Rigger's diary: this week's absurdities (1)

"Ron Lowe" ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote in message
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"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:23:28 GMT, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

Bill Wright wrote:

I know I've told this before, but there was a lady in a house where the
mining subsidence was so bad that the roof was leaking and water was
running
down the walls. She said that she was going to apply for condensation.

Many years ago, a club I was in was experiencing strange
mechanical noises from a Ferrograph tape recorder. (Yes, that
long ago!). Our tame hi-fi dealer lifted the lid, tapped the
motor sagely, and opined "It must be rubbing on the
lamentations."

For the curious, it was actually the worm drive to the clock-type
tape position indicator.

Chris

My mate's got a couple of Ferrographs. Amazing sound quality.


I had a Ferrograph 4A when I was a teenager: salvaged from the dump.
Worked very well.
Weighed a ton.

Had 3 honking great motors: one for each reel, and one for the capstan.
A single large rotary control for the main functions.

Ah, I've found a photo....
http://www.vintageaudio.com.au/tape%...0Type%204A.htm

My parents always groaned when I arrived home with another piece of
salvaged electronic junk!



Did they have IEC power connectors on the '50s??
--
Graham

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"Ron Lowe" ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote in message
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"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:23:28 GMT, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

Bill Wright wrote:

I know I've told this before, but there was a lady in a house where the
mining subsidence was so bad that the roof was leaking and water was
running
down the walls. She said that she was going to apply for condensation.

Many years ago, a club I was in was experiencing strange
mechanical noises from a Ferrograph tape recorder. (Yes, that
long ago!). Our tame hi-fi dealer lifted the lid, tapped the
motor sagely, and opined "It must be rubbing on the
lamentations."

For the curious, it was actually the worm drive to the clock-type
tape position indicator.

Chris

My mate's got a couple of Ferrographs. Amazing sound quality.


I had a Ferrograph 4A when I was a teenager: salvaged from the dump.
Worked very well.
Weighed a ton.

Had 3 honking great motors: one for each reel, and one for the capstan.
A single large rotary control for the main functions.

Ah, I've found a photo....
http://www.vintageaudio.com.au/tape%...0Type%204A.htm

My parents always groaned when I arrived home with another piece of
salvaged electronic junk!



Did they have IEC power connectors on the '50s??
--
Graham

No, not as I recall.
The one in the photo seems to be a later clag-on.

Mine had a circular black plastic connector, with 3 pins on it.
The cable had a matching 3-pin keyed circular connector, with the cable on a
side-entry.

Looking at the photo, I think the original circular connector is still
there, but has been hacked out and had an IEC connector rammed into the
centre of it.

--
Ron

"Dave H" wrote in message
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Chris J Dixon wrote:

Many years ago, a club I was in was experiencing strange
mechanical noises from a Ferrograph tape recorder. (Yes, that
long ago!). Our tame hi-fi dealer lifted the lid, tapped the
motor sagely, and opined "It must be rubbing on the
lamentations."

For the curious, it was actually the worm drive to the clock-type
tape position indicator.

Chris

My son, when about 7 or 8, came out with distgustdiculous. Can't
remember what he was referring to!

That would have been about the age of my son when he saw a horse and
rider who were obviously returning from some equestrian event. Cor look,
he said, that horse must be a champion, it's got a serviette.

--
Martin

Robin Faichney wrote:
My first stereo amp was a Ferrograph F307. The record deck was a
Pioneer PL-12D. Not sure about the cartridge, but could it have been a
Shure?

Probably. A Shure M75ED was fitted to mine (and google M75ED & PL12D,
you'll get a few hits)

The PL12D was a nice deck, but the isolation of motor noise from the
base plate was a bit suspect, and I said bye to it at a car boot sale.

Should have kept the cart.... ;-(

--
Adrian C

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"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:23:28 GMT, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

Bill Wright wrote:

I know I've told this before, but there was a lady in a house where the
mining subsidence was so bad that the roof was leaking and water was
running
down the walls. She said that she was going to apply for condensation.

Many years ago, a club I was in was experiencing strange
mechanical noises from a Ferrograph tape recorder. (Yes, that
long ago!). Our tame hi-fi dealer lifted the lid, tapped the
motor sagely, and opined "It must be rubbing on the
lamentations."

For the curious, it was actually the worm drive to the clock-type
tape position indicator.

Chris

My mate's got a couple of Ferrographs. Amazing sound quality.


I had a Ferrograph 4A when I was a teenager: salvaged from the dump.
Worked very well.
Weighed a ton.

Had 3 honking great motors: one for each reel, and one for the capstan.
A single large rotary control for the main functions.

Ah, I've found a photo....
http://www.vintageaudio.com.au/tape%...0Type%204A.htm

My parents always groaned when I arrived home with another piece of salvaged
electronic junk!


I had one of those once .. got one of these now)

http://www.theidahofalls.com/photos/...os/Studer2.jpg

And this was in a skip too!!!......
--
Tony Sayer

Ron Lowe wrote:
"Graham." wrote
Did they have IEC power connectors on the '50s??

No, not as I recall.
The one in the photo seems to be a later clag-on.

Mine had a circular black plastic connector, with 3 pins on it.
The cable had a matching 3-pin keyed circular connector, with the cable
on a side-entry.

That's the old Bulgin power connector. Pre-IEC inlets it was about the
most common detachable mains-in connector used for electronics. The
miniature version of it, used on the later Ferrograph 7s, is still made, see
http://www.bulgin.co.uk/Products/Gen...onnectors.html
(several old favourites there).

Looking at the photo, I think the original circular connector is still
there, but has been hacked out and had an IEC connector rammed into the
centre of it.

Vandals, Philistines...

--
Andy

In article ,
Graham. wrote:
Ah, I've found a photo....
http://www.vintageaudio.com.au/tape%...0Type%204A.htm

My parents always groaned when I arrived home with another piece of
salvaged electronic junk!

Did they have IEC power connectors on the '50s??

No - it's been modded. The original was a large diameter round 3 pin
Bulgin which haven't been available for some time and are much sought
after for vintage valve gear where they want originality. I came across
three NOS line sockets and got 15 quid each on Ebay. ;-)

--
*I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Ron Lowe wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:23:28 GMT, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

Many years ago, a club I was in was experiencing strange
mechanical noises from a Ferrograph tape recorder. (Yes, that
long ago!). Our tame hi-fi dealer lifted the lid, tapped the
motor sagely, and opined "It must be rubbing on the
lamentations."

For the curious, it was actually the worm drive to the clock-type
tape position indicator.

Chris

My mate's got a couple of Ferrographs. Amazing sound quality.


I had a Ferrograph 4A when I was a teenager: salvaged from the dump.
Worked very well.
Weighed a ton.

Had 3 honking great motors: one for each reel, and one for the capstan.
A single large rotary control for the main functions.

Ah, I've found a photo....
http://www.vintageaudio.com.au/tape%...0Type%204A.htm

That looks like the very one. We spent a lot of time cueing
items on our tapes, and the single rotary control was a complete
pain for that.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

In article ,
Chris J Dixon wrote:
That looks like the very one. We spent a lot of time cueing
items on our tapes, and the single rotary control was a complete
pain for that.

Yup. I don't know who designed the Wearite deck (apart from a Mr Wear and
Mr Wright) but operators they were not. ;-)

--
*Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:12:36 +0000, Adrian C
wrote:

Robin Faichney wrote:
My first stereo amp was a Ferrograph F307. The record deck was a
Pioneer PL-12D. Not sure about the cartridge, but could it have been a
Shure?

Probably. A Shure M75ED was fitted to mine (and google M75ED & PL12D,
you'll get a few hits)

The PL12D was a nice deck, but the isolation of motor noise from the
base plate was a bit suspect, and I said bye to it at a car boot sale.

Should have kept the cart.... ;-(

I have a Shure M75ED knocking around somewhere. Whether it still
works though, I got no idea.

Marky P.