Re: [ARSCLIST] Vintage Recording Equipment

[Matt Sohn <mahatma57@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > At  10/4/2007 08:50 AM, Karl Jackson wrote:
> >
> > > I'm writing to inquire about recording equipment used in 1950s era radio
> > > broadcasts. I work with the United States Marine Band, which will be
> > > celebrating its 210th anniversary next year. As part of our concert 
> > > series,
> > > we will be transporting one of our "Dream Hour" radio broadcasts to the
> > > concert stage, complete with microphones, equipment, and announcer. We 
> > > would
> > > like to replicate the gear as accurately as possibly. I've posted
> > > photographs of a broadcast here:
> > > http://picasaweb.google.com/karl.j.jackson/HistoricUSMBPictures?authkey=NAbG
> > > I8uh8RE, and am hoping that you all can help to identify and or locate 
> > > some
> > > of the equipment, including microphones and mixer/transmitter. My best
> > > guesses for microphones is that they are either RCA 50-A or Western 
> > > Electric
> > > 618A. I have no idea what the contraption in front of the broadcast 
> > > engineer
> > > is.

Try contacting Bob Paquette Sr. 
www.sssmilwaukee.com/Microphone%20Museum.html
I don't know him, but was just reading an article about his microphone 
museum in the latest issue of TapeOp Magazine. He is the author of "the 
History and Evolution of the Microphone" and is an authority on pre-1960's 
broadcast microphones.

-Matt Sohn