Blattnerphonen.
/ˈblatnəfəʊn/ An instrument for recording sound on magnetic tape. Also attributive.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > using tape
recorder1867
Blattnerphone1931
tape recorder1932
magnetophon1946
cassette recorder1968
reel-to-reel1968
cassette deck1972
Casseiver1976
multitracker1986
1931 Wireless World 17 June 664/1 A few days ago I was privileged to see and hear the Blattnerphone in operation.
1932 B.B.C. Techn. Tables & Glossary 45/2 Blattnerphone, a system of recording speech or music on a steel wire or tape by means of variable magnetisation along the length of the wire or tape.
1932 BBC Year-bk. 101 In some ways the most important event of the year has been the adoption by the BBC of the Blattnerphone recording apparatus.
1937 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 282 If there are any blattnerphone records..of psychoanalysis they are unlikely to be long or numerous because of their great expense.
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