Tape Recorder Kit Manuals? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Chris55000 · 12th Mar 2019, 1:49 pm

Hi!

Another quickie!

I came across the "Sound Master" Reel To Reel kit in a recently re-scanned 1953 issue of Wireless World showing a Sound Master Reel To Reel T.R. Kit featuring an amplifier with a "magic-eye" level indicator:-

https://www.americanradiohistory.com...3-11-S-OCR.pdf

Anybody got a copy of, or can point me in the direction of, the Construction Manual for some light-hearted lunch-time reading?

Chris Williams

wd40addict · 12th Mar 2019, 2:15 pm

https://www.americanradiohistory.com...-Page-0007.pdf

Gives you more info. The deck was allegedly the first built by Brenell and already featured the idea of interchangeable capstan sleeves.

brenellic2000 · 13th Mar 2019, 9:07 am

The deck was indeed made by Brenell and offered by the Sound Master team in kit form (dealers offered variations, or fully assembled).

It was and remains a serious bit of kit far removed from the cheap and cheerful kits of the early 1950s offered by lesser businesses and elevated the ability to do serious experiments. I still have a couple - one for schools. As I say, they remain a very good deck and evolved into the Brenells we better know. They spawned many technical articles in magazines.

The manuals are expertly written and are a masterpiece in explaining a taperecorder works. They occasionally turn up on eBay. You won't be disappointed!

Barry

12th Mar 2019, 1:49 pm	#1
Chris55000 Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walsall Wood, Aldridge, Walsall, UK. Posts: 2,874	Tape Recorder Kit Manuals? Hi! Another quickie! I came across the "Sound Master" Reel To Reel kit in a recently re-scanned 1953 issue of Wireless World showing a Sound Master Reel To Reel T.R. Kit featuring an amplifier with a "magic-eye" level indicator:- https://www.americanradiohistory.com...3-11-S-OCR.pdf Anybody got a copy of, or can point me in the direction of, the Construction Manual for some light-hearted lunch-time reading? Chris Williams __________________ It's an enigma, that's what it is! This thing's not fixed because it doesn't want to be fixed!

12th Mar 2019, 2:15 pm	#2
wd40addict Octode Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stevenage, Herts. UK. Posts: 1,518	Re: Tape Recorder Kit Manuals? https://www.americanradiohistory.com...-Page-0007.pdf Gives you more info. The deck was allegedly the first built by Brenell and already featured the idea of interchangeable capstan sleeves.

13th Mar 2019, 9:07 am	#3
brenellic2000 Octode Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rye, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 1,647	Re: Tape Recorder Kit Manuals? The deck was indeed made by Brenell and offered by the Sound Master team in kit form (dealers offered variations, or fully assembled). It was and remains a serious bit of kit far removed from the cheap and cheerful kits of the early 1950s offered by lesser businesses and elevated the ability to do serious experiments. I still have a couple - one for schools. As I say, they remain a very good deck and evolved into the Brenells we better know. They spawned many technical articles in magazines. The manuals are expertly written and are a masterpiece in explaining a taperecorder works. They occasionally turn up on eBay. You won't be disappointed! Barry