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CL - Silvertone 7085 - Radio/Phono/Wire - S. King Co., Wa.
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:54 pm
by Lah Ca
Curious machine. Small and easily collectable. Inexpensive.
$50 US
Edit: CL link removed; it mistakenly pointed to a crap-o-phone; and the Silvertone machine is now gone.
Re: CL - Silvertone 7085 - Radio/Phono/Wire - S. King Co., Wa.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:52 am
by grampaphone
Yes, these are fun machines only manufactured for a few years in the late '40s and early '50s before tape technology replaced the wire spools. I have one and have posted a couple videos on YouTube of it in operation. It is interesting to find old spools and see what folks were recording at that time, much like collecting home-recorded disks.
Example of operating the machine - [YouTube]
https://youtu.be/6-fZP9bmRQ0[/YouTube]
Here is a one-of-a-kind video that is truly entertaining, the you man does a fantastic job as Jr. DJ. - [YouTube]
https://youtu.be/U-6Zmon1_-o[/YouTube]
(PS: your attached link is not pointing to the wire recorder for some reason.)
Re: CL - Silvertone 7085 - Radio/Phono/Wire - S. King Co., Wa.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:50 am
by Lah Ca
grampaphone wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:52 am
(PS: your attached link is not pointing to the wire recorder for some reason.)
Sorry. Clipboard malfunction.
I cannot not remedy this error now because the machine is gone from CL.