[QuadList] Revees/Teletape VR-2000s with overbridges--

[chill315 at aol.com]

I remember some pictures of CBS videotape operation.  Did they also have overhead bridges for a lot of accessories and support gear?

Chris Hill

On Nov 15, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Dennis Degan <DennyD1 at verizon.net> wrote:

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> 		On Nov 15, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
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> > Hey Dennis...
> > A couple of pictures after your CCR at Fenway shots, you have this one:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/3238608637/in/photostream/
> > showing VR-2000 series machines with an overbridge.
> > Do you know the story behind the overbridge?  Is this a Reeves/Teletape customization, or was this something done by Ampex or another company?
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> 		I answer:
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> 	It was an R/T creation, probably made by the two German craftsmen in the machine shop on the first floor.  I've never seen those anywhere else, but it looked to me like the end panels were made from the top part of other VTR end panels, modified to fit somehow.  I do not know much more about them.  R/T had a bunch of dubbing VTR's on the 2nd floor at 304 E 44th Street with that configuration.  When the dubbing center was moved to Astoria, Queens into the former Checker Cab dealership (across the street from Kaufman/Astoria Studios) in 1985, the overbridges were apparently removed.  All the VTR's in Astoria had no overbridges, which meant of course that some of them were 'open-topped'.
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> 		Ted also sed:
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> > I like the Kimwipe dispenser hole above the spot-reel holder in the far-right rack section of the overbridge. Seems like a good accessory to have in/near any deck or rack of decks.
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> 		I shrug:
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> 	If you've got the space, why not use it, I say . . . .   ;)
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> 		Ted asked:
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> > There seem to be some other machine care accessories sticking out of that area but I can't make them out.  Can you identify what's there?
> > I notice the side panels are dark grey. Are they laminate or metal?
> > Good series.
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> 		I answer as best I can:
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> 	Below the Kimwipe dispenser is a tape hold-down dispenser (for securing reel ends) and a small box holding small takeup spot reels.
> 	The side panels are metal, just like the side panels on the VTR's.  It looks like they took three sections of equipment rack, bolted together side-by-side and cut them to fit at an angle, then installed modified Ampex end panels on them to make the overbridge.  Either that or it's something available from Winstead with Ampex end panels installed, not sure.
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> 			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> 					     NBC Today Show, New York
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