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CLASSICAL but then in an actual performance breakcomingbeforethefourth WAGNER: SIEGFRIED (complete one isn't sitting in the middle of the movement. Tape processing isfine, orchestra, which is the effect achieved although there are some faint traces opera) here, with a very close orchestra and of cross -talk on the second track. Wolfgang Windgassen (Sieg- very distant singers. This is particu- It is unlikely this performance or fried) ;BirgitNilsson(Brunn- larly noticeable during the final duet. recording will be equalled for years hilde) ;Hans Hotter(Wotan) ; Regardless of its shortcomings, this to come, and this tape should be in- Gerhard Stolze( Mime) ;Gustav is a wonderful set and is highly rec- vestigated by everyclassicaltape Neidlinger (Alberich (; Kurt ommended. You may be certain there collector. Bohme (Fafner) ; Marga Hoffgen won't be a competing version for IErda); and Joan Sutherland as years to come. TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto the Forest Bird with the Vienna No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23 Philharmonic Orchestra conducted Philippe Entremont, pianist; New by Georg Solti MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C York Philharmonic conducted by Minor "Resurrection"Elisabeth Leonard Bernstein Music Schwarzkopf, soprano and Hilde Performance Rossl-Majdan, mezzo-soprano, Music Fidelity with the Philharmonia Orchestra **** Stereo Effect Performance ** and Chorus conducted by Otto Fidelity ** LONDON LOY 90062 Klemperer Stereo Effect *** hrs., 56 min., 4 track, 74ips., 3 Music **** COLUMBIA MQ553 $33.95 Performance**** 4 track, 74 ips., 41 min., $7.95 Here is another monumental op- Fidelity **** Stereo Effect CRIEG:PianoConcertoinA eraticreleaseon Londontapes, **** Minor, Op. 16 Wagner's complete SIEGFRIED, the ANGELZB3634 RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on third music -drama in the Ring cycle, 4 track, 74ips., 80min. a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Phi- complete on three reels of tape, with Mahler's Symphony No. 2 is one lippe Entremont, pianist; Philadel- each act requiring one reel. ofhislargest and most powerful phia Orchestra conducted by Eu- London has assembled a generally works. The first movement is a gi- gene Ormandy admirable cast with only one serious gantic funeral march, the second, a Music weakness.WolfgangWindgassen's **** pleasant Landler in welcome con- Performance interpretation of the title role lacks trast to the tragic nature of the first. *** the virility and vocal freshness neces- Fidelity ** The third movement is an orchestral Stereo Effect sary, and he is no match for the scherzo, and the fourth a mezzo- ** superb Brunnhilde of Birgit Nilsson soprano solo based on one of Mahler's COLUMBIA MQ 526 in the third act duet. The real star songs from "Des Knaben Wunder - 4 track, 74ips.,50 min., $7.95 of this recording is the Vienna Phil- horn." The vast chorale finale ends The young French pianist Philippe harmonic,particularlytheirbrass with a triumphant statement of Klop- Entremont has had an extraordinary section, with Roland Berger, principal stock's Resurrection Ode. opportunity afforded to him to re- first horn receiving justly deserved This new tape is extraordinary in cord with two of the finest American mention in the booklet accompanying every way. It presents a magnificent orchestras. The Grieg-Rachmaninoff the . interpretation by the venerable Otto tape is the most successful, with a The opera itself is not as interest- Klemperer, whose drive and vitality big -scale approach to these popular ing as any of the other three operas are remarkable when one considers romantic concertos. This recording in the Ring, and from a technical the plodding tempi this conductor is not new, but the quality of repro- standpoint there are few opportuni- has used recently in performances of ductionis very fine, with a solid, tiesfor the kind of sonic display other music. Both soloists are fine, ringing piano surrounded by a large found in "Das Rheingold" and "Die and the choral work is outstanding. symphonicorchestra.There isa Walkure." London's sound is con- The PhilharmoniaOrchestrahas technical defect in the review tape; sistently good, if somewhat lacking in never sounded better on recordings, at the end of the Rachmaninoff, the bloom and richnessoftheir and Angel is to be commended for just before the coda, there is a super- "Rheingold." The relationship be- the quality of reproduction on this fluous low -frequency blurp, but this tween the orchestra and singersis tape. Horns are full and rich, trum- is a minor blemish in an otherwise not very satisfactory, the singers being pets are brilliant and strings are re- excellent tape. definitely too far back in the aural sonant, with an over-all big hall Bernstein and Entremont collabo- picture for maximum effect.Itis atmosphere rarely captured inre- rate on a rather eccentric view of the true that in an actual performance cordings. The symphony fitsvery familiar Tchaikovsky concerto, not the singers are behind the orchestra, nicely onto one reel of tape, with the up to the level of either the Cliburn

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 3 recording on RCA or the Katin on It should be stated that this suite does Merman interpretation of this role. Richmond. The final track is filled not include some of the best-known Doris sings her songs in a sweet out with three brief piano pieces of excerpts from the opera such as the girl -next-door fashion, and Robert Tchaikovsky, "Humoresque," `Bar- Habanera, Nocturne or Gypsy Song; Goulet, no rough and ready sharp- carolle" and "Song Without Words." thetape would have been more shooter, imparts his smooth stylized Those interested in adding this per- appealing if the best-known selections touch to the character of Frank But- formance of the Tchaikovsky first from both orchestral suites from this ler. concerto to their collection will prob- opera had been included. Admirers of Day and Goulet will ably prefer to get it in its recently - Ormandy and his fine orchestra no doubt be delighted by their per- issued twin -pack format, where it give us polished performances of this formances. After all, it is Irving Ber- can be heard uninterrupted, with an familiar fare, but the quality of re- lin's tunes, such as "There's No Busi- equally individual account of Rach- production, at least in the Grofe, ness Like Show Business," that really maninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in leaves much tobe desired.This make this one worth while listening. C Minor on the reverse track. apparently is one of the first stereo- phonic recordings of the Philadelphia PLAY GYPSY PLAY! Orchestra. The soundisblurred, "THE SOUND OF HOROWITZ" The Fiery Mandolins of Harry ratherstridentinthe highs and Vladimir Horowitz, pianist boomy in the bass. The music from Geller. 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Op. 7 of Schumann, and three pieces Side 1: Overture, Colonel Buffalo Bill, I'm ABad, Bad Man, Doin' A collection of favorite gypsy mel- of Alexander Scriabin, the Poem, Op. odies played by a group of 32 No. 1, and the Etudes in C Sharp What Comes Natur'lly, The Girl accom- plished musicians, who know how Minor and D Sharp Minor. That I Marry, You Can't Get A to This program is not quite as ap- Man With A Gun, They Say It's create and impart the true Romany flavor to their music. Although the pealing as Horowitz's first Columbia Wonderful, My Defenses Are Down. recording as the music is not as well Side 2: Moonshine Lullaby, I'm mandolins perform with proper "fire" suited to his style of playing. No one An Indian Too, I Got Lost in His and enthusiasm, valuable support is received from the bass and percussive couldquestiontheeleganceand Arms, Who Do You Love I Hope?, contributions of the orchestra. rightnessoftheseperformances, I Got the Sun in the Morning, Any- which are models of crisp articula- thing Can Do, There's No Business Brilliant sound, recorded at a high level,is tion, and, in the case of the Scriabin, Like Show Business. well balanced, with wide dynamic power. The reproduction is COLUMBIA OQ 531. spread stereo effect. Harry Geller and superlative,witha huge concert 4 track, 71 ips., 46:20 mins., $9.95. his musicians may not be bona fide gypsies, but their renditions of these grand right in your room, and tape The success of "Annie Get Your processing could not be better. selections are exceptional and in- Gun" is a story of popularity brought spired. about by Irving Berlin's masterful GROFE: Grand Canyon Suite score and lyrics. As an outstanding GERSHWIN BIZET: Carmen Suite No. 1Phil- example of the perfect American adelphia Orchestra conducted by musical, it was a smash hit on Broad- Rhapsody In Blue Eugene Ormandy way, became a movie, a TV show, An American In Paris and touring companies even played Hollywood Bowl Symphony Or- Music *** chestra, Conducted by Felix Slat- Performance it in Europe and Australia. *** Small wonder, then, that Columbia kin-Leonard Pennario, Pianist. Fidelity ** Music StereoEffect ** decided to issue a new recording of thismasterpiecein which almost Performance COLUMBIA MQ 550 every song is a hit. With fresh orches- Fidelity 4 track, 71 ips., 46 min., $7.95 trations by Phil Lang, and orchestra Stereo Effect This is a coupling of two older re- and chorus directed by Franz Allers, CAPITOL ZP 8343 cordings by the Philadelphia Orches- the technical staff has provided a top 4 track, 72 ips., 34 mins., $7.98. tra, containing the complete Grand flight stereo recording. Capitol has issued 4 track versions Canyon Suite and the first suite of As Annie, however, Doris Day is of some of their earlier 2 track re- orchestral music from Bizet's Carmen. not to be compared with the Ethel cordings no longer being made. A

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 most fortunate choice is Gershwin'sBreakfast At Tiffany's, Samson and "Rhapsody In Blue" and "AmericanDelilah. sound In Paris," one of the best tapes of Side 2: Selections from Around the PP the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra con-World in 80 Days, The Longest Day, ducted by the late Felix Slatkin. Selections from Henry V, The Big completesyour This is a rare musical treat forCountry. lovers of Gershwin's most famousLONDON LPL 74025 picture compositions, with Leonard Pennario4 track, 72 ips., 43 mins., $7.95. SAYS POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY'S contributing an excellent piano ren- Stanley Black has forsakenhis MOVIE EDITOR, LEENDERT DRUKKER ditionandinterpretationinthepiano to prove that he is also one of "Rhapsody." our great orchestral conductors. This The orchestra and soloist combinetime his media are hits from the their talents in a way that makes themovies, with their scores being an music come to life with most of theendless source of recorded music. In verve and cunning that makes stereogeneral such music is of a type, and unusual. A beautifully recorded andspecificallydesigned,tocreatea balanced tape, with the widest dy-mood. Most of it is best understood namic range and tonal quality. Thiswhen one has seen the picture. 4 track version sounds better today The London Festival Orchestra, than it did when first produced inunder the direction of Stanley Black, 1959. has interpreted these film scores in symphonic of recent GAITE PARISIENNE hit pictures such as West Side Story, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Or-Exodus,The LongestDay,and others. chestra. Felix Slatkin, Conductor. His renditions are soulful, sym- Music **** pathetic and warm, and, with the ad- Performance **** vantage of Phase 4 stereo recording, Fidélity *** emerge from your speaker as "spec- Stereo Effect **** tacular music." CAPITOLZP 8405 NOW IT'S EASY TO ADD 4 track, 74- ips., 38 mins., $7.98. Another popular 4 -track tape fromDRIFTING AND DREAMING LIVING SOUND TO HOME Capitol's2 -trackre -issuesistheGuy Lombardo and His Royal "GaiteParisienne"in whichtheCanadians MOVIES AND SLIDES Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orches- Music *** tra -Felix Slatkin combination scores Performance *** WITH THE NORELCO another triumph. Fidelity *** Based on the melodies of the com- Stereo Effect *** CONTINENTAL`100' poser, Jacques Offenbach, the ballet Side 1: Red Sails in the Sunset, was created in 1938 for the BalletIsle of Capri, Drifting And Dream- Russe de Monte Carlo, and was sup-ing, Ebb Tide, On A Slow Boat to ALL -TRANSISTOR posed to be quite a racy, spicy pro-China, I Cover the Waterfront. duction. The music is breezy and Side 2: Harbor Lights, When My TAPE RECORDER gay, and the spirited performance ofDream Boat Comes Home, Moon- the orchestra is entirely in keeping Operates onordinary flashlight batteries light Bay, La Mer, Cruising Down ... needs no electrical connections. Weighs with the merry mood of the ballet. the River, A Sailboat in the Moon- only 7 lbs.-wear it over your shoulder like It is well done from a stereo stand-light. your camera. Records and plays back up point, and if it suffers at all, it wouldCAPITOL ZT 1593 to 2 hours on one 4" reel. Simple to use: be in comparison with the Fiedler4 track, 72 ips., 28 mins., $6.98. push 2 buttons to record, one to play back. version which was played by the Bos- Comes complete with dynamic microphone, ton Pops a few years ago. Guy Lombardo found a successful sensitive even to distant sound, and wide - However, it's worthwhile and de-recipe for sweet music more years range loudspeaker. Input for mike/phono/ lightful listening. ago than he'd like to admit, and, up radio ... output for external amplifier. Fre- to the present, his danceable style quency response: 100-6000 cps. Constant - of music making has never lost its speed motor with capstan drive. Ruggedly FILM SPECTACULAR popularity. built ... faultlessly engineered... hand- London Festival Orchestra In this album, Guy has selected a somely styled ... surprisingly low-priced. Conducted by Stanley Black. special group of melodies having to Music *** do with boats and the sea, and takes For literature and named your Performance *** you on a musical cruise as he gives local Norelco 'Conti nental' oreár dealer, write to: PP -5 G I Fidelity **** them the full Lombardo treatment. Stereo Effect**** Twelve old standards, some of which NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS COMPANY, INC. Side 1: Selections from West Sidewere first introduced by Guy, are High Fidelity Products Division Story,Exodus,Selectionsfromplayed with varying tempos and, as - 100 EAST 42nd ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 5 sisted by the famous Twin , him and his progressive jazz band HAPPY DIXIELAND make a program that is perfect for famous. The big difference in this Jimmy McPartland Cr His listening or dancing. presentation being that these tunes Dixielanders Firstratestereo and recording are played with the background of Music **** make this smooth sailing. the bossa nova beat. This beat adds Performance**** freshnesstotheKentonsound. Fidelity *** VICTORY IN REVIEW Truly, it can be said that the rendi- Stereo Effect tion is "Artistry In Bossa Nova." **** Arranged and ConductedbyEric Sequence A: High Society; That's Stereo effect, fidelity, and perform- A -Plenty; Way Down Yonder in Rogers. ance are about average. This is an Music New Orleans;Muskrat Ramble; *** excellent tape for those who would When the Saints Go Marching In. Performance**** hear Kenton in the modern idiom of Fidelity **** Sequence B: Darktown Strutters' Stereo Effect **** the bossa nova. Ball; Original Dixieland One -Step; Side 1: Old World, Europe and Fidgety Feet; South Rampart St. Parade; Farewell Blues. the New World. OLE! BOSSA NOVA Side 2: World War I, World War RCA CAMDEN CTR 549 II, Finale. Laurindo Almeida & The 4 track, 74. ips., 34:43 mins., $4.95. LONDON LPL 74024 Bossa Nova All Stars Happy is the word for this session, 4 track, 74 ips., 38 mins., $7.95. Music **** one of the best Dixieland presenta- Performance**** tions to date-big-band sound -excel- The first of London's spectacular Fidelity Phase 4 Sound Series "Pass In Re- **** lent execution by the soloists which Stereo Effect**** includes George Wettling, Bob Wil- view," (LPL 74001) ,featured the Side One: Recado Bossa Nova; I music of several nations as performed bur, Ernie Caceres, Cutty Cutshall, Left My Heart in San Francisco; O all greats in the jazz field, especially by various marching and parade Barquinho(LittleBoat);What bands. Dixie. Other jazzmen playing this Kind of Fool Am I?; Acapulco 1922; session are George Barnes and Joe As a sequel, "Victory In Review," Heartaches. Burriesce. Of particular interestis depictsstereophonicallythepage- Side Two: Fly Me to the Moon antry of war events through a period the work by Harvey Phillips. (In Other Words) ; Satin Doll; The The band under the direction of of 5,000 years of history. This tape, Alley Cat Song; Meditation (Medi- epic in nature, concerns the eras from Jimmy McPartland, with arrange- tacáo); Walk Right In; Days of ments by Dick Carey, romp through Old World, Europe and the New Wine and Roses. World, World Wars I and II, and animated Chicago Dixie. The tunes CAPITOL ZT 1872 selected for this album are some of incorporates a wide range of realistic 4 track, 71 ips., 28:20 mins., $6.98. sounds to create an actual progres- the best of the Dixie repertoire. Personnel: Laurindo Almeida, gui- This tape is worthy to be in the sive grandstand review. tar; Don Fagerguist, ; Bob The youngsters may find it edu- collection of the most discriminating Cooper, tenor sax; Justin Gordon, devotees of Dixieland Jazz. cational, and the oldsters will proba- flute; Jimmie Rowles, organ; How- bly recall many of the World War ard Roberts, guitar; Max Bennet, BOSSA NOVA JAZZ SAMBA tunes with a bit of nostalgia. For its bass; Shelly Mann, Chico Guerrero, documentary value, thisis a tape Milt Holland, percussionists. Bud Shank Cr Clare Fischer that should be in every library. Music ** The Phase 4 Sound is outstand- Bossa Nova by one of the masters of the new jazz idiom as well as his Performance *** ing. Fidelity guitar, which of course, adds impetus **** to this form of art. A high class pres- Stereo Effect**** JAZZ entation of Bossa Nova, spine tick- Side One: Samba Da Borboleta; Illusao; Pensativa; Joao; Misty. ARTISTRY INBOSSA NOVA ling for those who would dance, thought provokingtothose who Side Two: Que Mais?; Wistful would drink of the cup of this Latin Samba; Samba Guapo. Music ** American form of jazz. The entire WORLD PACIFIC WPTC 1020 Performance *** recording is something to behold, a 4 track, 74- ips., 30:05 mins., $7.95. Fidelity *** real experience in this new found Personnel: Bud Shank,altosax; Stereo Effect *** field of jazz. Clare Fischer, piano; Ralph Pena, Side 1: ; Opus The selection of tunes should sat- bass; , Bob Neel, Milt in Chartreuse; Interlude; Kenton - isfy the most discriminating of jazz Holland, and Frank Guerrero, per- ova; Eager Beaver; Concerto to End addicts. The treatment afforded the cussionists. All Concertos. compositions is in keeping with the An unusual treatment of the Bossa Side 2: Brasilia; Painted Rhythm; most imaginative of the jazz tra- Nova Jazz Samba is offered in this Opus in Pastels; Jump for Joe; Loco - ditionalists. Instrumental execution recording. Missing is the usual guitar, Nova; Artistry in Bossa Nova. of the musicians is tops. the combo being made up of alto sax, CAPITOL ZT 1931 The album is one of the best to piano, bass, plus the traditional Latin 4 track, 74 ips., 35:08 mins., $6.98. date in the Bossa Nova field and Americanpercussioninstruments. Kenton herein presents many of should be a welcome addition to col- The tunes, except for Misty, are the compositions that have made lectors of this new art form. original having been composed by

6 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 Clare Fischer with the thought in mind to convey the various types of Bossa Nova to the listener. The ses- sion is animated, entertaining, and a breakaway from the normal rendi- tions given this new form of jazz. An excellent tape for Bossa Nova de- votees who would care to round out their collection in this field.

CAPSULE REVIEWS RCA VICTORFTC 2139, BROADWAY.... I LOVE YOU, Sergio Franchi. 4 track, 71/2 ips., 33 mins., $8.95. In this new album the singingsensationSergioFranchi forsakes his native Italy, with it's lovely melodies, and tries his vocal effortsonBroadway'shitshow tunes. Sung entirely in English, he shows that he is as much at home with these popular songs as he is in the operaticfield.This time the arrangements and are by Glenn Osser, with RCA's excellent sound providing the right polish for a bright singing star. VERVE VSTC 281, CAL TJAD- ER PLAYS THE CONTEMPOR- ARY MUSIC OF MEXICO AND BRAZIL. 4 track,71/2ips, 37:15 mins., $7.95. The presentation fea- tures Laurindo Almeida on guitar andthearrangementsofClare Fischer. As noted in the title Tjader does play in the idiom of the con- temporary music of Mexicao and Brazil, Bossa Nova, Jazz Samba, or what have you, its there and makes one want to get up and dance. Ex- hilarating is the word for this ses- sion, a real treat. Cal's vibes, backed by a group of fine jazzmen, pre- dominate giving a decided flavor to the tunes. Stereo, presence, and per- formance are tops and lend to an entertaining, musical thought pro- vokingexperienceintheLatin American, Mexican vein.

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TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 7 by Barbara S. Cook (WWTT 450)

I sat snugly in a box on the ious to get away and see the hands unwrapped me and put me shelf with my brothers and sis- world. She tried to push to the on my destined place. At last I ters. I had already traveled many front of the shelf and almost was to be allowed to use my pow- miles through the delicate proc- toppled off. Suddenly I felt my- ers. My small owner spoke to me. esses of manufacture and at last self being lifted from my seat. She told Granny about herself layatrest.Icould not see "This is it," I said to my brother. and her toys and then said. through my decorative package "Maybe they are just looking," "Mummy will talk to you now but from the sounds which fil- he replied. Granny, and then Daddy will tered through knew that I was in As my box opened I was blind- sendyousomemusic."Her a large shop. ed by a great white light. Small mother was not as gentle and Suddenly a large discordant fingers were turning me round used me harshly. Ifeltquite sound disturbed my reverie. "It's and round. The owner of them black and blue with rough han- the door bell," exclaimed my up- was a little girl; I could recog- dling and being pushed with per neighbor. "Will I go today? I nize her by descriptions I had great force against the thing want to make the sounds I was heard from my companions dur- which helped me to come to life. made for and hear the children's ing the weeks of waiting. "Do I was constantly run back and laughter as I spin." you think this reel can carry a forth at great speed. Out of the murky blackness message to my Granny?" she Then it was Father's turn. He sounds of conversation could be asked. "I'm certain of it, Miss," had decided to add some pretty heard. "I want a tape," said a was the reply. "Whatever your sound which he called music and young voice. "Yes," said the shop- recorder, Granny will hear you I tried hard to record this clearly, keeper. "Have you any idea what clearly for 15 minutes on each in spite of some opposition from size and type you require?" "May track and you canusefour the recorder controls which had I see some?" the young voice tracks. Of course, if you use a low notbeencorrectlyadjusted. asked. "Certainly," our salesman speed you will be able to send a Eventually I was completely used replied. "I have all types and longer message.""I'llhaveit up and rather hot and tired from sizes from 3 -inch up to 81/2 -inch please," she said, "I like the nice rewinding. But my task was not spools." His voice then described strong box." yet finished; I was asked to play the various lengths of playing So at last adventure had be- back the sounds which I had time and our price range. gun. I was wrapped up and put struggled to overcome my sleepy There was great excitement on into my new owner's bag. As she tracksandreproducenicely. the shelf. One German miss was left the shop the noises I had When I had finished, Father said, very fidgety and was most anx- heard from inside became louder "What a very good tape. How and it was strange to be con- clear it sounds, Granny will be EDITOR'S NOTE: We do not know ex- stantly on the move. pleased." actly how this little item came into our possession, but as far as we know, our I soon reached my new home, I felt very happy at these words thanks go to the author, Barbara S. Cook, which seemed very different, in- and was anxious to see Granny. WWTT 450. deed, from my earlier one. Large Ifelt myself being packed up

8 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 Jc i_ "1 want a tape" again into the dark, and then I "Oh! It's a place where we are It was the German frauli was moving again. After a short put on great big machines that journey I was dropped with a fly us through the air. Got your thud. I moved around slightly green label?" and found I was resting on some The journey seemed very long packages and papers. One pack- and we were all nervous. I won- age had squeaked as I touched it. dered what a green label was, but "Who's there?" I asked. "It's didn't like to ask. We eventually me you clumsy thing, you hit came to a halt and were then me." It was the German Frau- handled roughly by a man whom lein. "I'm sorry," I said, "I was I heard called a Customs Officer. pushed." We got into conversa- Hebangedsomethinghard tion and I learned that she had against me, and muttered some- been bought by a young lady who thingabout"bloominggreen had recorded a charming mes- labels, all have to be stamped," sage to her boy friend. As she was and I realized that I did have being posted to Germany she was one. looking forward to seeing some Then the travels began again of her friends there. and I found myself in a small Then there was another loud house clasped gently in the frag- thud and I found myself pinned ile hands of an old lady. She was tightly against my companion. A calling excitedly, "Come on Ar- gruff voice above me cried, "Move thur, here's a message from the over there you three inchers. I'm children." An old man came into much more important and carry the room and taking me in a message from an English Col- tremblingfingersplacedme onel." "We can't," we wailed. safely onto a tape recorder. This "We're stuck." Very uncomfort- isit, I thought, I must do my ably we settled down, only to be best. I braced myself and as I disturbed by being lifted out and felt the gentle tug of the empty dropped down a dark hole which spool, I revolved, sending forth smelled very stuffy and horrid. the message I had received from "Come on Arthur, here's a message "What's this," I whispered to my Granny's family in England. How from the children". companions. "Don't you know," delighted they were and, as I saw Mr. 7 -inch roared. "We're in the their pleasure, I felt that my life post bag on our way to the sort- was worthwhile. I was glad to be ing office and then the airport." a magnetic tape capable of tak- "What's the airport?" I asked. ing messages around the world.

9 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 DULL SIDE fi

SHINY SIDE OXIDE REMOVED

Figure 1. Oxide removed from a small section of recording tape.

by REPLACE THAT WORN HEAD Richard B. Forde

The home recording enthusiast for the tiny slit that you are to make the test. While the pro- would like to think of his tape looking for may be too small to cedure isa fairly simple and recorder as being invulnerable to see with the naked eye. This tiny straightforward one, it is wise to wear and tear except for maybe slit runs vertically throughout understand the entire procedure a frayed cord or bad tube. There each track of the head and is before beginning. are factors which cause a grad- called the azimuth. The width of You will need the following ual deterioration of performance this gap varies, but in newer four equipment:(1)an alignment but are not readily apparent. track machines, the head gap tape, (2) a meter or indicating Over an extended period the per- may be in the order of 100 mil- device (VTM, VU meter, etc.) formance of the machine may lionths of an inch wide, or much that will indicate a relative max- degrade to a point that the ma- smaller than a human hair. This imum, (3)a small screwdriver chine loses much of its original tiny gap is needed for good high (demagnetized) and (4)a de- appeal. One itemthatoften frequency response. If the gap magnetizer. causes the tape recorder to per- widens as the tape passes across Since many tape recorder own- form poorly, and an item that is the head, then poor frequency ers may never have an occasion not often suspected, is the mag- response will result. to replace a head, or tape guide, netic tape head. Replacement heads are avail- head alignment procedures are The head is the victim of heat able from several sources, includ- usually not covered in the litera- and friction. The tape which is ing the original recorder manu- ture accompanying a new ma- in contact with the head consists facturer. The price range of heads chine. The following is a general of an oxide of iron (similar to from Nortronics and Robins as procedure for checking azimuth rust) on a plastic ribbon. The listed in the Allied catalogis head alignment after a head or constant pressure of the tape and from $6.00-$21.00. At least one guide installation. the motion across the head con- manufacturer makes available a Just prior to aligning your tape tribute to the wear and tear. Ad- free tape head replacement guide recorder, clean and demagnetize mittedly, there is less wear with listing over 400 recorders. (degauss) the head(s), and all the highly polished and the sili- The tape guides over which the metal parts(guides,capstans, cone treated tapes that are pres- tape travels are also subject to etc.) that lie in the tape path. If ently available than with the wear and can cause incorrect your recorder uses pressure pads, tapes available a few years ago. tape alignment. These should be they should be checked for wear Nevertheless, friction and heat checked at the time the head is and replaced if necessary. give the head a life expectancy inspected and changed if neces- Direction for locating the azi- of only several hundred to sev- sary. The method for changing muth adjustment portion on the eral thousand hours. the guides and heads can be tape will be found usually re- The first noticeable symptom found in the literature accom- corded on the tape. Never rewind of head wear is usually poor fre- panying these items. The proce- an alignment tape. Turn it over quency response. Since this wear dures for electrical alignment are at the end and play it backward is gradual, it is not likely to be covered in this article. until it is again on the original noticed until the high frequen- A word of caution. Before at- spool. This will prevent excess cies have been seriously attenu- tempting this alignment, read stretching and will preserve cali- ated. One of the simplest ways to the instructions and check the bration. You may also notice that check the head is to examine it. listof equipment needed and the diameter of the center hub Better use a magnifying glass, make certain you are equipped is larger than the reels you are

10 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 using. If possible, use a takeup reel with an equal diameter hub. If the head has been replaced a "rough" adjustment may be necessary before beginning the azimuth alignment. This may be done in this way: Take an old Tape Head piece of blank tape about 3 feet in length. Use a cotton tipped swab and a solvent or a razor blade and remove the oxide (the brownish -redsubstance)from about a one inch strip in the cen- r Ár ter and on the dull side of this recording tape (Figure 1). You shouldnowbeabletosee through the tape at this point. Tape with portion of You may use transparent leader if it is available. oxide removed Thread this short section of tape around the tape path and Figure 2. Positioning the tape in- proper position using a transpar- around both a take-up and feed ent piece of tape (four -track stereo head shown). reel.Positionthetransparent portion in front of the head to be adjusted. Move the head and/orUse a meter whenever possible; mounting screws with cement, guide up or down until the top don't trust your ears. Move the glyptol,or other similar sub- of the head lamination is at the head up and down, back and stance. top edge and parallel to the tape forth and rotate it slightly to ob- To keep your new head operat- which passes across it (Figure 2). tain the maximum reading (Fig- ing at the peak of efficiency you At this point, the new head ure 3) .This method will align must keep it clean and free of and guides are approximately in the playback/record head. residual magnetism. Remember the correct position. Now connect If you are replacing a stereo to clean your heads periodically the meter, across the output of head, do the procedure first on (after each 10 hours of operation the recorder. If the recorder is the left channel (top track) and is a suggestion) with a cleaner of the "deck" type, the meter will then on the right. It might be thatisrecommended by the connect to the "output" or "am- necessary to compromise on the manufacturer. This is important plifier" jacks on the rear. If the position of the head for best because the heads are made of recorder has an amplifier andalignment on both tracks of a many layers of thin metal sheets speaker built in, the meter may dual track head. separated by an insulating mate- be connected across the speaker If your recorder is of the type rial. Some solvents may dissolve terminals (voice coil). Since you that has a separate record and this insulation, allowing the lam- are using an AC device, polarity playback head, then you will be inations to touch, thus impairing is not important. able to align only the play head the usefulness of the head. Re- Thread the alignment tape. In- with this procedure. Aligning the sidual magnetism from recording structions are usually recorded recordheadusuallyrequires and playing should be removed on the tape. Position the tape at some additional equipment. For from the heads periodically using the alignment portion and ad- further information, consult your a demagnetizer. If this magne- just the volume to give a reading recorder manufacturer for com- tism is allowed to build up, high on the meter. Play the tape and plete alignment instructions. frequencies may be erased and adjust the head with the small Aftercompletingthehead demagnetized screwdriver for a alignment procedure, it is good reproduction will become noisy maximum reading on the meter. practicetosecurethehead and hissy. A partial list of tape heads and Figure 3. Directions of movement when aligning head. aligning equipment from the Al- lied Radio Catalog: No. Item Price 80 R 839Nortronics Tape Head Replace- ment Guide Free 80 R 280Robins -M /M 17-H Tape Head Manual & Re- placement Guide $ .21 80 R 111Alignment Tape (Only one of sev- eral available) 4.95 80 R 127Robins HD -3 Head Demagne- tizer (one of sev- eral available) 3.60

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12 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 My mostunusua divorce trial

As narrated by Judge U. Tellum to the owner of the local electronics shop, Hy Frequency. by M. Fleming

Just got back from hearing the larly the part they recorded after what he calls "components." It most unusual divorce trial of my midnight. Not that the party was may sound better, I don't know. career. First time I ever saw a a brawl, you understand, but But I agree with Jane that they machine named as correspond- everybody lets down a little 'long have a sort of naked look. Makes ent. It was a little gadget called about then. Sam Johnson finally the room look more like the con- a tape recorder. I have recom- broke that tape into little pieces. trols of a space rocket than a liv- mended a cooling off period with He said he might talk like that ing room where you're supposed a separation, but it is plain that once in a while among friends, to sit and relax and watch TV. this gadget is the cause of all but he certainly didn't want a About this place in the testi- sorts of serious trouble between permanent record of it. That was mony, Jane introduced X-rays the couple. the first inkling of trouble. and bills from the hospital show- I don't believe I ever saw a About this time, Bill found out ing what happened when she snoopier, nosier, more exasperat- that he could record music direct walked through the room in the ing little machine in my life! from his radio and television. dark one night and tripped over But it has its good points; there's The trouble began to get worse some of the cords. She had a pic- a lot of appeal there. It's easy to then. Jane produced photographs ture of the cords, too. And I never see how Bill (that's the fellow's of the "rig" Bill had acquired in saw so many extensions, hook- name, Bill Jones) got tangled up the last ten months, and I don't ups, and all, in my life. Seems to with this machine and neglected blame her for squawking. I'm be one of the bugs of this deal, his wife, Jane. She's sort of a surprised she let it go as long as these everlasting cords all over plain Jane,too.Just a good she did. the floor. homebody, not very pretty, but There in their living room, the Well, she fell and hit her face I'll bet she's a good cook. But she biggest room in their GI house, is on the corner of the coffee table doesn't have the romantic, exotic this bench with two tape record- and got the biggest shiner you appeal ofthis tape recording ers, mind you. It seems that when ever saw. And she broke her toe gadget, I'll have to admit. you really get interested in this on the chair leg, had to hobble Jane asked for the divorce, gadget, one isn't enough. You end around for six weeks, and missed stating that this tape recorder up with two, or three, or even the New Year's dance at the had alienated Bills'affections. four, a 4 -track, and a battery job. country club. They went, but she According to her testimony, the Besidesthat,there were two couldn't dance. Just sat there trouble started about a year ago, square boxes which Jane said burningwhile Bill waltzed when he took this almost new are "external speakers for stereo- around the floor a few times with tape recorder in on a large repair phonic music." Well, I had to Widow Burns and that cute new bill a customer owed him for fix- have that explained to me a school teacher, Miss McAdams. ing his car. Bill runs a garage little, but it does sound interest- They left real early, I remember. over on Washington Street. ing. It's supposed to make the About this time, according to Well, Jane didn't mind at first. music sound like you are sitting Jane, Bill joined one of these Bill has to take things in on trade in front of the orchestra, and the tape exchange clubs. She said he every once in a while. That's drums even sound like they are didn't do much about it until he how they got their outboard mo- in a different part of the room got an air letter from Tasmania, tor, and she admitted it was a lot from the violins. You probably I think it was, and the fellow more expensive than the tape re- know all about it. wanted to exchange tapes with corder. Less cash from the busi- Now, what Jane had in mind, him. Well, Bill didn't even know ness to spend on the house, you when Bill mentioned "stereo," where Tasmania was. But he understand. was one of these fancy Danish - fired a letter back, and could They did the usual things with modern cabinets with a record hardly wait until he got a tape it. They hid the microphone at a player, and speakers on each side, from the man. Jane says she party and had a real good laugh very stylish. She says that is a can't for the life of her see what playing it back to the guests and real addition to the furnishings Bill gets so excited over. After watching their expressions when of a room. But Bill, he holds out all,it'sonly alittlestripof they heard their voices, particu- that you get better results with brown plastic, but ..Bill watches

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 13 for the postman like a hawk, Well, after hearing all the evi- now. And he is talking with peo- dence, I decided that what Bill ple in South Africa, New Zealand, and Jane need is a vacation from Norway, and Japan,too. And each other. So I sent Jane home spends money! She had checks to her folks for a month, and told to prove that he bought a big Bill to do his own cooking and world globe, a twenty -five -dollar ironing for a while. I'm betting Atlas, and subscribed to the Na- that in a couple of weeks, no less, tionalGeographic Magazine- they will get to missing each all this when she needed new other, and ask to drop the whole drapes for the living room and proceedings. But I'm going to a new bedroom carpet in the make them stick it out the full very worst way, she says. month. Bill has to see that Jane But she still didn't do anything means more to him than just a drastic until Bill got to taping cook and housekeeper. with a cute little fraulein in Ger- And I gave Jane a little fa- many who is trying to learn Eng- therly talk in private. "Now see lish. He tried to get Jane to talk Jean introduced X-rays here," I said. "At least you know on the tapes with him, but she where Bill is every night. He's says, "What have I got to talk checks the mail for any tapes, not out losing all his money in a about? A 3 -bedroom house in and takes possession of the living poker game. What's really worry- suburbia and what we had for room. Jane can'teventiptoe ing youisthat heisdoing dinner last night?" She played through for fear of making a something right there in your one of the tapes from Germany noise on one of his tapes. So, she own living room in which you in the courtroom to prove her moved the TV to the bedroom don't have any part. So girl, if point, and it was real interesting. and sits and sulks while Bill you can't lick 'em, join 'em. Get It wasn't what the little fraulein tapes. He even wants his supper in there and talk on every tape he said at all that made her mad, on a tray most of the time. makes, even if all you can say is it was the way she said it. She She says their social life is al- `hello'." I sure hope my advice sort of breathed into the micro- most extinct. What friends do works. They're really a fine young phone. And when she said, "Jhust drop over, she says, have to listen couple. vy do you Americans say gahs-o- to Bill's latest tape from New But what I came in here for is leeninsteadofpetrol?",it Zealand with the Maori music on to see what is the cheapest good sounded like Mae West saying it, or see a tape and slide show tape recorder you have, some- "Come up and see me some time." from South Africa, showing Zulu thing that an old fellow like me Jane admitted that the girl al- dancers and all that weird chant- can learn to operate. Bill says a ways spoke to her on the tape, ing, or go over his "rig" and ten -year -old can make a tape re- too, and Bill tried his best to "hookup" with him while she and cording, so maybe I can too. get her to answer. But that silky, the wives just sit and stare at bedroom voice just makes her each other. Of course, there are I sort of think I'll join one of seered!Well,itseemsBill exceptions. John Baker's wife got those tape clubs and get me some thought it was real funny, which so excited over the whole deal "tape pals;" that's what they are just shows that most men don't that she insisted on talking to called, it seems, in Europe. The recognize danger signals when the German girl, and now when wife and I have been wanting to they see them. Bill gets a tape from her, he has go over there on a visit for a long Now, the situation has devel- to ask the Bakers over so Mary time, and we've just about de- oped to where Bill comes in, Baker can help answer it. cided on next year as the time. Maybe I can fix up that spare Bill got to taping with a German fraulein. bedroom for a sort of studio. I don't much think Martha will go for all those cords and clutter in the living room or den. She's looking at a French Provincial stereo for the living room, you know. She likes to keep it just so. And she'd never give in to two speakers nailed up on the walls to get the really good stereo ef- fect. Hm -m -m. Maybe while I'm here I'd better just get two re- corders to start with. Bill says you always need them so you can copy the parts of the tape you want to keep. And tape? I guess about25reelstostartwith. Wonder what Martha will say when I come in with all this stuff? She's been talking about a new vinyl floor for the den and reupholstering the living room furniture. Oh, well!

14 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 On Assignment in

by Mary Shivanandan

A sari is a graceful, modest, borhood from the inside. For ex- Wedding Ceremony feminine dress. It is also excellent ample, when Divali, the Indian My recording of a South In- cover for a tape -recorder, as I festival of lights occurred in Oc- dian wedding is, for example, en- discovered during seven months tober, I was able to record not tirely due to my Tamil teacher's in South India collecting tape - only the general noise of fire- interest in my work. On her own recordings of various aspects of works in the street, but our own initiative, she obtained permis- Indian life. private sparkler display, and the sion for me to record a friend's To be on assignment with a harsh rumble of the rubburollo, wedding. This is a religious af- tape -recorder is one of the best the large pestle and mortar that fair, and I soon found out that, ways of getting to know a coun- is used for crushing rice, almonds where Brahmin priests are con- try, especially if you have time and dahl for various festival deli- cerned, permission to record a on your side. In the seven months cacies. Through the family I be- religious ceremony is not likely spent in South India, with head- came established in the neigh- to be forthcoming. However, the quarters in Madras, one tenth of borhood, with access through my bridegroom was studying in the my recording was done in the very capable "ayah" to the ser- United States and he understood first four and a half months, vant community and through the all about the American passion nine tenths in the last two and family to widening circles of In- for tape-recording and photog- a half. (Of course, before em- dian life. All these friendly con- raphy. First of all my teacher barking on my trip, I had done tacts helped open doors and make dressed me in a dazzling black considerable research on Indian possible recordings that I might silk chiffon sari and loaned me a life and customs), but only day otherwise never have stumbled necklace of gold sovereigns and to day living can teach the nu- on. gold ornaments for my ears and ance of sound and activity that In India it is not good form wrists. (Real gold. A true South make up a typical Indian atmos- just to pick up the phone and ask Indian scorns costume jewelry.) phere, from the first cock crow a favor outright. For one thing When we entered the marriage before dawn to the eerie whistle phones are not common, for an- hall, a huge marquee, decorated of the Ghurka night-watchman other, personal relations come in red and white stripes, I was led marching through the deserted first. A preliminary note with a to a strategic position in front of streets in heavy hob -nailed boots. suitable introduction, followed by the dais where the ceremony was Time was also needed for mak- a visit,is the most promising to take place. I squatted on the ing contacts, an essential if you method of approach. It may only floor along with other women wish to record the more intimate guests gorgeously saried and be- aspectsoflife.Iwaslucky be on the second or third visit enough to spend the first three that detailed recording arrange- jewelled. The spot was excellent months with an Indian family, a ments can be made. But once for viewing, but turned out to be wonderful vantage point for ob- trust is established all kinds of a mixed blessing with the tape - serving the household and neigh- generous assistance is offered. recorder.

15 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 The author and son with ayah. The safest Indian way to carry a tape recorder.

Unwilling to be conspicuous I ings and placed it back on again! pects it. I tipped one generously held the mike too close to the As a gesture of thanks, I gave the at the famous Sri Meenakshi ground and learned my first les- couple a copy of the whole re- temple in 2,000 -year -old Madurai, son about drums. Drumming-ex- cording. the "Sweet City," capital of the citing, stampeding drumming- Pandyan kings, because I want- is a feature of South Indian life. Local Customs ed a recording of the so-called It is also devilish to record. Al- "musical" pillars. These are a though the drummers were sta- On the matter of tips or re- cluster of pillars built like organ tioned at the other end of the wards for a tape-recording, usu- pipes, each with an exact pitch hall, the drum -beat reverberated ally it was sufficient just to show corresponding to the Indian clas- off the bare ground into distor- a keen interest in Indian life (as, sical scale. It was just as well I tion on my tape -recorder. For for example, when I interviewed had tipped him. The temple was the following ceremony I made a yogi, or a professor on the ori- under repair and we had to clam- sure I was sitting on a chair. gins of the Dravidians). If you ber under scaffolding to get at Later, I watched a classical In- tip, you often spoil it for the next the pillars. dian concert recorder at All In- man, and he never gets the "nat- On another occasion I over- dia Radio and made special note ural" sound or situation again. tipped-that was a snake -charm- of the distance of the mridangam There was a village sixteen miles er on the seashore. The snake or drum from the mike. from Madras, where the women charmers I saw in the South got During the actual wedding cer- were planting paddy. I wanted to their main business from foreign emony it was hard from the dis- record their work song. Labori- tourists.This one could even tance at which I was, to pick up ously and precariously I balanced count in six languages. He prom- the chanting of the master of along the thin mud line that sep- ised me a fight to the death be- ceremonies. So, when many of arates one water-logged paddy tween a mongoose and a sleepy the guests had drifted off to din- field from another. After crawl- looking cobra, but I had to pay ner (the wedding takes several ing through some thickets we the money first. The fight was a hours and no one is expected to came to an excellent place, to miserable affair and, of course, stay the whole time), I made my find the women would sing only the cobra wasn'tkilled. That way behind the dais and discreet- for money. Some rich Americans would spoil business, but it was ly held the mike out. The bride- had passed by the week before worth it for the recording of the groom, who was at that moment and tipped them lavishly, more spine -chilling,hauntingpipes, throwing ghee (clarified butter) than my slender purse could af- which even the slight wind noise on the sacred fire, turned around, ford. Fortunately, I had better on the microphone couldn't mar. took the microphone and placed luck in a more remote village. The recording had an interesting it on his knee. As he continued Of course,therearetimes sequel. the ceremonies, the mike fell off when you have to tip-the guide As I was using cartridge tapes his knee. He stopped the proceed - at a temple, for example. He ex- for outside broadcasts on the

16 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 Minifon,I had totranscribe lived there for the past fifteen once break down, but while I was them onto the Telefunken 85. years and knew all the vendors interviewing a well-known Tamil There are no glass panes in the well. One by one, she called them film star in between shots of his windows in India, only bars and in and commanded them to per- latest film the tape broke. Ever shutters to close out the mon- form. One young woman, looking afterwardsIcarriedsplicing soon rains. All the surrounding like Eliza Doolittle before her equipment with me, but this time bird -life strays in and any sound transformationin"MyFair I had been thoughtless. A re- floats out. It was about nine in Lady," with a basket of greens on sourceful film technician pro- the evening that I was playing her head, was confused by the duced a razor blade and a piece the snake -charmer's pipes. Sud- machine. As we played back the of elastoplast and we managed to denly the servant boy from down- recording, including the request fix it. stairs, knocked at the back -door, for her to sing, she began singing Another recording cost me a a scared look on his face. all over again! pair of lovely green and go'd san- "You'll bring out all the snakes "Ayah" was responsible for one dals. Before entering a temple or in the neighborhood," he warned. especially significant recording- holy place, it is customary to re- Then I remembered the cobra a village funeral. Once I noticed move the shoes. Usually there is that had been killed recently six drumming at the end of our someone squatting on the side- gardens away and thelarge street, accompanying a small pro- walk to give a ticket in exchange. snake holes in our own com- cession. "Ayah" told me it was a This time there was no one and pound. The same servant boy, funeral, and assured me there when I returned to look for them Balu, was continually fooled by was bound to be another one be- they were gone. The loss was re- my recordings of the vegetable fore long because the burying gretable, but my immediate prob- vendors. These vendors chant a ground was quite close. lem was how to get home. The catch -phrase, some of them quite Sure enough, a neighbor of Indians may walk barefoot but to musical,asthey hawktheir hers died and she got permission a tenderfoot European, the noon- wares up and down the suburban from the family for me to attend day heat of the tarred streets street. Often Balu would rush to the funeral. Hiding my machine would have been unendurable. the front gate only to find there under a thin cotton sari, I went, The apologetic Brahmin priest was no grape -seller or orange with her behind the mud but ordered a rickshaw. vendor, nothing but a sterile re- where the body was laid out. cording upstairs. There at the foot of the bier,[ Transportation Sounds The vendors' chants were re- recorded the tragic wailing of corded through the good offices of the grief-stricken women of the There are some things one does my "ayah"-a grandmother of family with the sinister funeral on a tape-recording assignment around 40. For eight U. S. dollars drum -beat in the background. As one would never do normally. a month, she came at 6:30 in I was recording, the dead wom- Like the time the "ayah," my the morning, cooked,cleaned, an's mother came and flung her son and I travelled two miles in washed, took care of my year old arms around my feet, wailing. a bullock cart to the railway sta- son and left for a mud hut along When you are tape-recording, tion. There are other more com- the banks of the neighboring ca- you have to be prepared for the fortable ways of reaching the sta- nal at 7:00 p.m. or later. She had unexpected. My machine did not tion, but I wanted to record a .bullock cart. The sun beat down on the narrow, barrel roof, the wooden wheels threw our heads The w ndor's chants were recorded through the aid of n1/ak against the ribs at the side, and the noise of our progress gath- ered inside and exploded about our ears. Young European women do not often travel in bullock carts and I attracted attention with my bare legs hanging over the side, but that is all in the day's work for a broadcaster. Alas, the tape-recording was a failure because of the noise and vibration. But I did get a successful re- cording of a jutka, thelittle painted horsedrawn carts. The clip -clop of the hooves and the jingle of harness bells came out beautifully. There was a roman- tic rickshaw ride, too, through deserted streets, the grunt of the rickshaw coolie competing with the distant hoot of a taxi and a lone radio bleating a love song in the night. The railway station is a symphony of noises, trains hiss- ing and clanking in and out, soft drink, fruit and candy hawkers,

17 child goes to the temple at one nine days or so, there are elabo- month, he hears the basic chants rate pre -dawn temple ceremo- from which the raga system of nies. On almost the last day I Carnatik music developed.(A took my courage in both hands, musician recorded for me a most arose at 5 o'clock, dressed in a lucid explanation of the raga sari, and made my way to the lo- system). The temple musicians cal Hindu temple. It was anew are professionals and have played temple, so that the outer build- since the age of five and six. They ings that normally screen the in- are proud of their art and were ner sanctum had not yet been not shy to give me examples of it. built. The most intimateceremo- All India Radio employs some of nies were open to the street. It the best musicians and as acour- began to rain as I approached tesy in making Indian music bet- the temple and promised to get ter known to American audi- heavier, the last of themonsoon ences, provided a recording of rains. one and a half hours of Indian I did not dare let anyonesus- classical vocal music. These per- pect I had a tape recorder,so put formances are most interesting the Minifon in my handbag, rest- to watch, whether in the studio, ing the mike againstone side at a wedding or on a concert plat- opening. I set the volume control form. The singer is like a king at five, knowing there would be among his courtiers. For his pu- no way of adjusting it once I was pils follow him everywhere, learn- in the temple. Any modulation The religious beggars asking for ing the techniques andnuances was achieved by opening and alms are captured with clarity. of his art. Music is traditionally closing the snake -skin handbag. taught entirely by ear in South When the temple bell, thenages- beggars, announcements in three India. The artist has his listening wara, and the drum all began languages, over the loud speaker devotees too who are oblivious of sounding at once, I thought the of incoming trains. On one train their surroundings for hours on collective sound would vibrate journey I left the mike open as end, as they encourage and ap- right off the machine. Luckily we were pulling into a station. plaud him. the snakeskin proved an effective The whine of a blind beggar ask- barrier and I got an excellentre- ing for alms is captured with Religious Ceremonies clarity. cording of the music and the Sometimes a good recording At the beginning of this article, chanting. The officiating priests falls right into your lap without I mentioned how difficult itwas were most considerate and of- effort. This was the case with to obtain permission to recordre- fered me flowers, camphor flame, three Tamil Christmas carols, ligious ceremonies. Four centuries and sandal paste, along withthe of insensitive Christian mission- otherworshippers.PolitelyI adapted from folk cradling songs. waved them away, but the "pon They were expertly sung by stu- aries who scorned the idolwor- - . ship of Hinduism, without dis- gal," a still -warm, sticky,sweet dents at a blind institution. The mixture of rice and peas, men and women came from vil- tinguishing its noble and lofty sewn in side,haveput a lotus leaf, was thrust intomy lages and their chief joy was the Brahmin hand before I could refuse. singing. Later, when I visited a priesthood on the defensive. Like village and asked some boys to most foreigners, except Eisen- The dawn was now breaking sing, all they could muster was hower and Khrushchev, Iwas and though it was still raining a film song. So quickly are the not admitted beyond the flag- heavily, I deemed it wisest toslip old folk songs dying out under staff in the outer courtyard of away while darkness concealed the ubiquitous influence of the any of the major temples in my actions. cinema. South India. Swamis gave me in- This is but a sample of the India is one of the major film terviews in their homes about the many exciting experiences Ire- producing countries in the world significance of various ceremo- corded in India. Theyare above and South India produces a good nies, but were adamant aboutmy all a tribute to the generosity of third of Indian movies. They are entering a temple. Since my stay the people and their pride inan most popular with the unedu- in India, I have been informed ancient culture. cated. They were a regular source that it is contrary to the Indian of dreams for our servant boy, a constitution to debar any person About the Author: lad of twelve who had quit school from a temple. Even if I had had a copy of the constitution handy, Two years with the British at ten, to take a job in the city to Broadcasting Corp. Fouryears help support his widowed mother I would not have cared to pro- with the Canadian Broadcasting and twosmallbrothers.His voke an incident, as one or two Corp. Has contributed freelance plight is just one among many. I photographers did with unfor- tunate results. work to the British and Canadian shall never forget the look of an- Broadcasting Corporations, and guish and envy on his face as he I,therefore, consider myself the Australian Broadcasting listened to recordings of student extremely lucky to have recorded Commission. Is preparing a fea- activities I made at two Indian half an hour of a temple cere- ture on a day in the life ofan high schools. mony. It happened this way. Indian boy for educationalpur- It is impossible to be in South Early in January, there is a poses. India without recording some festival called "Pongal," a har- Equipment: One Minifon classical music. From the time a vest festival, and for the first One Telefunken 85

18 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 "Dear, you must move this junk upstairs. I'm giving a party this afternoon...." Surrounded by sound equipment and wrapped in a reverie of what goes where, the beginning hi-fier mustn't ignore this innocent ultimatum.Not if he values the future of his hi-fi!

Human Interest in

by Eric Wahleen J It's growing-interest in high- tures and words, we'll seek to cumulation of sundry parts and fidelity sound reproduction of prove that human and electronic pieces. records and tapes in the home. energies blend well and that the The best place to mull over Also interesting is the fact that end result is one step on the road sundry sound equipment is in the these are human beings-garden to more enjoyable living. living room. After all, that is variety-diddling with the dials The first stage (electronically where the finished product will in high delight. enough) deals with the beginner end up-where all may hear and Which means that hi-fi is com- in hi-fi. Then we find what deci- enjoy it. ing out of the "cult" atmosphere bels do and how stereo blooms in The problem is to prevent any and penetrating the rank and the home. Lastly, we learn how reference to the initial clutter- file. The guy that doesn't know a hi -fl fits into home life to pro- ment as "junk" with added hints volt from a decibel is suddenly duce a more blissful existence to move into the basement, attic aware of his own potential (to therein. or elsewhere as soon as possible. borrow a radio phrase) in the Something must be done-and world of sound reproduction. The Beginner in Hi -Fi quickly-to get rid of that term That's what we're going to do "junk" before it becomes a per- here-lend-lease a lot of elec- All hi-fi fans are going in the manent fixture in home vocabu- tronic terminology, mix it with same direction, but they get on lary. human reactions and produce a the sound wagon atdifferent The first tactical move is an circuit that makes sense. points. Hi-fi appreciation grows immediate installation of an out- Wiring together groups of pic- from a small spark, a starting ac- let plug marked "vacuum cleaner

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 19 "Now, dear, if you'll just plant a strong signal on the tape...." This maneuver leaves friend wife in doubt. Is she being somewhat suck- erizedf Perhaps she should stick to her original ultimatumto move sound out of the living room.

The clinching step is to record the kids on tape. They love it the first time, put up with the second round, and are hard to find for the third try. But they get used to it.

only." This quickly eliminates sound at one time (controlled) source instruments of amplifica- the complaint that one is using and confusion (allowed) at an- tion. all the electrical outlets on that other-demonstrating how hi-fi Stereo in the home consists of side of the house. can help establish orderly routine a convergence of two separate The next strategic move in- in a household. sources of sound. One force is volves friend wife in hi-fi record- electronic - representedbya ing. This is designed to stir her Stereo in the Home combination of electrical circuits. interest in sound reproduction to The other source of energy is the the point where it is no longer re- Third dimensional sound, giv- children in the home-complete ferred to as "junk." The basic ing the impression of "in-be- with a sound system all their idea behind this maneuver is the tween" sounds emanating from own. Both must be synchronized fact that everyone, without ex- separated speaker units,isa and tuned to produce stereo- ception, likes to hear the repro- newcomer in the field of home phonic effects. duced sound of his own voice. hi-fi. By utilizing two hi-fi phono- With mama behind him, it will Some day, and soon without a graph record players connected be simple to indoctrinate the rest doubt,stereophonicamplifiers to a tape recorder, stereo sound of the family into the idea that will come "built-in," similar to can be made to circulate through there isa new "baby" in the refrigerators or electric ranges thehouse.Electronicallythe house (admittedly a loud one at supplied with new homes. But the problem would seem to have times-much given to unearthly dayofaudio -designedliving been solved. and unpremeditated squawks). rooms with built-in tape or rec- But other exigencies exist. As father hi-fi learns to dis- ord playbacks hasn't quite ar- One of the phono-players is a tinguish good sound from bad, rived. Stereo is still in its infancy. borrowedinstrument - which he'll find his equipment fitting Let's take an intimate look at modifies the statement, in this fast and easily into the rond-de- this lusty infant and see what's instance, at least, that "stereo is lay of home. What was once happening to the folks who are here to stay." sound and confusion will become now convertingfromsingle - The cord from one phono-

20 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 Small children plunging into a stack of treasured hi-fi (or "Off -to -bed" brings quiet out of eonj'uswon (unless stereo recordings show the need for a cabinet father wants to listen to theater -level sounds). He can vault) to hold the playbacks. compromise by listening to one side of his stereo at a time. A sound -proof room would solve his problem- one to keep the kids in.

The hi-fier's spouse will point out that in order to match this beauti- ful piece of equipment, this cus- tom-built cabinet-the walls must be redecorated.

player to the tape recorder isn't plutocratic perfectionist. He's an thought to such matters, and quite long enough to allow for ordinary guy expertly blending then only in relation to the sound properly spacing the speakers, his sound equipment with the absorption or reflection of sound thus reducing the stereo effect. acoustical variations of his home. waves to get the best sound from Sound equipment, to the top- his hi-fi. In addition, the best positioning flight hi-fi fan, is most often a But his wife has-given it more places the two units on opposite means to an end-listening to than a passing thought. She ap- sides of an oft -used passageway good sound reproduction of his preciates good sound reproduc- -with the cord blocking the favorite music, whether classic, tion, too. But sight goes along doorway. jazz, symphony or an ocarina with sound to tickle the senses If the front door is opened it is lets in another source of sound solo. in complete harmony. She -the children! But the coagula- He is not a perfectionist, but adept at blending the two to- tion of kids and stereo isn't all he knows what to expect out of gether. confusion. They learn to recog- available equipment. He knows He'll be lucky if he doesn't find nizegood sound reproduction how to compromise with the himself installing new furniture and pick out favorite tunes that acoustical layout of his living all around, reshingling the roof, serve as training in the art of room. repainting the outside of the good living. Now that he has made his house, rearranging the shrubbery Now that we've begun with the choice of what he wants-and on the front lawn, or moving to beginner and sat in on stereo, has it-can he sit back, relax, another house where everything let's look at the ultimate in sound and enjoy the result of his ef- fits. living-the highest of ti's. forts? Not quite. In order to set It's almost inevitable that the up his beautiful piece of sound hi -fl fan ultimately finds himself Side Effects of High Fidelity equipment, other furniture must in better and better living quar- Contrary to common belief, the be moved. It is obvious that the ters as he acquires better and aristocratinsoundisnot a hi-fiergivesonlyapassing better sound equipment.

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 21 TAPE RECORDERS

AT NEW YORK

HI-FI SHOW

A Staff Report

Revere stereo tape changer

Anyone who attended the1963 over the models which were pre- tures four track stereo tape deck International High Fidelity Mu- viously released. with built-in record, playback and sic Show, held in New York City Of course, some new models monitoring preamps;three during September, can vouch for were introduced, with many of- heads, three motors, and three the fact that the tape recorder fering slower tape speeds. This speeds. has become a full-fledged mem- trend will naturally not help the Concord Electronics Corp.: New ber of the audio field. There were current slow vs. high tape speeds Model 550 four track stereo tape twenty-six manufacturers in at- battles that have been brewing recorder. Accessory power ampli- tendance at the exhibition show- for some months. Most recorder fiers allow monitoring from the ing tape recorders. Dealers and manufacturers claim that the deck, through either earphones manufacturers reported that tape slower speeds will make available or speakers. Three speeds are exhibits received plenty of atten- to them new sales areas and also, available with automatic equal- tion during the five-day exhibi- of course, help to prove the oft ization. tion. It was also observed that debated problem of the high cost Freeman Electronics Corp.: other manufacturers were using of tape vs. records. Model200tape recorder is fully tape recorders as a programmed Highlights among the manu- transistorized, three motors, four source to show how their prod- facturers at the show included: track stereo and monaural rec- ucts sounded. AmericanConcert one,Inc.: ord/play system. Automatic con- With the recorders that were New series of tape recorders fea- tinuous play deck and pre -ampli- on display,it seems that the turing Reverse-O-Matic, which fiers, with monitor speaker and manufacturers are moving to- plays four track tape end to end automatic reverse play. ward machines that offer better and back again. Revere-WollensakDiv., 3M qualityandnaturallyhigher Ampex Corp.: New F-44 series Company: Three new systems, prices. From this, it would appear of taperecorders,four track M-20, M-30,andM-3of stereo that most sound conscious re- stereo /monorecorder /players. tape cartridge systems. All tape cording enthusiasts are moving Available in five models. cartridge recorder models oper- up into the better type of profes- Bell Sound Division: New Mod- ate at17/eips.M-20is recorder - sional models, rather than re- elRT-360duplicates monaural player deck model, whileM-30 maining in the modern consumer orstereotapes;recordsfour andM-3are player only versions. type recorders. It was interesting track monaural or stereo tape North American Philips Co.: to note that not many outstand- from many sources; and com- Continental 301 transistorized ing changes were made in record- bines two or more sound sources three -track, four -speed tape re- ers displayed at this year's show, on a single tape track. corder, features new fourth speed but many improvements and re- BenjaminElectronicSound of 15/16 ips. Records32hours finements were quite apparent Corp.: New Model PD -100 fea - on standard 7 -inch reel.

22 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 Roberts Electronics, Inc.: Mod- el 770 Stereo tape recorder which introduces therevolutionary Crossfield Head. New head pre- vents erasures of high frequen- cies. Multiple adjustment head allows four -track stereo record; play, two -track stereo playback, and four track monaural record play. Superscope,Inc.:Model 600 four track sterecorder with two tape speeds. Three heads, tape and sound monitoring, sound on sound,andvertical/horizontal operation. Automatic tape lifters and pause control plus automatic Ren,iOTl

Retro-.11ntic 220 Tandberg .110(1(1 li l

:1 n1pf.r I- í i., ri

s i,(r.ecnhe Model 600 Concord Mod, I

Bell Model RT-360

23 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 new products PROFESSIONAL RECORDERS

ROBERTS NEW 770 the gap width, adversely affecting the bias and increasing distortion during re- cording and deteriorating high frequency response during playback. Since the bias Estcy Model 70 is produced by the Cross Field head- which never touches the tape-these Heading the line of four "foolproof" drawbacks to good recording and play- tape recorders which are being manufac- back are eliminated. tured is Model 70, a professional stere- The 770 also incorporates a new motor ophonic tape recorder with authentic and drive system that reduces WOW and sound -on -sound. Priced at $339.95 the flutter at17/8ips so that high fidelity Model 70 is believed to be the only tape stereophonic recordings can be produced recorder under $400 with genuine sound- at this speed. New drive system utilizes on -sound, a unique feature of sound re- a heavy duty hysteresis synchronous mo- production.In additionto sound -on - tor with an electrical speed change. sound, Model 70 also has sound -with- Since the 770 records for as longas sound recording; four -track monaural re- eight hours on a single reel of tape,a cording extended tape time (up to eight special blower ventilation system was de- hours on a 7 -in. reel); illuminated re- veloped that keeps the machine running cording level meters for accuracy in cool at all times. A new automatic shut- making fine recordings; external speaker off switch selector permits all -automatic switches for monitoring and public ad- Roberts new Model 770 introduces the recording. Machine will shut itself off dress,two 5 x 7speakers withlarge most important breakthrough in tape re- completely once recording is completed. magnets for superb tone quality and cording since stereo-the Roberts Cross Roberts patented multiple adjustment wide angle sound dispersion, an output Field head. With this head,a new octave head allows instant selection of allre- of 20 watts per channel and two de- in high frequency range can be recorded cord/play functions, precisely locating tachable speaker wings. and played because of the unique Cross and aligning head for four -track stereo Shown below is the Model 50, also Field construction. record/play;2 -trackstereoplayback fully stereophonic and priced to retail at The Cross Field head assembly also and four -track monaural record/play. $220.95. Sound -with -sound, which per- solves another problem heretoforecom- The 770 is priced at $499.95. Roberts mits recording on either channel while mon to tape machines: On conventional Electronics, Inc. 5978 Bowcroft Street, playingbackthroughtheremaining recorders, head wear gradually changes Los Angeles 16, Calif. channel, and is accomplished without the use of a special switch, is a feature of this unit. Other features are two de- SOUND TAPE REEL tachable wing speakers, a digital counter for rapidly locating the desired selec- A new sound tape reel, which elimi- tions of the tape; a separate power-on flanges, and comes equipped witha indicatorlight;two external nates the traditional fumbling all -fingers footed, snap -closure collar which makes speaker method of reel threading, is described jacks; speaker on -off switch foropera- the combination a self -storing unit. The tion of either speaker individually by the manufacturer as the "most sig- solid flanges and collar protect the tape or nificant development in reel design in the from dust and damage. Each set also simultaneously, with provision foruse history of magnetic tape." includes of the recorder for public address and pressure -sensitive adhesive monitoring; separate concentric and tone The new reel is threaded by merely write -on labels for both reel and collar. laying the tape between the flangesnear controls for each channel. Both Model The reel, valued at $1.50, will be of- 70 and Model 50 were specifically de- the hub. As the reel spins, the tape winds fered initially for 39 cents, with each automatically and easily around the hub. signed to be mounted vertically, rather purchase of three 7 -in reels of "Scotch" than being converted from a horizontal It also unwinds freely and easily off the brand recordingtape. 3M Company, reel. The self -threading reel has solid design. All four Estey tape recordings 2501 Hudson Road, St. Paul 19, Minn. have two speeds, 7%2 and 33/4 ips; all take up to 7 -in. reels, all are equipped with separate "press to record" push- button to assure no accidental erasures of tape, and all have a single knob for fast forward and rewind operations. Es- tey Tape Recorder Div., Estey Electron- ics, Inc., Hicksville, N. Y.

Estey Model 50

24 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 STEREO COMPACT

By Clifford L. Parody

Gentlemen: Gentlemen: In your issue of Tape Recording, De- I go to main (ooiventions where there cember 1962, I came across the article are some 30 to 40 people who have tape "Build Your Own Degausser," written recorders and after each one puts up a by John W. Berridge. I followed through microphone, there are just too many of with his suggestions in constructing this them. It begins tointerfere with the Known as Model 88 Stereo Compact, speakers and so forth. I built a system redesigned unit contains many new fea- useful tape eraser, but am having prob- lems. where we could use one microphone tures. New hyperbolic contour heads going through an amplifier into a series (erase, record and playback) of lami- I used two power transformers from radios, and had them checked out to be of boxes with outlets to be plugged into nated, metal face construction. These in order to get a direct line to the re- new contour heads require no pressure sure I had the primaries. After assem- bling and fusing with 1 amp, as he sug- corder without using a microphone. In pads. A new brake design permits use using this system it seems that some re- of similar reel sizes of up to 7 inches gested, the fuses blew. So as things stand now, I can only place a 10 -amp fuse on corders get good recording and others without danger of tape spillage. Com- don't and I'm afraid it is the difference pletely new amplifier with silicon planar one coil and a 15 -amp on the other. Those are the only two fuses that will in impedance. transistorsincritical low -noisestages, Could you give me any ideas on how and independent playback pre -amp cir- hold. Also on 30 seconds of use there is a considerable amount of heat there; in to improve this? If not, could you give cuitry permits monitoring off the tape. me an idea that might work better to "A -B" comparison switch for monitor- fact, so much that the cords get real hot and soft. I'm not an electronic man eliminate this problem other than the ing off the tape or program source is all included. Delivers two volt output to by trade, but with the help of a friend system I have? Incidentally this is have been able to go about this small on speeches and not music. musicsystem.Record/playbackfre- Cotton James quency response 30-18,000 cps at 71/2 job. However, somewhere, something is wrong. I also realize that energy is lost 1623 Main Street ips. Auto equalized speed selector. Im- Lubbock, Texas proved ERASE PROTEC record inter- because of no complete circuit in the coil, but I feel that if I would have it on lock permits noiseless start/stop during Lacking detailed circuit information recording. Sound -on -sound recording for for 5 minutes, and he says not to exceed 10 minutes,I would have both coils regarding the system you have built, 1 multiple recording effects and filter for will assume it consists of an amplifier F.M. multiplex recording are built-in. burned out. Harold H. Schaeffer terminated in a low impedance line of Separate record/playback volume con- either 600 ohms or voice coil imped- trols, record indicator light, professional Route 1, Box 106 Fleetwood, Pa. ance of 8 to 16 ohms. VU meters, digital counter, head shift If such a line is properly terminated, control, two speed selector switch and that is, has connected across it a match- automatic tapeshut-offare standard You are quite right, somethingis ing load which, in the case of the 600 equipment. Viking of Minneapolis, Inc., definitely wrong. Check for any of the ohm line would be a 600 ohm resistor, 9600 Aldrich Avenue South, Minneapo- following possibilities: or in the case of a voice coil line, either lis, Minn. 55420. 1. You may be using the filament appropriate speakers or resistances, a windings of the power transform- large number of tape recorders could 1964 HEATH CATALOG ers instead of the primary wind- be connected across the line for direct ings. electrical recording. World's largest manufacturer of "do- Assuming this is the set-up you have, it-yourself"electronickits,announces 2. You mayhaveinadvertently shorted turns by scraping the in- it is important that the input to the re- new 1964 edition of Heathkit catalog. corders be to the high impedance, high Contained in its clean, easy -to -read pages sulationwhenre-insertingthe "E" core material. level input and not the low level micro- are a wide selectionofprofessional - phone input. I believe you will find that styled, professional -performing kitsfor 3. You may be using a metal cover instead of a wooden or plastic those who are getting poor recordings every family member regardless of in- are connecting into the microphone in- terest or previous kit -building experience. material. 4. You may have selected very small puts of their recorders, which is causing More full color than ever before is used overloadingwithconsequent to illustrate many of Heathkit's newest, powertransformers,theinduc- serious most advanced products, and to show tance of which, without complete horrible distortion. core lamination, is very small and Your idea is excellent for eliminating exactly how your Heathkit will look upon the confusion of so many individual completion. All products are described producing a near short circuit on your power line. microphones, and at the same time, will in detail including complete specifica- provide higher quality recordings by tions and features. More of the popular We recommend that you do not use eliminating the speaker and microphone interior photos are used to show the neat path and their attendant contribution layout, quality engineering, and ease of your degausser until it works properly to distortion. assembly of each Heathkit. Heath Com- with 1 -ampere fuses. pany, Benton Harbor, Mich. 49023.

25 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 new products low as 0.3 percent @ 7/2 ips. Supplied Othernew features include: A new complete with scuff -resistant case, 2 dy- hysteresis -synchronous motor,designed namic microphones, patch cords and specifically for the F-44, provides smooth, empty 7 -in reel. Lafayette Radio Elec- quiet operation through a dynamically STEREO TAPE RECORDER tronicsCorp.,111Jericho Turnpike, balanced rotor and fan. Under normal Syosset, L. I., New York. conditions, the motor never needs re- oiling. Separate record -level meters for STEREO TAPE RECORDERS each channel have indicator needlespo- sitioned for quick and accurate readings. A record indicatorlight foreach channel avoids the possibility of mistakes in four- track monophonic recording. A special control allows the owner to pre-set his F-44 to shut itself off. The recorder also shuts itself off if the tape should break The RK-600\í-3 is a completely self- during unattended recording or playback. contained 4 -track stereo tape recorder: Like all Ampex audio recorders, the F-44 needs no extra amplifiers or speaker. has three separate heads, each engineered Records 4 -track stereo or monaural tapes for optimum performance in its specific and plays back 4 -track stereo or mon- role-record,eraseorplayback.All aural,2 -track stereo or monaural and metal shielding and narrower channel full -track monaural tapes. Also records A complete new line of high quality widths eliminate adjacent channelcross- sound -with -sound.Otherfeaturesin- stereo tape recorders including four dif- talk. clude: individual neon recording level ferent models for home, industry and Four new stereo recorders anda new indicators, two built-in 4 x 6 -in speakers education, has been announced. The new speaker/amplifier are included inthe with sound deflector side panels, self- F-44 Series of four -track stereo recorders F-44 Fine LineSeriesoffour -track holdingpausecontrol,separate mu - incorporates major advances over the recorders for home, industry and educa- metalshieldedrecord/playbackand 1200 Series, which it replaces. tion. From left to right, counter -clock- eraseheads, positive -actioncontrol As a unique new series feature, an in- wise: Model F-4470 portable recorder lever, hi and lo level inputs, extension dividual performance record is retained withbuilt-indual -channelamplifier/ speaker and monitor outputs. Frequency for each F-44 and is made available to speakers ($695.00); Model F-4460por- response: 40 to 15,000 cps @ 7/2 ips; the purchaser. He receives this custom- tablerecorder ($595.00); Model F-4450 40 to 9,000 cps a 33/4 ips. Audio out- ized performance record when he sends recordermountedinwalnutbase put: 2 watts. S/N Ratio: 45 db. Stereo in his completed warranty card and thus ($579.45) ;Model F-4450 unmounted separation: 40 db. Wow and flutter: as knows precisely what performance to ex- ($549.50) ;and Model 2044 portable pect from his F-44. The record includes amplifier/speaker($179.50).Unitin frequency response, signal-to-noise ratio, center is Model F-4452 unmounted unit now you can DO flutter and wow measurements, crosstalk for custom systems ($549.50). Ampex rejection and is initialed by the person Corp., 934 Charter St., Redwood City, AS THE STUDIOS DO making the measurements. Calif. with the Hollywood PHANTOM SONY MODEL 500 STERECORDER The Sony Model 500 is a two speed (50cyclesoptional);Frequencyre- POSITIONER (7/2 and 33/4 ips) stereophonic recorder sponse-± 2 db 50-14,000 cps @ 7/2 which features two highfidelityin- ips; Signal to noise ratio -50db; Flutter finitebaffle PoitTloP1 R speakers mounted inthe and wow-less than 0.17 percent @ 7/2; specially designed split -lidof the re- Inputs-two microphones, two high level rar~ii corder carrying case. This Sony innova- auxiliary; Outputs-two 600 ohm stereo tion permits speaker separation up to 15 line, two 8 ohm stereo external speaker, the marvelcus invention that lets you feet apart from optimum stereo acous- 8 ohm binaural earphone jack. Thenew electronicallyposition any sound source tics. Sony 500 sterecorder is complete with

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26 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 HEAD DEMAGNETIZER SLIDE BOOKLET ALLIED CATALOG -1964 A data book designed to help the in- Expanded lines of fully -transistorized dustrial, commercial and school photog- high fidelity components, many with new rapher prepare professionalslidesets high power ratings and major design andfilmstripswithordinaryphoto- developments,highlight1964catalog, graphic equipmentisavailable. The featuring selected items in numerous 4 - book, which has undergone major re- color pages interspersed in the 248 -page vision, presents a host of ideas of plan- rotogravure section. The `Electronics for ning and producing an effective slide Everyone" presentation covers thousands show or filmstrip for training, promotion, of items representing hundreds of manu- advertisingandeducationalpresenta- facturers. There are over 100 Knight - tions. The guide gives a step-by-step Kits covering hi-fi components, citizens planning procedure, using a planning ban radio, amateur gear, hobby and be- board; describes what films to use and ginners kits, shortwave receivers, service how to expose them for top-quality re- and laboratorytestinstruments, inter- productions; and explains how to utilize coms, and other interesting kits. thelightsources most photographers Homeandprofessionalrecording already own. equipment and accessories range from "ProducingSlidesandFilmstrips $29.95 subminiatureportablestofea- (S-8)," priced at $1.00 is available from ture -packed precision units. Allied Radio Kodak dealers or Eastman Kodak Com- Corp., 100 N. Western Ave., Chicago, The H -D-100 head demagnetizer, de- pany, 343 State St., Rochester 4, N. Y. Ill., 60680. signed to end the residual magnetism that affects all tape recorders, is now avail- able. The H -D-100 substantially reduces the noise level and distortion of recorded signals that affects all tape recorders as Crosstalk heads become magnetized through con- from the editors stant use. It is simple to use and takes just a few minutes of time at weekly in- tervals to eliminate problems of residual magnetism. Freeman Electronics Corp., Sticking Our The New TAPE RECORDING 729 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles 38, Neck Out We havereceivedinquiries California. Since entering the tape record- from our readers regarding our ing field several months ago, we After publishing naturally have been reading and two issues of Tape Recording we investigating the past, present, wish to state the following in re- BATTERY CENTER and future of the industry in an gard to our editorial policy and AND TESTER attempt todeterminewhat plans. should be our editorial objectives. 1. Tape Recording Magazine Our investigations have forced will continue to be directed to the us to conclude that: hobbyist, but will include some 1. There will be an increased technical articles. 2. New departmentswillbe use of tape recorders by the added as the magazine grows. We teaching profession for language, are quite enthusiastic about this lecture and speech applications. and have added "Sound Advice" 2. More varied uses of tape re- this month. corders will be made once the 3. An expansion in the cover- capabilitiesof these machines age of Tape Club News depending A certain winneristhe new "Ev- are demonstrated. upon activityreports received eready" Deluxe battery center and tester. 3. More amateur tape enthu- from club secretaries. The elegant new hardwood merchan- siasts will become professionals as 4. In the near future our read- diser combines self -dispensing and pro- recorders with new innovations ers will see the review of new tected product merchandising and fea- become available. equipment and accessoriesas tures a professional battery tester for 4. Tapespondence will increase soonassatisfactoryarrange- checking both voltage and amperage. among the many tape enthusiasts ments can be finalized with the An added benefit isthe chart on the and clubs. manufacturers. displayto help consumers selectthe 5. Tape Recording Magazine 5. The former owners of Tape right battery for the right job. Assort- will become a useful and impor- Recording published a combined ment offers 98 percent battery coverage tant instrumentto every tape July -August issue and we are ex- of popular types for flashlight,radio, fan. tending all applicable subscrip- photoflash and other applications. Round tions one month to compensate cells are dispensed in the lower section We realize that other people in for this. by gravity feed action and other bat- theindustryprobablyhave 6. In our effort to continue to teries are displayed under a clear Lucite reached some of the same con- improve Tape Recording Maga- cover that opens for service from the clusions, but we want our readers zine we solicit help from all sub- rear. Union Carbide Corp., Consumer to be informed of the general scribers, dealers, and manufac- Products Div., 270 Park Ave., New York, trends of their hobby. turers and their agencies. N. Y. 10017.

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 27 FIONALOCKIE, 4 MaryfieldPlace, tapespondents wanted Bonnyiigg, Midlothian, Scotland. Philips Recorder, 33/4ips, 4 track 3 This column is a service to our readers seeking tape correspondents or swaps of to5 -inspool.Interests: Gemology tape, etc.If you wish your name listed send us the following information on a (rockhound). Wouldliketotape post card: 1) Name; 2) Mailing Address; 3) Kind of recorder, speed and numbers with someone interested in this sub- of tracks; 4) Subjects on which you wish to tapespond or items wanted; 5) Indicate ject; also reading, travel, swimming, whether you are an adult or teenager. Listing will run two months and then be outdoor life, tapesponding, photog- dropped to make way for new listings. Address your postcard to: TAPESPONDENTS raphy and hiking. Would like to con- WANTED, Tape Recording Magazine, 1077 West Glebe Road, Alexandria, Va.- tact young primary teachers of my 22305. Tape Recording Magazine assumes no responsibility for any inquiries be- tween persons listed in this column which are not answered. own age, students or farmers, espe- cially in Arizona, Mexico, California, Oregon,nootherstates.Nursery GEORGE MYALL, 939 17thSt.,Santa WILLARD HAGEN, 135 Las Tunas Dr., school assistant, 30 years, female. Monica,Calif.Recorder: Portable Arcadia, Calif. V -M 722 stereo, 33/4, with rimdrive. Speed controlfor 7Y2 four track, mono or dual stereo M. ROSSI,161FanyonSt.,Milpitas, plus and mines 33/4 ips. Cannot ex- plus Add -a -track. Can furnish most Calif. Recorders: Sony, 33/4 and 71/2 change tapes with standard record- any type of music as I have 4000 ips,1/2 track, monaural; Ampex, 33/4 ers.Interests: Philately, aeronautics, records in our library and can tape and 71/2 ips, full track and 1/2 track, general science, s.w. listening, tape- direct from FM stereo on six stations monaural. Interested in instrumental spondence. Invalid. 46 years old. and 12 in mono. Would like oriental music,sound effectsandmovie music, current history of your area, soundtracks, songs in Spanish. Inter- CHARLES HELSELL, 1019 Junior Court, soundsanddescriptionsofyour estedin broadcasting, announcing Fort Dodge, Iowa. Recorder: Wollen- area. Speak English and Danish. Am and TV exclusivelyinSpanish.In sak 1515-4, 33/4, and 71/2 ips, 2 and a tree specialist, L.D.S. and tape and general will converse inEnglish or 4tracks.Interests:Literature,art, slide show hobbyist. Spanish. Adult. psychology, philosophy, classical music, hypnosis, camping, convers- RAY GENLEY, 9 Third St., Mellon Plan, HARRY JAY, 117 Collins St., Melbourne ingabout practically any subject. Wilmerding, Pa.Recorder: Concord C.L.,Australia. Recorders: National Adult (22), single. 880 stereo,4 -track,71/2,33/4 and and Grundig TK1, 17/s, 33/4 and 71/2 17/8ips.Interests: Music, especially ips, mono 2 tracks. Speak English RICHARD A.BOTHIE, 4119 N.Pitts- in the foreign vein and the unusual. and German. Interested in folk burghAve.,Chicago34,III. Re- German music, Italian,Spanish, songsfromallovertheworld, corders: Ampex 970, Webcor 2150, Mexican, etc. Very fond of all types theatre and cabaret shows. Like to two or four track mono or stereo, of Viennese music, such as Johann exchange tapespondents and music. any speed. Want comedy routine Strauss, Robert Stoltz, Hilda Gueden, No need to write, all tapes answered Abbott -Costello, "Who's on First, Erna Sack; orchestras such as Manto- promptly. Adult (58). etc." Also King Edward's speech on vani, Helmut Zacharias, Percy Faith, abdication. Have many subjectsto etc.Organ music by AlMelgard, MICHAELJ.MOONEY, 144-5738th trade for above. Adult, 42. LeonBerry, Bob Kames. Have my Ave., Flushing 54, Long Island, N. Y. own organ but only play with one NorelcoContinental 400, 4 -track finger.Haveterrificcollectionof JEROME CZAJKA, 326 E. Central Ave., monauralrecord/playback,4 -track records. Love to hear from someone Toledo 8, Ohio. Recorder: Sony 300, stereo record/playback. Norelco 33/4and71/2ips,2 and 4 track from Vienna, Austria, or from any- Continental100 (battery powered, oneregardless stereo.Interests:Concert band ofanything.Also transistorized, portable), slides and 8mm movies. Adult (43). 2 -track music. Would liketo contact some- monaural record/playback. Inter- one in New York area who records ests: Many and varied-writing (non- the Goldman Band Concerts-or any DON MARTINSON, 2478 No. 83rd St., fiction),photography (35 -mm), other locations that have band con- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213. Re- sound,olfaction(applications of cert(live)broadcasts. Adult, musi- corder: Wollensak T-1515-4, records smell), natural science, travel, speech cian, single. four track monaural and plays two improvement,music(instrumental), and four track stereo. Speeds 33/4 marine andaeronauticalsubjects, ELEUTERIO VALDOVINOS, 733 So. 26th and71/2.Interests: Animals, chem- religion (Roman Catholic), German St., Milwaukee 4, Wisconsin. Ampex istry,music,tape recording.Inter- language, sports (many). Interested 970, 71/2 and 33/4ips, 2 track mon- ested inaddingtocollectionof inhearing from tapespondents all auralor4trackstereo.Interests: stereo tapes. Would also like advice over world,especiallyWest Ger- Sociology, psychology, naturalist, concerning AM -FM tuner vs a reg- many, Australia, New Zealand, Ire- sunbathersclubs, taperecording ular AM -FM radio. Teenager (17). land, England and Orient; also West techniques; good discussion on con- Coast of USA. Must speak English, troversial subjects. Only the liberal KENNETH WILLOUGHBY, 580 Ahwanee though, male or female. minded person need answer. Wish Space#2,Sunnyvale,Calif.VM to tapespond with single men and/ Tape-O-Matic 710, 33/4 and 71/2 ips, ROGER RUSSELL,WestRidgeRoad, or women between the ages of 23- Sony 101,33/4 and 71/2ips, mon- Brewster, N. Y. Recorders: Wollensak 35. Adult male, single, 29 years. aural, 2 -track. Interests: Mystery 1515-4,1/4 and 1/2 track, 33/4 and schools,occultwisdom,literature, 71/2 ips. Magnecord 728-44 Vz track NEAL LANG,117Pierce#3, Coco hypnosis, psychiatry, psychology, stereo,71/2and 15ips.Interests: Beach,Fla. Recorder:KnightKN advancedesotericwisdom,after - Would liketo obtain tapes of old 4035, 33/4,71/2 two track. Poems, death theories or experiences, rocket radio programs; escape, mysterious camping, recording,misc, and fly- physicist,andphilosophyingen- traveler, suspense, etc.Live record- ing. Adult. eral. Married (28). ings, Hi -Fi.Adult.

28 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 BENTE URHOLT, Nesbyen, Norway. LYNN STRICKLAND, 682 Orizaba Ave., PATSY FEYER, Box 457, Homer, Alaska; Tandberg Model 8-42, 4 -track mono, Long Beach 14, Calif. Ampex 960, Telectrotaperecorder. No need to 33/4 and 17/8ips. Music and Ameri- 2- or 4 -track stereo or mono, 71/2 ips write, will answer all tapes. Teen- can teens. Talk slowly. Teenager. (canrecord only2 -trackstereoor ager (15). General teenage interests, mono). Interests: Serious music, ex- 2 and 4 track, 17/8 speed, 33/4 and JOSEPH DZEDA, 3922 DelmoreRd., cluding opera, free thought, litera- 71/2. Will tape boy or girl. Cleveland Heights 21, Ohio. Record- ture, the arts, philosophy. Adult (27) ers: Bell T-223, T-347, RT-88, 2 -track single. All tapes answered. JUNE FEYER, Box 457, Homer, Alaska; mono or 4 -track stereo, 71/2 ips only. Telectro taperecorder.Interests: Interests: Classical music ofall DICK ARTHUR, 2217 Winterwood Lane, Swimming, sports, horse riding. types,especially pipe organ -classi- Topeka, Kansas, 66614. Recorders: Teenager (14).2 and 4 track,17/8, cal(particularly addictedtoBach, Ampex1260,4 -trackMono and 33/4, 71/2 speed. Mendelssohn, and Franck) or amuse- Stereo.WollensakT-1515,2 -track ment park band organ. Also wild mono and stereo, 33/4 and 71/2ips. WALTER NASSO, 5611 8th Ave., Brook- about orchestral music boxes of the Interests: Electronics, popular music, lyn, N. Y. Recorder: Wollensak, 33/4 turn of the century. 4 -track stereo Kay Starr recordings, tape recording and 71/2 ips,4 -trackmono and library list sent upon request. Cynic techniques, soundeffects,drafting, stereo. Interests: All types of music, (20). square dancing, comedy, adult hu- especially popular and jazz piano, mor, general gab, Hi -Fistereo, etc. theater,singing.Interestedinex- DOROTHY McAVORY,2628 Stuart, Would like a few foreign tapespon- changing tapes of music and conver- Indianapolis,Indiana.Harper and dents. Send a tape, any size, any sation. Adult, single. Eicorrecorders.Interested inand speed. Will answer immediately. have Bing Crosby record collection, RAY MOFFITT, Route3,Box130-A, and old records of allkinds. Have ROBERT L. SPERO, 1263Ranchland Olympia, Washington. Recorders: coincollection andliketo dance. Drive, Mayfield Hts. (24), Ohio. Sony Concertone 505 and Uher 4000 Re- Single, 48. Will write or answer all 300, 33/4 and 71/2 ips, 2 and 4 track. port (battery portable). Speeds 71/2 mail. Interests: Dixielandjazzandbig to15/16.Play 1/2 and V4 track band swing, primarily in stereo. In- mono orstereo;record 1/2 track MIKE BERMAN, 13 Pickwick Rd., De- terestedinbuyingorwilltrade mono or stereo. Interests: Symphonic Witt, N. Y., 13214. Recorders: Wol- copies of tapes and/or magazines music in 2 and 4 track stereo, tape - lensak T-1500 and VM 722, 2 and 4 for Volume 1 and 2 (12 issues) of slide programs, color photography, track mono, 4 track stereo, can play- "Tape Recording," known thenas nationalparks,audio -visuals, and back anything at 33/4 or 71/2 ips. In- "Magnetic Film & Tape Recording." education.Interestedinconversing terests:Naturalscience,sciencein Adult (38). with 5th or 6th grade teachers on general, science fiction, 35mm pho- adult level as well as student ex- tography (especially color), music of LOUISE WASHBON, 545 W. Rose, La- changes from U. S. schools or Eng- any kind including jazz, radio and Habra, Calif. Concord tape recorder lish-speakingcountries,especially TV recordings, especially of impor- with dual track recording, 33/4, 71/2 New Zealand. Will answer all tapes. tant news events, stereo effect and and 17/8 speeds. Want lots of tape Adult (31), elementary teacher. recordingstereo,humor, debating, exchangeswithsinglegirlsand generalconversation. Can speak women, also servicemen, and espe- CLIFFORD JOS. SHERRY, P. O. Box 20, Spanish fairly well. Will answer all cially foreign and Spanish speaking Naperville,Ill.Knight KN-4300, 2 tapes as quickly as possible. Teen- pals. Young, single woman, aged and 4 track, 17/8, 33/4 and 71/2. In- ager (16). 28. terests: Studying psychology (in col- lege), science fiction books, photog- JOHN HALL, 2233 So. Louisville, Tulsa JOE DIMAGGIO, 84 West Jackson St., 14, Okla. VM, Model 730, mono, raphy, books on the strange and un- Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Recorder: Webcor- usual, sound effects, music (classical speeds 17/e, 33/4 and 71/z ips. Inter- Regent, 2 track mono, 71/2, 33/4 and andjazz),and anycontroversial ests:Politics, chess, coins, controver- 17/8 ips.Interests:European music subject. Adult. Send tape, will an- sial subjects, music (especially songs andfilms,art(ingeneral),lan- swer. from musical comedies). Teenager. guages, musical shows, piano, operas, Flamenco and mood music. E. W. FASSETT, JR., 1451 - 146th Ave., Would like a few foreign tapespon- WILLIAM SWISHER, Box 705, Dunedin, San Leandro, Calif. 94578. Lloyd T. people with European aspects of life. Florida. Recorders: V -M Tape-O- C.300 batterytransistor tapere- Professional dancers welcome. Lots Matic 730 and Webcor 2711, both 2 - corder. Monaural, double track, 334 of records to exchange. No need to track,17/8, 33/4 and 71/2ips.Inter- ips,3 -inchtapereelsonly.Will write; will answer all tapes. Adult ests: Would like to swap tapes of 78 tapespond 100 percent with anyone (29). rpm records by Glenn Miller, tapes usingmonauraldoubletrack 33/4 of broadcasts by Miller and by Ray ips electric or battery. Like folk, west- TOM MURRAY, JR., 1 Brentwood Drive, McKinley with the new Glenn Miller ernstyle,religious,polkamusic. Holden, Mass. Recorder: Wollensak Orchestra. Teenager (17). English spoken only.Adult (35) 1580, 33/4, 71/2ips, 2 and 4 track, single. stereo -mono record -playback.Inter- JAMES A. CLARKE, 506 Carver Ave., ests: Would like to hear from mod- N. W., Massillon, Ohio. Concord 4 - HOWARD LANDRUM, Route1,Brook - ern jazz fans. Interestedinprocur- trackModel880. 3 speeds -17/s, port,Ill.Recorder: Silvertone, 33/4- ing tapes of unissued (onrecords) 33/4 and71/2.Interests:Electronic 71/2 dual track. Interested in compos- concerts,radio -TV programs. Main organs, theatre organ, travel. Would ing melodies to country and western interests:JohnLewis, MJQ, Miles liketo tape with immigrants from songs. Would like to tapespond with Davis, Mulligan,etc.Also African England.I am from Lanc's., England, C. and W. lyric writers. Adult. No folkmusic,photography,stamps. Will answer tapes from anywhere. need to write first. Teenager (14). Adult. Married.

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 29 'WinaTape' Contest "FRONT ROW Tell us in your own words why your recorder is important to you. Entries will be CENTER" judged on the basis of their usefulness to others and on the uniqueness of the re- corder use. No entries will be returned. Address your entry to: Tape Contest, Tape 10)IvJGVI Recording Magazine, 1077 West Glebe Road, Alexandria. Va. -22305.

Gentlemen: In Miami during the winter season I Besides the ordinary uses of my tape usedthetaperecorder on Saturday recorder, such as listening to tapes of mornings as a civic program with chil- music, etc., Voicesponding, checking my dren, teaching them via tape, personal- speeches for my Toastmistress club, and ity, diction, etc., and arousing interest in having fun with a group of guests,I better English, poetry, reading, etc. Also, have two other uses for my recorder. I had it modified to make trick record- . ra I am a singer and cannot get to my ings, using variable speeds to achieve pianist as often asI would like.So, the results. The resulting recordings were when we get together, we make tapes of amazing and delightful to the children. the songs I want to rehearse and then Also, I recorded at standard speed and I can have a regular practice daily. I played back at slower speed to study can run the tape back allI want to speech pattern of certain disturbed chil- and really practice any part of my song dren, with amazing disclosures. FROM I wish. Then, when we get together for Today, I have a big Concertone, modi- another rehearsal, there is marked im- fied to do all this and also sound on provement. We make faster progress. sound, using eleven voices in all. I love BURGESS I have written some stories,articles kids and my tape recorder has gained and a novel, which have been read on entreetootherwise closedcircles.I tape. Now, I am working on the re- have demonstrated inclass rooms at writing of them from the tape.I can nearby schools to the delight of all. Recording Tape take all the time I wish. No one has to As I write poetry and songs, you can be hurried. imagine how invaluable my tape recorder You see, I am blind, and my tape re- is to me. You will find me listed in the corder is invaluable to me. ELIZABETH Voicespondence Club, Noell, Virginia. The sound reproductionof BARZDITIS, 103%2 MapleSt.,Santa All kiddies welcomed to correspond via Monica, California. Burgess Magnetic Recording tape.Ipromise an interesting exciting Tape is just as you would hear 4 -in reel in return. My slogan: "Beauty it in a concert hall. No other line Gentlemen: Lives With Kindness". My belief: "The of magnetic recording tape of- While I'm not too strong on contests loved child of today is the adjusted adult fers lower print -through, great- because I've never won anything in my of tomorrow." Many adultsarefine er tensile strength, lower noise life,yours sounds very goodto me. people, but most kids are wonderful. level, higher frequency response Therefore, I'm writing this to you. J. M. UNCLE JIM) DONOVAN, 4030 . complete tape satisfaction. Well,Isuppose anyone findsitof S.W. 111th Ave., Miami, Florida 33165. Burgess gives you "front -row - some importance, otherwise they would center -sound" thatisun- not have purchased it in the first place, Dear Sirs: matched by any other tape... but whereas perhaps they soon discard regardless of price. it too often.I have found it of great Like most people who ever purchased Full line of Mylar* and Ace- a tape recorder, my plain reason for practical value in my business and at doing so was to record music. I received tate tape. Order from your home, because I can keep abreast of the my first recorder as a gift and have been Burgess tape distributor today, times.It also doubles as an intercom or write for details. and serves as an integral part of my hi-fi assured time and time again just what a wonderful gift it was. At that time it was system. Next to my wife it is like one of like atoy, and used to record music the family. JOHN W. HOWE, 84 Sproat, from the air and recording all my 78 Detroit, Michigan 48201. records I had acquired through many years of collecting. Then the world of Gentlemen: the "Tape Clubs" entered the picture Many years agoIbought my first and by joining a few clubs, I discovered Wilcox Gay tape recorder which I took people with similar interests from all with me every summer in the big West- parts of the U.S., and this fascinating ern Electric Sound trailer to state fairs pastime soon included Europe. up and down the eastern seaboard, in- Ihave been tapesponding for over stalling the big outdoor sound systems, two years now and love it as much as BURGESS BATTERY COMPANY for George A. Hamid ofRockefeller the first day I sent my first tape. I have DIVISION OF SERVEL, INC MAGNETIC TAPE DIVISION Plaza. I recorded interesting events and a sizeable collection and have met a few Freeport, Illinois Niagara Falls, Canada] personalities, including Gov. Dewey and of my tapespondents, whom I am very Trode Mork of DuPont J Mrs. Roosevelt, and transcribed them proud and happy to call my friends. It's on my big disc cutter later, on order. wonderful to talk to people from all over

30 TAPE RECORDING. NOVEMBER 1963 the country and learn all about their light located many sized, shaped and habits, hobbies and the city in which they varied -song katydids. All were placed TAMURA'S live. All this is really not new or en- in the aquarium on a stand, just outside' lightening to the recording hobbyist but my kitchen window. Besides thegrowing Reset Counters it opened up a new world for me. plants, I put lettuce, small stones, twigs, and a shell filled with water. In just a I stand up a lot in my occupation (I'm couple of days, after adjustment to their an assistant dress designer)and I love Iwas serenaded- a "sit-down" hobby. QuiterecentlyI new surroundings, bought an electronic Organ. I have al- loud, clear and royally! ways wanted to play one eversinceI The fascination of having my own can remember, and now Ihave one, songsters right outside my window mes- plus the fact that I have a wonderful merized me, almost to the point of for- tapespondent who is in the process of getting the prime reason for settingit teaching me to play. He has gone out of all up in the first place-until I read his way to educate and instruct me in Mary Merryfield's plea forlessnoise and more song. So, waiting till midnight, Tope Recording Counter, M-360 this art, and I have another tape pal (Resetting by Push Button) who is teaching me to speak Italian. This when the sounds of passing cars and is all done, of course, in the privacy of planes subsided,Iturned on the tape my own home and at my convenience. recorder, set the "mike" on the window Naturally, the recorder works again for and taped a "command performance"- me as I go over my lessons withboth the second to none! Organ and the language lessons. The I made a copy of the premiere per- recorder vividly points out all the mis- formance and sent it to Mary. This is takes and enables me to correct them by how a 300 -ft reel of magnetic tape trans- hearing exactly what I am doing wrong, ported her over the miles and back and when I just want to relax and enjoy through the years, to recall a time that good music there is the faithful recorder had much meaning and an overwhelming nostalgia for her. She wrote in her col- E-401 on the job again. ElectromagneticCounter So, "What does my recorder mean to umn September 23,1962:"I've even me?" Well, I know I could live without received a tape for my recorder from a it,but Iwouldn't enjoy living quite so reader! On it, Mrs. Muriel T. Granback Tamura Electric Works Ltd. much. WALTER NAsso, 5611 8th Ave., had her say about how the noise in Villa 564,Shimomeguro2,Meguro-ku,Tokyo, Japan Park is even worse than the city noises Cable Address: TAMURAELEC TOKYO Brooklyn, N. Y., 11220. Tel Tokyo 14911 7101 Iticked off in a recent column. And what's more, she solved my dilemma of not being able to hear the sounds of Gentlemen: autumn above the roar of air condition- September 2,1962, in a column of ers and Hi-Fi's. The Chicago Tribune, by Mary Merry - "She waited for a quiet midnight and field, she said, in part, "And now that autumn's on the way with all the whis- taped the sounds of crickets and katy- dids for me! As I played them back on Low DUSTR{ES' pering, small sounds, you rarely can hear my tape recorder the other evening, I IEAb18NET12EA the chirp and whistle of birds migrating cost way thru our backyard area, let alone the closed my eyes and was back on the scudding of dry leaves across the patio farm in Iowa. to reduce flagstone. Most of all,I guess,I miss "There was the smell of sun-dried hay that fills every room of the farm- hearing the crickets. The only way to noise push back the loud drone of air con- houseatnight,therustleof wind ditioners, motorcycles, and the shouts through the trees, and a yellow harvest of "Let's twist" from that neighboring moon rising slowly over the rolling hills and rooftop pavilion is to record the sounds of the lower pasture and hanging big as of Fall on tape, and play them back on a copper dishpan, over the orchard. distortion the recorder parked on the window sill." "For a moment even the drone of air For a number of years, I have been conditioners sounded like the hum of trying to capture the glorious sounds of telephone wires stretching away toward singing insects, by placing the micro- the horizon out in Webster county." phone in the window, and hoping to How wondrous can a tape recorder RAMS pick up the varied songs ofcrickets, get? Space-time and smell, even, are grasshoppers, and katydids, but, never conjured up at the flick of a switch. HEAD DEMAGNETIZER quite made a satisfying replica of what And, I'll bet my last reel of tape that, Model ND Ifnoise and distortion are I heard, that would "tide" me thru a like mathematics and music, the univer- impairing reproduction of your favorite tapes- there is a good chance your recording head long silent winter, and spring, until late sal language of these singing insects on is magnetized. By removing permanent summer and fall when new performers tape could warm a lot of hearts, in for- magnetization, Robins HD -3 dramatically reduces noise and distortion-thus restoring would be singing the same sweet songs. eign lands, where the language barrier listening pleasure. No tape recordist However, last year, I filled an unused or the incorrect semantic interpretation should be without one. withearth,planted some of words has failed to hit the mark or American -made, the low.cost HD -3 is aquarium designed for both stereo and mono recorders. greens from the garden and went on a reach the hearts of those whom we wish A specially shaped probe makes any tape to understand, and wish for us the same head easily accessible. bug hunt! only $6.00 understanding of them, for us. MURIEL During the day there were opportun- Vrr it at un,, r hi -fl dra ir?, or ant e for free ca la log. ities to gather crickets and grasshoppers. T. GRANBACK, 421 E. Madison St., Villa And, at night, a keen ear and a flash- Park, Illinois. ROBINS INDUSTRIES CORP. Flushing 54, N. Y.

31 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 seven members. By then we decided that all subscriptions would start from the first of January so that the first few members received a year's subscription. A name was given to our news sheet, the "Tape and Cine Reel", and then in February our committee was formed; our president was alsoelected. The New Activities for Attention: first motion passed by our committee Magneto -Vox Club Club Secretaries was a change of name-to the "Inter- The Magneto -Vox Club announces Tape Recording Magazine willbe national Tape and Cine Society". that effective January 1st 1964, new ac- happy to publish reports on your club's The society now has members in Aus- tivities will be started through the Club. activities. Why not make it one of your tralia, Canada, New Zealand, U.S.A., There will be a tape library which will regular duties to send us news of your South Africa and the United Kingdom. be composed of various recordings pro- group? Other clubs are vitally interested duced by members themselves. It is ex- in what your group is doing, your plans News from World Tape Pals pected that the library will start with for the future, etc. In order to be in- The new Round -Robin Section of approximately 1500 hours of recorded cluded in the current month, we must World Tape Pals has stirred up much material, increasing up to 3,000 before have your report by thefirst of the interest according to its director, C. J. the end of 1964. However, if recruiting month preceding publication. Address Schneider, of Illinois. Mrs. Jacqueline of new members is better than what is your letter to: Club Editor, Tape Re- Terns of Michigan has started an inter- expected, this could go up to 4,000 cording, 1077 West Glebe Road, Alexan- national R -R, and wants to form some hours, representing about 130 five inch dria, Va. 22305. R -R groups within the U. S. reels. Hans Hupfeld, member of World Insofar as Round Robin tapes (Multi- Cartridge Club Offers Tape Pals since 1957, has recently ac- Vox tapes) are concerned, it has been Free Membership cepted the position of WTP Represen- experimented by the MV that lack of tive for Germany and Austria. Hans, a control or supervision on such tapes is I am enclosing a set of rules and by- resident of Hamburg, is an interpreter, the cause of delays and loss of tapes. laws of our club so that you may further and speaks fluent English, French, and However, one of them, a French one understand what we are doing. We hope Spanish, in addition to German. He has called "Le Reacte" is circulating with- this information will be of some help to you. already publicized WTP in local tape out any delay since the beginning of recording publications, and contacted the Club in February 1961. This tape "The aims and purposes of the Cart- several youth groups to introduce tape is successful, due to its participants being ridge Correspondence Club are to fur- exchange. interested, and especially because they ther acquaint and educate the owners WTP's Tape/Slide Show Section re- mutually agreed on certain rules and ex- of such equipment of the many po- ceived permission from A. L. Meiring in tentialswhichheor pected to follow them. The Club is now shepossesses South Africa to keep hisinteresting controlling all Multi -Vox tapes in order intaperecording. Toabolishthe tape/slide show, "The Colourful Aman- to avoid delays and loss. In addition, fear that many have in speaking at debele" for its permanent show library. every Multi -Vox will have a reserved social or public gatherings. To gain the The Amandebele are a South African section for a guest of honor, who will friendship and the meeting of others tribe who decorate their homes with change at every turn. (via tape) in the many different walks artisticpaintings, and Mr. Meiring's oflife from the four corners of our show is a valuable acquisition. country. George C. Ekmalian, Jr., Sec- A. J. van den Elshout, of Orlanje- retary -Treasurer, Cartridge Correspon- mund, South Africa, found a long -lost dence Club. cousin when he contacted WTP Hans van den Elshout of Holland. First Anniversary of I.T.A.C. Ray O'Day of Philadelphia, Pa., has October 1962-this is the official date recently agreed to direct the newly ac- of the formation of our society, but the tivated WTE Library section on Voca- work in forming it goes back to June tionalGuidance. Mr. O'Day invites of the same year.I had been tape- members of WTP who can make a tape sponding with Dave Casson for well about their occupation, vocation, or pro- over a year, and the idea of forming a fession, to submit it to the library. He group of people who were interested in says that with the recent emphasis on tape and cine came to us in that month. school dropouts in the U. S., such tapes We hummed and hawed about the idea will be of great value to the library. until August, when we decided togo ahead and form the club. Voicespondence Club News Creative recording and Sound Hunt- We had our first news sheet run off Voicesponding often leads to personal ing will be given special attention in and a copy sent to all tape and cine visits, and in fact, The Voicespondence 1964. Charlie Morgan (MV2CM) has magazines published in Great Britain. Club's quarterly magazine is filled with accepted to remain in his position of The name of this club was "Sound and accounts ofvisitsbetween members Director of Sound Hunting, and no Cine International Tapesponding Club." that took place during this past summer. doubt MV members may expect wonder- This was the beginning of the society Occasionally, however, the visitors come ful new activities to be directed by the as we know it. In October, information from further afield. For instance Max L. same man who directed the famous regarding the club was published and Terveen of Amsterdam, Holland,came MV 1963 Creative Recording Contest. with fingers crossed we waited. By mid- all the way over to Augusta, Georgia, Picture above shows Charlie Morgan in November we began to get inquiries; by to visit VS member Louis K. Bell. And his Tape Station MV2CM. the beginning of December we had Dave Jefferies of Edinburgh, Scotland,

32 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 on his way back home from Fiji, stopped over in San Francisco to visit Morris Douglass of Long Beach, California. It JOIN A CLUB is evident from these incidents that not TAPE RECORDING Magazine assumes no responsibility for the man- only does one make good friends for agement of operation of the clubs listed. This directory of clubsis himself through tapeexchangesbut maintained as a service to our readers. Please write directly to the club international good -will is fostered also. in which you arc interested regarding membership or other matters. VS-ers Jim Lengyel of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Gerd Nieckau of Dudenhofen, Please enclose self addressed, stamped envelope West Germany, have been exchanging when writing to the clubs. tapesforsometime,andrecently arranged for the recordation of a pro- AMATEUR TAPE EXCHANGE THE VOICESPONDENCE CLUB gram tape of impressions of life in Coun- ASSOCIATION Charles Owen, Secretary cil Bluffs and the United States to be Ernest Rawlings, President Noel, Virginia 5411 Bocage Street sent to Germany for reproduction on Cartierville, Montreal 9, P. Q., Canada UNION MONDIALE DES VOIX a German TV program directed toward FRANCAISES German young people. The story of this AMERICAN TAPE EXCHANGE Eiml Garin, Secretary amateur tape program was carried in Clarence Rutledge, Director c/o Romance Languages-Rm. 1617 the Council Bluffs newspaper, and it 1422 No. 45th St., East St. Louis, Ill. Cathedral of Learning attracted the attention of a businessman Universityof Pittsburgh in Council Bluffs who makes handmade CARTRIDGE CORRESPONDENCE CLUB Pittsburgh 13, Pa. cement forms. This chap had been George C. Ekmalian, Sect. -Tres. having trouble getting molds for use 45 Haumont Terr. UNIVERSAL TAPE NETWORK Springfield, Mass. Larry Duhamel, President in his business and wanted to obtain R. F. D. #1, Main St. some from Germany. Having read of East Douglas, Mass. Lengyel's friendship and tape exchanges CATHOLIC TAPE RECORDERS OF AMERICA, INTERNATIONAL WORLD TAPES FOR EDUCATION, INC. with that country, the cement man asked Jerome W. Clarrocchi, Secretary Lengyel to institute inquiries in Ger- Harry Matthews, Exec. Director 26 South Mount Vernon Avenue P. O. Box 15703, Dallas, Texas many about the molds he needed. The Uniontown, Pennsylvania inquiries were duly instituted and were OVERSEAS successful. Not only did German youths CLUB DU RUBAN SONORE AUSTRALIAN TAPE RECORDISTS benefitfromthevoicespondenceby J. A. Freddy Masson, Secretary ASSOC. learning more of America, but an Amer- Box 1241 Graham Lowe, Hon. Sec./Treas. Montmagny, P. Que., Canada ican businessman has now made con- P. O. Box 67, Eastwood tact with his German counterpart, to New South Wales, Australia theirmutual profit. THE FRIENDLY TAPE NETWORK c/o Charles Ingersoll, Pres. 1420 Ave. "C," Cloquet, Minn. ENGLISH SPEAKING TAPE Union Club News RESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION SirMail( Dalrymple, Bart. Brazil is the 20thcountry participat- INDIANA RECORDING CLUB Secretary & Treasurer ing to the Union Mondiale des Voix Rosemauri Brickens, Secretary Newhailes, Musselburgh, Scotland Francaises. Mr. Jules -Louis Aerny, Rua R.R. 4, Box 384 Itaipave 85, Apt. 101, Jardim Botanico, Indianapolis 27, Indiana INTERNATIONAL TAPE AND CINE Rio de Janeiro, is the UMVF delegate SOCIETY for Brazil. INTERNATIONAL VOICES OF Roger Mika, Secretary YOUTH 83 Warrens Hall Road TheUnionMondailedesVoix P. O. Box 3041-T Dudley, Worchester, England Francaises publishes every four months San Mateo, California abeautifullyillustratedbulletin,re- INTERNATIONAL TAPE FE'-LOWSHIP porting mainly about the French round- MAGNETO -VOX CLUB Fred Rimmer, Overseas Rep. robin activity (tours-auruban). About 80 J. M. Roussel, Secretary 21 Mount Pleasant of them brought thousands of personal 7915 Des Erables Sutton-in-Ashfield recordedmessagesaround the world. Montreal 35, Que., Canada Nottinghamshire, England To answer the growing demand from ORGAN MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS NOR -TAPE INTERNATIONAL American students and members for Lille Frogner Alle 3 tapesponding in French with natives, a Carl Williams, Secretary 152 Clizbe Avenue Oslo, Norway campaign through radio and magazine Amsterdam, New York medias is underway in France and in STEREO TAPE CLUB Belgium to recruit more voluntary tutors. P. J. Kruger, Secretary STEREO -INTERNATIONAL 3 Clan Building, 181 Main Road The Union Mondaile des Voix Fran- Jere A. Pankhurst, U. S. Director Diep River caises offers a prize for the bestrecord- 37 East Ave., Cortland, N .Y. Capetown, South Africa ing serving the cause of international understanding at the International con- TAPEWORMS INTERNATIONAL THE NEW ZEALAND test CIMES, organizedthisyearin TAPE RECORDING CLUB TAPE RECORDING CLUB Belgium by the International Federa- Alice L. Bethel, Co-ordinator Kenneth M. Tuxford tion of Sound Hunters. Almost 30 coun- P. O. Box 1553 P. O. Box 7060 Gardena, California 90249 Auckland, W. I., New Zealand triesareexpectedtoparticipate. Delegates: EmileGarin U.M.V.F. THE SOCIETY OF TAPE HOBBYISTS WORLD WIDE TAPE TALK (U.S.A.), Guy Serin(France),and Ralph Holder, General Secretary Chales L. Towers, Secretary Jose Allays (Belgium) will be members 116-06 139th Street 35 The Gardens, Harrow of the International Jury in Liege (Bel- South Ozone Park 36, N. Y. Middlesex, England gium) .

TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 33 These members prove invaluable when someone has a fault in their recorder. Also, from time to time they are roped letters to theeditor in to give talks and demonstrations on soldering, wiring, and making your own kit. Our next meeting is "Pre-recorded Gentlemen: of these are only too pleased to have the Tapes." Each member who has any pre- I am a "faithful subscriber' to Tape opportunity to meet recorder enthusi- recordedtapes-tapesrecordedpro- Recording and note with interest the astsinperson.We haverecently fessionally and sold to us-is invited to change in management in the magazine. visited the BBC studios and in the very bring them along and we will listen to I will be looking forward to seeing new near future we are going to see the bits of them and comment. The follow- faces in the magazine from time to time. studios of a famous record company ing meeting we shall be going along to However, I would like to know if you nearby. About every sixth or seventh see all our friends at the London Club plantoincludearticles by Tommy meeting, we have a "natter nite" when of Brixton. They visited us recently and Thomas in the magazine? Your first we just help each other with problems, now we are calling on them. What a issue containednothing by him, sit and talk, swap ideas, etc. We also pity we shall not see YOU there, too, although he has been a constant con- have five -minute -tape sessions; we are it would be nice to make your acquaint- tributor in the past. His great popularity all told a subject, the same subject, ance. Mrs. Joyce Beric, Cireb House, resulted mainly from his ability to write everyone makes a tape lasting up to 5 212 Kent House Road, Beckenham, interesting articles in non -technical lan- mins. at home, the tapes are all played Kent, England. guage, and we hope to see him in fu- at the club one evening and we see how ture issues. Would like to hear from each member has made something dif- To the Editor: you regarding this subject. Thank you. ferent out of the same subject. These I couldn't agree more with your Cross- William Swisher, Box 705, Dunedin, Fla. evenings are very popular. There are talk column in the July -August issue of many clubs in the London area and Tape Recording. Ed.-You must be psychic! Tommy quite a few within easy visiting distance Keep hitting the "pre" -recorder non- Thomas has already been contacted of our club. We make a point of visit- sense-all the harder because my long - and articles are scheduled for future ing another club meeting every three slugging away on the same sore subject issues. months, as this way we see what the has been straight -jacketed. . ..Care- others are doing and we see as well fully avoided in the MS for my tape Dear Sir: other equipment and new ideas which article in the August issue of High Fidel- Congratulations from Canadian Rec- we might otherwise have missed. ity the ... term was inserted (over my ordists,and Magneto -Vox members. We also give demonstrations to other violent squawks) by the editors-as the The "new" Tape Recording Magazine organizations, Boy Scouts, Youth Clubs, term adopted by the industry ..." is wonderful. Religious Clubs, etc., in fact, anywhere where we think we can further tape re- I've never gotten along so well with It is expected that this improvement any editors as I do with those of HF, so willhelpthe development cording and get others interested in it. of good Some tape clubs do regular request pro- I couldn't make a life -or -death issue of understanding between peoples in acting what after all is a relatively minor point, as the organ of North American Tape grams for local hospitals and some re- lay football matches, etc. to patients. but I just wanted to let you know that Recordists. Many run blind magazines for local personally I'm not a renegade to the If cooperation of Tape Clubs is neces- people who might otherwise miss news anti-prepolicy and sometime, somehow sary to help you keep up the good work, of interest. We circulate a magazine I'll be able to protest again in print. you can count on our club, who is ready tape around to members, each member Meanwhile, it does my heart good to togiveyouallpossibleassistance. adds anything he fancies, a piece of readyour devastating blast!-R. D. J. Maurice Roussel, Executive Secretary, music, a joke, a true story, in fact, any- Darrell, Balmoral-The Vly, Stone Magneto -Vox Club, 7915 des Erables, thing atall, when played back as a Ridge, N. Y. Montreal 35, Quebec. whole it makes a good magazine pro- gram. We also have a "round-robin" Dear Sir: To the Editor: tape; with thisa member starts two I was so pleased to receive your kind Reading your magazine, Tape Re- tapes going with the same beginning. letter of October 2nd! cording, I was struck by what must be a Each member has one of the tapes and In that same mail delivery was the very great difference between your Tape adds 11/2 minutes of his own making to "new" Tape Recording Magazine, and Clubs and ours in England. Let me tell the story. When both are finished, we of course, everything sort of came "into your readers about the tape club here play them back and itis startling to focus" and I realized that forces had in Bromley, Kent, of which I am the see how different the two tapes which been at work of which I was unaware. secretary. both began the same, have been made As an enthusiastic user of two tape Bromley is just out of the London to end by the different teams. By meet- recorders, I have been a subscriber to area and our tape club meets in a room ing each other and getting to know Tape Recording for a long time, and the local church hires out. We meet each other we hope we are helping to while the magazine has much merit, it's twice a month. At the moment we have rather obviously needed new manage- 18 members, usually everyone turns up further the interests of tape recording. ment as badly as it has new make-up. We have a list of every piece of equip- to the meetings, some have one machine, The revitalization is thrilling and I the majority two, and a few have three. ment each member has. Everyoneis hope it will mean new interest. I studied Every meeting the committee tries to willingtolendtoanother member to be a commercial artist and still main- arrange something different to interest should the need arise. Some of our mem- tain certain aspects of it all as a hobby, allthe members. Being socloseto bers have a flair for organization and and feel that Art Director Craddock is London it is easy for us to get demon- are good committee members. Others tobe congratulated. Comparing the strations and displays by all the leading have no time for committee meetings "old" with the "new" isjust plain recorder and tape manufacturers. Most and perhaps build their own equipment. inspiring!

34 TAPE RECORDING, NOVEMBER 1963 It was a letter of mine that started had no opportunity. With the help of Mr. Warren E. Ball, we have established NEW! the feature "Why My Recorder is Im- ENGINEERING BREAKTHROUGH portant to Me", certainly one of the a new tape club in Japan. most interesting to The Cause. I would like to show you some idea ROBERTS I am happy to learn that the article about our club: I wrote on Taped Letters is being uti- a) All members of our club are 25. CROSS FIELD® lized. Many of my tapespondents have b) Our sole purpose is tapespondence. adopted my outline and recommend it, c) We don't limit the people we con- so I feel sure the article will be well re- tactas to age, occupation, education, ceived... . etc. rQC Also, having never seen Tape Record- d) We publish our club's magazine. aul.oruatica 1. ing on a magazine -newsstand, I would e) The language we use is English or like to suggest that it be distributed to Japanese. camerastores newreadersthrough In Japan a lot of people are eager to 15 selling tapes and tape recorders. Rusty exchange tapes with foreign countries. Morris, 4101 Garden Ave., Los Angeles, So if you send a tape to our club withhigh fidelity Calif. 90039 your hope, such as what kind of person stereo or occupation you want to contact, we Dear Dr. Hoffman: would be much pleased to introduce our for the price Please accept our congratulations on friends of the kind. the new format for Tape Recording. We We have no idea how to organize and of one! found the September 1963 issue, which carry on our club. So we shall be very we received a few days ago, very well Now, 8hours of full -range, true, high fidelity happy if you are so kind as to advise us stereophonic music, or 16 monaural hours, can be presented. aboutourclub. Makoto Baba, 426yours on one 7" reel, with the revolutionary new Would you please give me the dead- Taishido Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Roberts Cross Field "770" Tape Recorder. The aver- line dates for club news, as World Tapes age tape cost per album: only 330. The "770" for Education would like to have news missthishas an exclusive patented third head, the Cross Ed.-Tapespondents-don't Field Head, which separates recording and biasing items appear in each issue? opportunity! functions. The result: the "770" records 40 to Could you use a feature article on 22,000 cps, producing true fidelity at 17/8 ips and our WTE Library? A copy of our cur- Dear Sir: preserving the high frequency harmonics that rent catalog is enclosed. Our tapeli- breathe life into music playback. The Cross Field Unfortunately, I had just sent to the playback head has a gap width of only 40 micro - brary is unique in its international cov- old publishers, beforeIreceivedthis inches, the smallest, most responsive head ever erage, and we maintain branch libraries new September issue, so I guess all theengineered. For this head, Roberts employs in England, Israel, South Africa, Aus- material went astray. NC -88, a new alloy, that is practically wear -proof. tralia, New Zealand, and Japan. Over Other features: 2 -speed, electrically -switched, Well, congratulations to you for yourheavy-duty hysteresis synchronous motor, minis- 100 additional titles are ready for addi- excellentpieceofwork.Everythingcule wow and flutter at slow speeds; special ven- tion to this library as soon as they can about it looks good. I believe in givingtilation system keeps the "770" cool even after be dubbed and tape provided for their credit where it's deserved, and hope that8 hours; two 5" x 7" self-contained elliptical, circulation. certainly continues to improve andextendedrange, heavy-duty Alnico V -magnet it speakers; new automatic total shut-off. $499.95. We sentnewsreleasestoMark grow, to take its place in this new field of Mooney, former editor, in August and sound recording, that has no limita- SEE ROBERTS TAPE RECORDERS AT BETTER September. If you inherited these, please tions, in its uses.... PHOTO AND SOUND CENTERS $269.95-$599.95 use them in case the enclosed does not I feel that some kind of stimulant is Specifications: 71/2, 31/d, 17/8 ips. Power Amplifier arrive before deadline for next issue. needed to keep the public interest inOutput: 12 watts Frequency response: at 71/2 Again congratulations on the face-lift- tape recorders, like a yearly Miss Tape ips, 40 to 22,000 cps ±2 db; at 33/` ips, 40 to ing for the magazine. Majorie Mat- Recorder beautycontest,alsoother 18,000 cps ±2 db; at 17/8 ips, 40 to 13,000 cps thews, Secretary, World Tapes for Edu- things like the best taped story, and±3 db Signal to noise ratio: -55 below 0 cation, P.O. Box 15703, Dallas, Texas. recorded level Wow and flutter: at 71/2 ips, less things of this nature, that would getthan 0.12% rms; at 33/4 ips, less than 0.20%; at people out of the humdrum about tape 17/8 ips, less than 0.30% Blower vent system Ed.-See Tape Club News (Page 32) recording and competing with the record2 large stereo 5" x 7" elliptical, extended range, for complete details on deadline dates player. My slogan is "a tape recorder in heavy duty Alnico V magnet speakers Hysteresis synchronous instantaneous electrically controlled for that column. every home." And lastly, why not a2 speed motor Automatic total shutoff Oper- tapesponding week, nationally or inter- ates Horizontally or Vertically. Dear Sir: nationally, with a stamp to go with it? We, Waseda University students also Don't write-tape. That's all. John W. have long been wanting to exchange Howe, 84 Sproat,Detroit, Michigan tapes with foreign countries. But we 48201.

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