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Looking good as always Colin!

jack wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:32 am

Ali Tait wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:24 am They might read you some poetry..

I sincerely hope not! Thursdays were never good anyway...

Could never get the hang of them.

They might read you some poetry..

Managed to snap a bicep tendon yesterday. Been for an x-ray today, will get a call next week for an ultrasound to determine the extent of the damage and if surgery is required, I'm pretty sure it is.

+1, all the best Steve.

Yes indeed, there is something very appealing about the reels going round and round. They can sound extremely good though. The four track was my first machine, took a punt on ebay at about £200 several years ago not expecting much- the seller told me it had been in his uncle's loft for twenty years ...

Just the one!

Do also have a Tandberg TD20a high speed half track and another 7.5ips quarter track..

Picked this little beauty up a couple of months ago, in lovely condition and had been re-capped. I was told it belonged to a musician and was his pride and joy- can believe it given how good a condition it's in. Even have the original box. It was a NAB machine, but I've changed it to CCIR by ...

+1. Best wishes to you Paul.

Good to see you coming up with another speaker Colin, look forward to the results.

Max N wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:35 pm Sounds like a job for the repair shop!
They have a ceramics lady that works wonders, and the history would make it a good candidate

Yes that had crossed my mind!

jack wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:44 pm May be worth having a professional restorer look at it. They can do amazing things, even with badly broken, glued and stapled, china.

I will be, though it has some small pieces missing. Worth repairing for it’s rarity if nothing else.

andrew Ivimey wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:11 pm Lovely story though - family heirloom and all.

Yes indeed, I must have it repaired.

Haha! She used to rent a small hunting lodge from Invercauld Estate (Adjoins Balmoral) a few miles outside Braemar- was apparently very into the huntin, shootin and fishin in her younger days. It was left there when she gave the lodge up as it had been broken quite some time ago and had a couple of ...