Re: [ARSCLIST] Vintage Recording Equipment

[Marcos Sueiro <mls2137@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At least few years ago Mr. Paquette did rent equipment frequently for 
movies, etc. (Actually, most of his mics do work)

Marcos

Tom Fine wrote:
> That's quite a mic closet!
>
> Regarding the original question, about obtaining the vintage equipment. 
> In the case of Western Electric, be prepared to pay. You might check 
> some of the props-rental places that serve Hollywood. I think there's 
> one guy who just specializes in old electronic gear. All things WECO 
> have cult value and go pricey on eBay. I must say, the stuff is built 
> like tanks and it IS the rosetta stone of or source spring of most 
> electronics (at least in the USA), so the cult is not whacko like with 
> some vintage gear. I've heard of at least one recording studio that 
> still uses a WECO 22D remote mixer as a "flavor" of mic preamp!
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Sohn" <mahatma57@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Vintage Recording Equipment
>
>
> > > > 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 

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Marcos Sueiro Bal
Audio/Moving Image Project Archivist
Preservation Division
Columbia University Libraries