Alex's 50's Reel To Reels

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Where 50 Year Old "Reel to Reel" Tape Recorders Return to Life!

VM.....Eicor....Webcor....Wilcox -Gay.....Pentron.....Wollensak......Revere....Knight....RCA....EckoTape

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Thanks for stopping by.....This site is dedicated to the "Good Old Days" of Reel to Reel tape recording with tubes and 40-lb tape recorders.

reel to reels from the 50's.

These machines were made in the USA. People earned their living making these recorders!

made with "hands" not computers!

Perhaps "Dad" or "Grandpa" had one?

Ck the Pix do you see the family R-R?

These big boxes were our "Hi-Tek" toys in the 50's.

These pages are for those who enjoyed these recorders when they were new. And remember how it was to lug these 40-lb boxes around.

Check out the hi-fi recorders and accessories of the 50's. Before stereo and solid state.

Have fun. See those old reel to reels run again. Re-visit those great old reel to reels of the 1950's.

^{Back in the 50's, as a
teenager, I got hooked on the reel to reel recorder.}

^{Owned 6 of them between
1952 and 1970. My recorders were purchased from a music store in
Hanover, PA, E.J.J. Gobrecht.
I owned a Wilcox-Gay, FME, Webcor,
Crescent, Wollensak, & Viking.}

^{Actually ,my first reel to
reel was purchased from catalogue, Olson Radio Warehouse, Akron, OH.
Shipped by Railway Express. Cost $115. today with inflation $937.
Most R-R's in 1952 $179. In 2011 with inflation $1,459. In
the 1950's a R-R was an expensive toy.}

^{It was a Wilcox Gay Model
2A11. It recorded and played at 1-7/8 & 3-3/4 ips. Not
good for music. I tried to get it converted to 7-1/2 ips, even
wrote the factory. Had
to live with it.......}^{Nov. 08...... Found one.....In
operating condition.......Picture below. (thanks Ebay)}

^{My next recorder was an
FME model 40. I still remember the demo tape that came with the
machine. How great it was recording music at 7-1/2 ips!
I recorded all my phonograph records
on it.}

^{As a result of my interest
in these reel to reels I become a broadcast engineer. Through the years
I have given that old Wilcox-Gay a lot of credit for getting my
interested in electronics and my career in Broadcast Engineering.}

^{Thanks to "On Line Auctions"
I have been able to purchase many of the 50's reel to reels I dreamed
about in the 50's and restore them to operating condition.
Never dreamed I would see them again!
......Now, I can enjoy "Bringing Them Back To Life Again.)}

_{how many R-R's in my collection? 40+
(Don't tell my wife!) My collection is pretty much complete. Not in the
market for additional reel to reels at this time.}

_{Some of the brands in my collection:}

Ampro....Bell....Crescent....Crestwood....DuKane....EchoTape....Eicor....FME....Knight...Pentron....RCA....Revere....Sears....Tape Master....VM....Webcor....Wilcox Gay....Wollensak.....

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