The Recordophone, a magnetic wire recorder

[@CamhiRichard]

We had the Webster that looked exactly like this, embedded in an audio cabinet and with a radio receiver. Somehow, the radio and phono/wire amp were hooked up together, so that it actually broadcast what you were listening to. We had a lady across the street from us who could tune in to our Webster and hear which music we were listening to.

[@joeclark7888]

Absolute artwork ! A beautiful machine/instrument.Thanks for showing us !🌞

[@DoyleFM]

That would made reeling in that 8 lbs. large mouth bass even MORE entertaining! 😄 🎣 📢 🇺🇸

[@Super8Rescue]

wonderful!

[@kaecake9575]

What great machinery ✨

[@tomkent4656]

Can also play 78s.

[@danek_hren]

And 33s

[@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin]

​@@danek_hren How?

[@danek_hren]

@@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin why can't it? They all have the same hole in the center.

[@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin]

@@danek_hren other grooves? Other speed?

[@danek_hren]

@@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin that's the point, just slow it down to the correct speed.

[@comic4relief]

Nice tune :D

[@jeffmayo5283]

Didnt Colonel Hogan have one of those ? Or was it Klink ?

[@Petemonster62]

Hogan had the home-made wire recorder that used a sewing kit box. I think there was an episode where a commercially produced German wire recorder was played in Klink's office; it might have been brought in by Major Hochstetter.

[@BackToTheBlues]

The most famous wire recordings I know of are those of influential jazz guitarist Charlie Christian jamming at Minton's in 1941, recorded by university student Jerry Newman, who was a big fan of Christian's. The quality of the recordings is extraordinary. There are uploads of them on KZbin - one seems to have slapback echo added to it, but the others are good. Here's one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZace6eibqlpfLM

[@Actranuk]

What was the duration of the spools and can you still buy them nowadays?

[@getkraken8064]

Looks like a hard drive.

[@MrConsiderateguy]

Is this the actual recording? If so its actually ok

[@robfriedrich2822]

Same standard as Webster Chicago?

[@senin5]

tare!

[@Petemonster62]

The frequency response is mostly mid-range, didn't hear any bass.

[@comic4relief]

You have to be in the presence of the machine to hear what it really sounds like.

[@kickdown6tms485]

Isch äs e recordophone oder webster spuele?

[@robfriedrich2822]

Ich bin auch am überlegen, ob dieses Teil kompatibel ist zu den amerikanischen Drahttongeräten.

[@kickdown6tms485]

@@robfriedrich2822 nein sind sie nicht wirklich, natürlich laufen sie genau so, gleich Geschwindigkeit. Aber der Draht von den Webster ist etwas dicker und er hat eine andere Materialzusammensetzung, mit der Zeit zerstört man den Tonkopf da der Draht am Kopf zu stark scheuert. Cool finde ich die Musik, ist die Musik vom Wallis? Falls Du noch ein Recordophone von Lorenz suchst wärst Du bei mir richtig, ich repariere häufiger solche Geräte.

[@inderjitsingh-t7v]

Price

[@kickdown6tms485]

Cooli Musig. I het no Atribsrädli für das Grät und wüsst no e komplets Grät....

[@robfriedrich2822]

Und funktioniert dieses auch?

[@kickdown6tms485]

@@robfriedrich2822 das Gerät ist leider jetzt verkauft worden, ja es funktionierte noch. Soweit ich weiss sollte ich für dieses Geräte noch ca. 5 Antriebsräder herumliegen haben, da diese auch noch für andere Geräte geeignet waren. Und normalerweise sind diese Räder an einer Seite flachgedrückt oder spröde....

[@davidlagerbom3404]

“This song sounds french”

[@davidlagerbom3404]

whats the song of this?

[@leewilliam3417]

Mmmm😊

[@CarloBellioni]

@techmoan