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reel-to-reel-man · 18th Mar 2005, 3:06 pm

I recently brought this recorder

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

I offered the guy a price which he accepted to end the auction early. The machine is a Ferrograph 100 YD machine from 1948! turns out its the first Ferrograph recorder manufactured. Although this is the same age or possibly older than a Sound Mirror the recorder was never launched on the domestic market as the MOD wouldn't allow it. The recorder was brought as none working and on a close inspection inside there are some parts missing. One of them is the obvious one, a large capacitor, the second not so obvious is a tape head connector. Does anyone have a Circuit diagram for one of these machines? possibly a original capacitor? the caps next to the missing one are 16mf @ 550V.

18th Mar 2005, 3:06 pm	#1
reel-to-reel-man Heptode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon, UK. Posts: 805	Ferrograph 100 YD I recently brought this recorder http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MEWA:IT I offered the guy a price which he accepted to end the auction early. The machine is a Ferrograph 100 YD machine from 1948! turns out its the first Ferrograph recorder manufactured. Although this is the same age or possibly older than a Sound Mirror the recorder was never launched on the domestic market as the MOD wouldn't allow it. The recorder was brought as none working and on a close inspection inside there are some parts missing. One of them is the obvious one, a large capacitor, the second not so obvious is a tape head connector. Does anyone have a Circuit diagram for one of these machines? possibly a original capacitor? the caps next to the missing one are 16mf @ 550V. __________________ Vintage recorder collector www.vintagerecorders.co.uk