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(on display in a museum, with no indications of what it was - in any language)
Ok Dave (and others) - what's this (genuine question)
Jun 30, 2017
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Is your google broken Tim?
try a search for STM 200 recorder.
Bob
you can read that?
and you have to know it's a recorder
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.
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Easy enough if you blow it up.
He obviously does!
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
It's Eastern European
I was hoping that someone would be able to narrow that down
tim
Is it this one?
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G.Harman
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"
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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the one that I found was Bulgarian. I assumed that was the previous owner rather than the manufacturer
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
In article , Chris Hogg scribeth thus
Thought I'd seen most all makes of tape machine but never that one!..
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