Wire Recorder 228

Webster Co., The, Webster-Chicago, Webcor; Chicago (IL)

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  • Year
  • 1952 ?
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 98819
    • Brand: Webcor

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • Audio-Amplification
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Wire Recorder (or -Player)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz, 117V = 110 -120 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Wire Recorder 228 - Webster Co., The, Webster-
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Notes

  • The Webster-Chicago model 228 wire recorder is designed to magnetically record and reproduce on the standard .0036" stainless steel recording wire. In addition to being a complete wire recorder, model 228 includes a foot switch to start, stop and reverse the mechanism for the convenience of recording or playing back recordings, dictation, etc. The microphone also included with the model 228, has a built-in start-stop switch, which permits the user to control the machine conveniently. 

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  • Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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Forum contributions about this model: Webster Co., The,: Wire Recorder 228

Threads: 1 | Posts: 1

Dear colleagues,

I recently had one of these beautiful machines in for a minor service. After getting it to work, I naturally went on to play one of the reels. (It was a recording of the "Bing Crosby Show" taken from a Voice of America broacast. All went well, and at the end of the recording I rewound it. On playing it again, disaster! the wire had jammed between the bulk of the winding and the side of the reel, because the rewinding process had been uneven due to bailer misalignment.  I should have inspected the reel before playing to make sure it was tightly wound and, more importantly, even. Alas,  this cost me many minutes of the recording, as the resulting tangle was too complicated to undo.

The bailer should move up and down smoothly and wind evenly on the reels. I hope this note saves someone else from making the same mistake.

Regards - Bryce

PS - The neon light serves as a recording level indicator- not an indication that power has been applied.

 

Bryce Ringwood, 15.Apr.11

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