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What is this?

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:34 am
by 78recordpicker
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Hi. This was stuck to a 78. It is paper thin plastic

Re: What is this?

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:42 am
by alang
These were recording blanks from the 30s or 40s. I also have a bunch of unused blanks as curiosity. Not sure about the Edison connection?

Andreas

Re: What is this?

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:59 am
by CharliePhono
It's a recording blank for an Edison Voicewriter dictation machine, I do believe.

Re: What is this?

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:24 pm
by estott
CharliePhono wrote:It's a recording blank for an Edison Voicewriter dictation machine, I do believe.

These are late - 1960's. Mcgraw-Edison had a complicated history and many mergers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGraw-Edison

Re: What is this?

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:31 pm
by MikeB

Re: What is this?

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:54 pm
by Lucius1958
Yes; I remember we had one of those Voicewriters hanging around in our house: it may have belonged to my maternal grandfather. I fiddled around trying to play it, without much success.

Bill

Re: What is this?

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:02 pm
by 78recordpicker
Thanks all, makes sense.