Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder
Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder
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- Description (Brief)
- The reel-to-reel format did not disappear overnight. This AIWA portable tape recorder dates from the mid-1960s, a time in which both the cassette tape and the 8-track cartridge formats were gaining popularity. Reducing the size of the tape required moving the recording tracks closer together. That in turn required more advanced recording heads that could read and write the narrower tracks, as well as physically-stronger tape.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- tape recorder
- recording device
- date made
- ca 1965
- maker
- AWIA Co., Ltd.
- place made
- Japan
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- vinyl (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 10 in x 6 in; 6.35 cm x 25.4 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0253.01
- accession number
- 2006.0253
- catalog number
- 2006.0253.01
- model number
- TP-30
- Credit Line
- from Ramunas A. Kondratas
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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