Vintage Sony TC-357A Reel to Reel Tape Recorder Restoration and Repair

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A Sony reel to reel tape recorder has not been used for a long time. I tried plugging it in but it doesn't work...
SONY TC-357A first released in 1969, a tape coder developed as a high-end machine for music recording.
The TC-357A is a two-track mono system, as a model for domestic within Japan.
I hope you like my work and the video.
Sorry for my bad English, it's not my language.
Thanks for watching, don't forget to like and subscribe!
#sony #tapecorder #reeltoreel

[@jamesedinger4956]

There's something so satisfying about watching these restorations. Maybe a subconscious hope that I also may be restored.

[@marciodr1963]

Exatamente o que eu pensei.

[@longlost_friend]

I was in the ER last night and watched this while receiving 10 stitches in my foot. Very soothing to watch 10/10 thank you!

[@igehring]

It is beautiful giving life again to old objects. It has a meaning, like if we humans should dig into failed feelings , thoughts and rebuild ourselves

[@jeremytravis360]

Some of these older machines are more restorable than the newer ones. A lovely job, well done.

[@stevestruthers6180]

If tape recorders like this one were still being manufactured today, the case would have been made out of cheap plastic and the gears, pulley wheels and everything else would have been made out of plastic as well, or cheap, thin metal that would start showing signs of fatigue quickly. Such recorders wouldn't last very long and their replacements would offer only incremental improvements.

[@grandmasterjo1]

Back then they manufactured a product with passion and pride. Today they do, till you are forced to replace the unit. A modus operandi started by Apple.

[@jeremytravis360]

@@grandmasterjo1 I know I spent my life in the Hi-Fi trade and I would only buy things that could be repaired.

[@grandmasterjo1]

The surgeon who breathed new life. Amazing work. And even more amazing Japanese quality of components used that last a life time. 👍👍

[@johncicci917]

I used to use these 4 track mono Sony machines a lot when I was in high school . They were pretty awesome sounding then. I'd love to have one again

[@ingridstromberg3878]

My grandpa had the Sony TC-1 and I remember the joy it brought him every time he brought it out to demonstrate its features.He purchased it in Montreal back in the 50's! By the way, what a wonderful restoration!!!!

[@igormeowl7054]

Лучший канал фейковых восстановлений! Браво!

[@michaelkunze411]

Well done, and thank you very much for no brain damaging music in your Video!

[@shahidmahmood8139]

I have a tc 357-4 model. Remember the good old days when it was extensively used. Today rubber parts have perished with no alternate source so it's more of a museum piece

[@nickfrench7372]

Very nice restoration of a 50+year old Sony open reel tape recorder,,,I guess those large capacitors in the power supply needed replacing,,,along with the broken light globe too. And freed up the idler pulleys and reel drive hubs,,,lubricated mechanism and restored belt with belt grip formula? Not to mention a beautiful job in cleaning the tape heads,guides,, and pinch roller,,,and how well the case cabinet cover came up after giving it a soapy wash,,,as it looks like a new machine,,,compared to the state it was in when u first got it,,,,it looked like a wreck of rusted parts in the beginning of the video. Absolutely love seeing restored old vintage open reel tape machines,,,to like new,,,showroom condition!

[@RobertoAlvarezGalloso]

I loved this restoration video, I used to have a Sony like this one. I miss it a lot

[@theoloutlaw]

I love these little Sony reel to reel units. Good job on replacing the motor cap, as they are a common failure with these units. There a couple of other prone suspects too in the motor and power supply, they are 2 Sony made components in an orange package, which is a capacitor and resistor in series, and they normally fail. Normally a 120ohm and .033 capacitor. They are easy to modify and identifyable on a schematic that you can make yourself. If your machine starts dragging and running slow, including FF and RW, those two components are the next to go.

[@BeeBetu]

Thank you for your very useful information!

[@theoloutlaw]

@@BeeBetu No worries! Neat videos :)

[@birdie399]

Really enjoyed this restoration project. I enjoyed the sound of the operations you performed. The music at the was just right. Thanks for the video.

[@sonnyjimm23]

What a fantastic piece of Sony history. Well done you did a beautiful job.

[@petehatzakos]

Sweet restore!

[@philathomas]

Well done, really like how you did not restore this unit to a perfect state. Instead, you did a functional restoration and you did it well. Bravo👏 and I look forward to your next restoration.

[@BeeBetu]

Thank you!

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

@@BeeBetu **IN AN UPCOMING VIDEO, I WILL FINISH RESTORING THE SONY TC-357A REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER TO PERFECT WORKING ORDER** --- Bee Betu

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

Bee Betu plans to finish toe Sony TC-357A reel to reel tape recorder to **PERFECT WORKING ORDER!!**

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

@@BeeBetu THE JOB WAS DONE ONLY HALF WAY, REALLY!!! **A ""C"" GRADE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU**

[@rogerwilco5187]

That was an amazing restoration. I would have thought it was a lost cause.

[@pamelagregson6449]

,very good job my dad always used scotch tapes this was 1970s

[@bablaghosh5476]

No doubt that it's a great video of restoration . Am always surprised about the workmanship and the quality of the components they used at that time , that's why old is gold. Keep working on vintage equipments , you can get lots of satisfaction from your work. All the best......

[@denniseldridge2936]

Ah, so this must be the older brother of the Sony TC??? I had as a teenager, which my dad passed along to me. These things were built incredibly solidly - great restoration!

[@ediionescu8424]

I really like these saved objects, very beautiful!

[@JohnK-gl3um]

Having seen so many palpably fake Asian restoration videos, it's a joy to witness the genuine thing - and so very well undertaken; thank you.

[@user-qc9ni5yq3k]

Прелестный аппарат! Будет жить ещё 60 лет!

[@dmitryslomnyuck5263]

Не прелестный, а качественно-надежный от мирового бренда фирмы Sony.

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

Fantastic, it's, remarkable to know and remember how to assemble each piece and put it back again to its right place in the case of recorder sony . . wow !

[@personperson2149]

Sony's quality is always on top, Greetings from Russia✌

[@blackraven8805]

Excellent and TRUE restoration. Not the kind of ATROCITIES one usually sees in YT. Congrats.

[@MakarovFox]

hahaha

[@georg4191]

Конечно это SONY золотого века! Но на мой взгляд стоили при реставрации заменить Головку, пассики и ролики, проверить все электролиты и переменные резисторы.

[@Vinovodka]

Чтобы что-то отреставрировать, нужно прежде это немного замарать.

[@gregory44621]

@@Vinovodka Точно есть на ютубе много видео где то часы реставрируют то мотоцикл с помойки, где видео явно в обратном порядке.

[@deanedge5988]

genius choice of music on the tape dr floyd

[@discoinc]

Great restoration 👍 Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@simonlunt353]

It’s great to see someone take the time and effort to Restore this reel to reel l will looking out for your next video well done 👍

[@willydemaeght1623]

Beau sauvetage !! Bravo !!

[@user-se6pf5mq7n]

私は日本人ですこのテープ音はよいと思いますね、私の家にもモット程度の良いものがあると思います！

[@samd3231]

Avec 3 fois rien un peu de boulot ces 2001 l'odyssée de l'espace bravo !

[@jagadeesanjagadeesan3934]

Really i appreciate to the service engineer. Dead of the tape recorder it's again well run .

[@johnnytheg]

Beautiful job!

[@albertodiaz3849]

Good job good video tank you

[@user-mw7uj6ch8u]

О,катушечник,вот это интересно👍

[@joaoeduardo5559]

Muito bom! Very good! My compliments from Brazil!

[@jocknarn3225]

Very very instructional .. time lapse helps .. beautiful restore!

[@jorgecarvalho5236]

Muito importante não é só fazer, mas sim como fazer. Congratulações !!!

[@V70170]

Nice Job!!

[@dionysus681]

Very relaxing video!

[@electronicantigua]

Great job!! Congratulations.

[@RegiPavan]

beautiful restore!

[@mchandran2899]

Great job.

[@britsluver]

Beautiful

[@308jair]

Essa restauração ficou muito legal, parabéns!

[@iron_within]

Cool restoration, here's my like, comment and subscription

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

The magic of tape.

[@Super8Rescue]

not a great idea to plug that in just yet. How sad to see it in this state. How nice to see it cleaned up and playing by the end of the video. I love Sony tape recorders.

[@tomaskorenek1259]

thats what i though as well, not smart idea try to switch it on in such state, nice job though

[@OldSonyMan]

Perhaps he didn't have to worry as all this 'restoration' was a cleaning of a perfect working example of a machine which you had 'dirtied up' for the video !

[@mrpoopy8789]

Our high school had those

[@soundofmelody4160]

Super restoration

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

Hi buddy, I liked your job, beautiful result 👍

[@Frenchmisto]

You’re a real artist! Giving a new life to this forgotten gem with patience, passion. It was a pleasure to watch this beautiful video. Thanks for your hard work (Otsukare!)

[@j.wilson641]

Great work! I have an old one with a wobbly right wheel. I was watching to see what I can do to fix it.

[@alexlod9564]

Nice job!

[@sumitgenzyme]

Fantastic job done

[@VintageMusicGearTV]

Awesome job!

[@rabkolb]

Супер техника!!!!!!

[@edgquin6715]

Excelente restauracion felicidades

[@patricioarias83]

Que lindo que halla gente que se dedique a salvar del olvido a esas máquinas, vivan muchos añon más restaurando bellezas como estas, sony siempre sony mi marca favorita aaa desde niño, y ahora desde mi celular xperia xa1 ultra, estoy viendo esta obra de arte vivaaa la música y viva sony, gracias bro por estooo felicidades

[@markjeffels3327]

These were huge when I was a kid and SUPER expensive!!

[@tekoppentekoppen761]

Still are. ;)

[@ArtDrawingAD]

Great restoration ❤❤🙏🙏

[@chaplieval]

Механизм точно такой же как у нас были на то время, ну может покачественнее сделано.

[@marcoeval12]

parabens que talento !

[@oscaroses1278]

Gran trabajo 👌

[@DJJUANG2000]

Excellent

[@Barry2023]

Wonderful !!

[@defilippis5297]

Excellent vid. I wish I had the technical expertise to do this.

[@TheBudgie29]

I had a load of Grundig ones like this one, All New In the Box's, from the 60's, They were the ones that the schools used. There was a small fire In the local council warehouse, and everything had to be scrapped, due to Smoke damage. I had Garrard Lab SP25's and 35 Turntables and Tons of spares for them as well. There were BASF Tapes In the Plastic Cartridges for the machines , still sealed. Loads of other stuff like Projectors and Screens, Amps, Speakers and other things as well. Had to leave the lot when the Council Room Tax forced Me out of My home to a Flat, surrounded by Drunks and Junkies. England Is such a Lovely place, If Your Not a Local that Is.

[@musicandfilms9956]

You're referring to a cut in welfare spending which was introduced by a Conservative government in 2013. Don't blame the majority of the British people who didn't elect it.

[@persioboni9373]

Excelente muito bom !

[@johnyjose6473]

Fantastic.

[@Tim-57]

Well done🙂

[@ebnk2950]

Very nice

[@albertodiaz3849]

Beatifull music

[@honlukhach]

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[@siju3634]

Awsome work😍😍😍😍

[@esseker6320]

Amazing how you got it looking like new nevermind working 👍.

[@fredgien]

The trick is to make it dirty and look old, then undo what you did….then you’re halfway your “restoration “…..

[@Ian-Steele]

Many of these apparent restorations start with a machine that has clearly been made to look worse than it is. That may have been the case here. The area under the head cover looked a lot cleaner than the rest of the outside of the recorder, and the base was pretty clean too.

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

@@Ian-Steele you would expect those areas to be cleaner.

[@peterfollett6824]

We will y

[@Roman-RF]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 и можно хоть в музей! Прям рестовраторы👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@kishorVittal]

Great Work ; U Gave a new Life to The Taperecorder. ; Fabulous

[@thepatsny]

I have the exact same machine perfect condition but I need an idler so it will play back at proper speed where did you get the idlers for it

[@anukanaka3568]

Палец вверх, подписка, колокольчик! :)

[@junkrust2182]

This tape machine was in the movie Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. Take a hit from the little brown bottle!

[@user-pc8xk2un5j]

好厲害

[@srfurley]

I think I would have wanted to get that PAT tested before plugging it in. Where had it been stored to get into that state? Impressive restoration.

[@musicandfilms9956]

It's cheering to see the beauty of Sony engineering restored but it's sad to realise that you can't buy new open reel tape for it any more.

[@PhilipvanderMatten]

not true.

[@Daaremikkel]

Sure you can. www.atrtape.com/

[@stonyrerootkit8922]

Yes indeed, you can... Just bring about $40 US money for a 7 " reel of magtape!! $17 bucks for the take-up reel!! 💖🌈🍀👄😈🎇📣🔔🔅

[@ulviakarcay272]

Not everyone who comes before a terrible result should do this job.

[@herra-lex4451]

Ага, а внутри все сверкает...🙂

[@BeeBetu]

Yes, lucky for me it just got dirty on the outside.

[@nik-47]

Дак наебалово-кофейняя гуща

[@sandeeppednekar5491]

Great 👍

[@beverlyhills7883]

Respect!

[@yewchuanteo8773]

👍

[@stevestruthers6180]

Thanks

[@BeeBetu]

I'd like to thank you for your generous donation!

[@user-hs8dr7sv2s]

With good service, this tape recorder can be bequeathed to grandchildren! And he will please the grandchildren. Not like modern tape recorders, when repair is not advisable because of its cost. And you have to throw out the whole tape recorder. And this one is nice to repair, because it was made by people and for people!

[@command8783]

Very good restoration. That can of sonax rubber rejuvenator you likely got it from lazada? I used to use that until i was able to buy printer roller restorer on Shopee. The rumbling noise is from the motor speed control or is it in the amplifier circuit?

[@koldon9391]

Nice

[@kotaibaslimani]

very nice if you can add some brief comments for what you doing in the video that will be awesome

[@restomondo9699]

Would be great if you could show us how you achieved that artificial aging and dirt before you started. I’m guessing mainly coffee and soot?

[@luizalbertorodrigues4560]

Congratulations good jop

[@BeeBetu]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-of8nv1wg8q]

some pepole drope the most beutifyl thinks .. bravo for restorason i have the same