Passed it on. I hope something comes of it before she throws too much away - there were paper tapes like I had never seen before, but I have no idea what the old man had recorded. I've resued the Ferrograph series 7 - I gather it has had a new pinchwheel and now I need to find someone to give it a full service.

I've also rescued an Akai model 910 - I've never seen one of those before although I have a 4000DS with a record head (or switch) problem. The 910 specs do not look very promising - 40-hz -12kHz 3db at 7.5 ips and THD of 2% @1khz @0Vu