Reel-to-reel tape recorder and reels used by sound engineer Russell Williams II
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2015.29.20a: Nagra 4.2 recorder
2015.29.20b: 5 inch plastic reel
2015.29.20c: 7 inich plastic reel
A metal NAGRA® 4.2 reel-to-reel audio recorder used by Russell Williams II as a sound engineer on film sets. The machine is silver in color. The front side of the machine has dials, a meter, a headphone jack, and switches. Each part is designated by black type and numbers. Black type at the top, center of the front side reads: [NAGRA® 4.2]. A number is engraved to the right of the machine name and reads: [84543]. There is a silver handle partially covered with black leather (worn), attached to the proper left and proper right sides. The handle can be moved from laying against the top to laying against ...
2015.29.20b: 5 inch plastic reel
2015.29.20c: 7 inich plastic reel
A metal NAGRA® 4.2 reel-to-reel audio recorder used by Russell Williams II as a sound engineer on film sets. The machine is silver in color. The front side of the machine has dials, a meter, a headphone jack, and switches. Each part is designated by black type and numbers. Black type at the top, center of the front side reads: [NAGRA® 4.2]. A number is engraved to the right of the machine name and reads: [84543]. There is a silver handle partially covered with black leather (worn), attached to the proper left and proper right sides. The handle can be moved from laying against the top to laying against ...
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Kudelski Group, Reel-to-reel tape recorder and reels used by sound engineer Russell Williams II, circa 1972. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Portable reel-to-reel audio recorders like this one were often used in filmmaking during the last three decades of the twentieth century. CC0.
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