Combo Recorder/Reproducer on e-bay. What is it?

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Combo Recorder/Reproducer on e-bay. What is it?

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Does anyone know what this goes to. Looks like a combo reproducer/recorder stylus and diaphragm.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Styli-For- ... 912wt_1057

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rizbone wrote:Does anyone know what this goes to. Looks like a combo reproducer/recorder stylus and diaphragm.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Styli-For- ... 912wt_1057
Good question... it almost has a homemade look to it, like somebody was trying to combine a Pathé and standard stylus in one.

I'll be interested to hear what anyone else has to share, myself. :rose:

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I believe that's from a Commercial Graphophone/Dictaphone.

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Dictaphone combination recorder reproducer.

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edisonphonoworks wrote:Dictaphone combination recorder reproducer.
I just love all of the knowledge on this forum! This reminds me a bit of the "What is it?" segment on the Ask this Old House television series.

While I am old enough to remember dictaphones on a personal level, the ones we trained on (which were outdated technology by about 25 years at the time, but what our high school could afford) were on belts. When I worked my first job, they used "modern" magnetic tape. :rose:

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For that price it would be worth removing stylus & cutter to recycle to a good recorder OR reproducer!

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ehs004 wrote:For that price it would be worth removing stylus & cutter to recycle to a good recorder OR reproducer!
Maybe, but Commercial Graphophones/Dictaphones record/play at 150 tpi, so the styli dimensions might not be correct.

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Maybe someone should send it to a forensic scientist with a micrometer for further evaluation !!


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