I have some wire recorder reels that I need to transfer to tape. Is there a
difference between brands of recorders, i.e. spools, speeds, or recording
formats? If so, how can I tell what I have? I was going to buy a recorder from
eBay, but I don't want to buy one of every brand until I find one that works...

Paul Andre'

Chris Fewer wrote:

I thought there was only one wire recorder manufactured? Was I misinformed?

No, there were hundreds of different kind. The Webcor ones are most common
in the US, but there are a bunch of standard military models, there was
the Minifon which used a tiny reel of steel wire and a pair of hearing aid
tubes and was no larger than a Walkman, which was very popular with the
intelligence community, etc.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

ItsTooLoud wrote:
I have some wire recorder reels that I need to transfer to tape. Is there a
difference between brands of recorders, i.e. spools, speeds, or recording
formats? If so, how can I tell what I have? I was going to buy a recorder
from
eBay, but I don't want to buy one of every brand until I find one that
works...

Yes, and many of them are not constant speed either. Do you know what it
was recorded on?

does wire recording transcriptions a lot and has an
assortment of varying machines for playback.
--scott

Thanks, Scott
The reels are from the attic of a friend's grandparents house. We didn't find
the recorder though. I'll contact for his services instead of
trying to figure it out myself.

Paul

In Article ,
(ItsTooLoud) wrote:
I have some wire recorder reels that I need to transfer to tape. Is there a
difference between brands of recorders, i.e. spools, speeds, or recording
formats? If so, how can I tell what I have? I was going to buy a recorder from
eBay, but I don't want to buy one of every brand until I find one that works...

Paul Andre'

Paul,

Why buy. Send them to Art Schifrin in NJ.


Find him at:


Regards,

Ty Ford

For Ty Ford V/O demos, audio services and equipment reviews,
click on http://www.jagunet.com/~tford

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
Chris Fewer wrote:

I thought there was only one wire recorder manufactured? Was I
misinformed?

No, there were hundreds of different kind. The Webcor ones are most
common
in the US, but there are a bunch of standard military models, there was
the Minifon which used a tiny reel of steel wire and a pair of hearing aid
tubes and was no larger than a Walkman, which was very popular with the
intelligence community, etc.

I quit happily stand corrected.