Thread: wire recording

I have some family recordings on wire and have a what I think is a 1947 Sears player.

Does anyone here have experience with such things?

Tim, I'd never even heard of these kinds of recordings before I read your post. I hope this link will be of some help. With that said, I didn't find a lot out there about how to play them.
https://psap.library.illinois.edu/co...-id-guide/wire

That's cool! I never heard of it before either. I can see the issue of tangling. Hell, I can't get the wire of a standard spool without tangling. And it's much thicker. I will read up on this. Very Interesting.

Have heard of them, but never seen one. Quite fascinating and ingenious.

Interesting stuff.

Never heard of such a thing.
Very cool, that you still have it.!

There are 70 museums in the Cities. One of them might know or even have one.

You can try the U. Don't expect results on the first call.

I remember seeing one of these the middle of the last century

new to me too. Let us know how it works/

This is an extra long video and to long for some one not into these but it is the best instructions I have found. This is the model I have. The head on mine doesn't go up and down. At about 26 min it shows how it is suppose to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2VSUaij5Z0

This is the bottom of mine.


You can see the fine rust and maybe not see the old sticky lubricant. I have to finish cleaning and lubing this again and the mechanical part will be done.

The radio/control unit is the next problem. From what I read it is bad capacitors that make a hum. This is starting to get outside of my comfort zone.

Oh well we will give it a shot.

I can't wreck anything that is broken already!