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1950s Marconi/Stille ex-BBC steel tape recorder

By Andy Doherty ⋅ May 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
1950s Marconi/Stille ex-BBC steel tape recorder

1950s Marconi/Stille ex-BBC steel tape recorder

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  1. Are you _sure_ about the date of this recorder? The Blatternphone was a 1930’s device (http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.beckwith/bh/tapes/blattner.htm), I am sure it had gone out of service before the end of the 40’s, replace with the vastly superior tape recorders that became available during the war.

    Posted by Dave Malham | November 6, 2009, 10:33 am

  2. Ah – I have now found evidence that they were in use until 1950, see http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.beckwith/bh/tapes/ms.htm

    Posted by Dave Malham | November 11, 2009, 11:06 am

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