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19th Oct 2017, 1:45 pm | #1 |
Hexode
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK.
Posts: 398
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Zenith 57Z reel to reel recorder info needed.
Good afternoon,
I have just rescued this deck from tape recorder oblivion. It is a Zenith 57Z recorder and is 110v. As I lifted it a few bits of solidified belt fell out. I have never seen one in the flesh only in pictures where it seems to "pop up" as if by magic from the internals of a presumably Zenith radiogram. I am looking for any info at all before I make a start. I do have a little info on Zenith valve and transistor amps and tuners but nothing on tape decks. Kind regards, David |
25th Oct 2017, 6:40 am | #2 |
Tetrode
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA.
Posts: 68
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Re: Zenith 57Z reel to reel recorder info needed.
This machine was OEM 3M and is basically a rebadged Wollensak 5780 deck. It dates from circa 1966. You're also correct that it came from a Zenith radiogram....a few of their top of range models included one of these decks in a pull-up compartment.
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