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Wanted Scully 270 players used in 70's automation...complete and operational
- Thread starter jboyd
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I think
I think radio station used them for background music.
I think radio station used them for background music.
Those decks were used in automation systems ranging from Beautiful Music to Pop formats. There were thousands of stations at one point that used these for music playback in both manned and automated stations. Most used syndicated formats, but there were also quite a few that produced the formats in-house.
Back in the 70s I used a Scully 280 (7.5/15 ips) at WKNE/WNBX in Keene, NH....
It was mounted in a roll-about console/cart...the record/play electronics were ABOVE the transport in a separate compartment....
Nice oak cabinetry.....it was by FAR the nicest (and NEWEST!) piece of gear the station had at the time.....
You can try posting a "Want to BUY" on Barry Mishkund's site: thebdr.net.....
Good luck!
It was mounted in a roll-about console/cart...the record/play electronics were ABOVE the transport in a separate compartment....
Nice oak cabinetry.....it was by FAR the nicest (and NEWEST!) piece of gear the station had at the time.....
You can try posting a "Want to BUY" on Barry Mishkund's site: thebdr.net.....
Good luck!
Just curious why you want those in particular? They were somewhat brutal machines, lacking features taken for granted just a few years later, like logic-based control and motion sensing. Hitting "stop" while in high-wind mode would result in an instant birds nest of tape because breaking was not differential. You had to reverse the high-wind direction until the tape was almost stopped, then hit the breaks. Guidance was lousy, tape tension was out of control, etc. The only virtue those things had was 14" reel capacity. And I guess reversing foil sensing, if you had to have that. Otherwise, a brute.
Is this for an authentic vintage automation system? Like the ones in the bottom of the racks in this IGM 500?
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