream - a knot.  Since the wire could rotate, alignment
>
> I thought that's how you spliced recording wire.  But I wasn't sure.
> Wouldn't a knot on a steel wire murder the recording/playback head? Not to
> mention getting snagged in the rest of the mechanism?
>
> The Germans, during the 2nd World Wide Slaughter came up with a huge
> rack-mounted reel-to-reel machine that recorded on a steel band.  They
> were used in radio stations...
>
>
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