Reel-to-Reel Wire Recorder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1948
label: date ordered, given, or borrowed
content: 1981-01-15
name: label: maker
content: Lear, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1945 William Lear purchased a license from the Armour Research Foundation and made wire recorders like this “Dynaport” unit. The Dynaport combined a wire recorder with a disk record player. The user could play records and make a wire recording of the contents. Users could also connect the Dynaport with a radio and record programs off the air.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Dynaport did not sell well and Lear turned his attention to other products like small business jets. Years later he redesigned a tape cartridge system and became a driving force in the introduction of 8-track tape players for automobiles.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This unit includes the recorder, a power amplifier, five spools of recording wire, an empty container for a spool of wire (mounted on the machine), two recording heads, a recording arm, a recording microphone with stand, and a bag of loose parts and tools. Box reads "WR105A".Also included are the owner's manual, wiring schematics for both the recorder and the amplifier, technical information for the recording arm and head, and advertising sheets.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: location of prior holder
content: United States: California
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Magnetic Recording
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content: Communications
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from John R. and Helen E. Payne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0901.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0901
label: serial number
content: 175
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0901.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wire recorder
label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Other Terms
content: wire recorder; Audio Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (recorder material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (part material)
label: Measurements
content: recorder: 22 cm x 38.5 cm x 36 cm; 8 11/16 in x 15 3/16 in x 14 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: power amplifier: 17 cm x 17 cm x 37.5 cm; 6 11/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 14 3/4 in