Ok Dave (and others) - what's this (genuine question)

[tim...]

(on display in a museum, with no indications of what it was - in any language)

[Bob Minchin]

Is your google broken Tim?

try a search for STM 200 recorder.

Bob

[tim...]

you can read that?

and you have to know it's a recorder

[Dave Plowman (News)]

A pro tape machine of some sort. Looks like a 1/4".

There were loads of makers of such things at one time. Can't say I've ever seen one of those.

[Chris Hogg]

Easy enough if you blow it up.

He obviously does!

[tim...]

I don't need to, I can just look at the much larger original :-)

But it's not "easy", it's written using a strange script.

tim

[tim...]

It's Eastern European

I was hoping that someone would be able to narrow that down

tim

[damduck-egg]

Is it this one?

G.Harman

[Chris Hogg]

STM-200 is pretty clear.

And that e-bay link I put up says it's Hungarian. "Mechlabor STM-200-b professional studio Reel-to-Reel tape recorder MONO 19/38 cm/s in perfect visual and working condition....It was the property of Magyar Rádió (Hungarian Radio Broadcasting) as seen on certificate on the front. Made in Hungary at Mechlabor Pécs"

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I Googled it and found that sort of thing. It's probably a very run of the mill machine. Makes like Studer sold internationally are easier to find details of. That's not to say it isn't a competent design.

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[tim...]

the one that I found was Bulgarian. I assumed that was the previous owner rather than the manufacturer

tim

[tim...]

As it's in this E European museum (as a general exhibit of tat, not in a themed location)

I assumed that it was from the communist era and that importation of ROW devices was not available

tim

[tony sayer]

In article , Chris Hogg scribeth thus

Thought I'd seen most all makes of tape machine but never that one!..