1947 Silvertone Wire Recorder.wmv

This is a 1947 Sears Silvertone Model 7085 combination phonograph, AM radio, and wire recorder. This desktop unit is complete and functional, even the microphone works. It was purchased from an estate in Chattanooga, Tennessee and came with 11 reels of recordings from the late 1940s and early 1950s. The machine needed only some minor lubrication maintenance and is ready to go. This following video show the machine in action.
I have added another video to YouTube from the collection. It is a recording of a junior junior disc jockey contest given in 1948 by the Chattanooga WDXV AM radio station. It gives the performance of a 10 year old contestant who does a remarkable job as disc jockey (I hope he won the contest). Please vist my website at http://www.grampaphone.com.

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[skullbone79]

WHY WOULD U RECORD OVER THAT!!! MAN THOSE ARE ORIGINAL RADIO BROADCASTS FROM THE BIG BAND DAYS THAT STUFF IS PRICELESS I HOPE U DIDNT RECORD OVER ALL OF IT!!! i used 2 have a recorder identical 2 this one u have this mite actually be it i swear it looks identical!!!!

[Grampaphone]

@skullbone79 Thanks for your comment. Not every recording was original radio broadcasts as you may think. Many that I have are personal recordings, parties, amateur vocalists and the like. Some are recordings of several records so the owner could listen to an hour of non-top music. I bought this from the estate of the original owner and have several great spools. This was not one of those great spools, but I respect them all. I hope you enjoyed the demo as much as others have. Thanks.

[Grampaphone]

@Grampaphone Check out my other wire recording of the WDXV radio junior DJ contest, that is a real original radio broadcast and probably the only copy.

[Grampaphone]

Thanks for your interest. I choose a spool that had the least wire and had issues. The wire had several breaks which made the spool problematic. A break can be spliced by tying the wire back together and clipping the loose end very short, but it becomes a problem in the wound spool. Other wire revolutions snag on the knot and cause yet another break. They sort of self-multiply. Anyway, I could not test the microphone without a wire spool. Do you have other recorded spools? Thanks, JT

[9876547548]

This unit needs the idlers to be reground, you can here the flat spots. it needs work, lube to.

[9876547548]

This unit needs the idlers to be reground, you can here the flat spots.

[mrrk]

how cool

[transformingArt]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this video; but I hope you didn't completely ruined the original 1940s Wire recording - it has its own historical value anyway.