[QuadList] Help identifying an unknown Ampex Quad machine

[John Walko]

Hi group:

 

I was touring a TV station today in Kentucky and noticed they had some Quad
tapes in their collection.  I asked if they still had their Quad machine and
I was told yes.


We'll not one to let a good opportunity pass by, I asked if I could see it.
I was told it was on the 3rd floor.  We'll I figured storage.turns out the
3rd floor is all the air handling equipment for the whole station.

 

I want to help prevent older tape equipment from ending up in the dumpster,
so I told the person I was with that if they even think of discarding this
machine, call me first.  The station manager wants to see if it is possible
to get this up and running again.  Might be an interesting challenge.

 

Got to say, it is a neat looking machine.  I was hoping it was an AVR-1, 2
or 3.but it wasn't.  No idea if the station has extra parts or not.

 

Here are two pictures.any idea what machine this is?  The name plate on the
front says Ampex Corporation, but there was no identifying numbers.  The
machine is in a very dark area (sorry for the low quality of the pictures.I
took them w/ my cell phone with almost no ambient light).  It appears to me
as if there are tubes in the upper left of the bridge.but the rest of the
bridge is empty.  The tray w/ the cards seems to be complete, but I could
not see the back of the machine.

 

Thanks;

 

John Walko

Media Archive Manager

Scene Savers

www.scenesavers.com

800-978-3445

513-708-1474 (cell)

859-291-5100 (office)

 

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