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STUDER TAPE MACHINE
Bush House's very first Studer, installed in Quality
Check Room in the early 1970s. Later on similar but refined versions
were eventually installed in the larger studios. As delivered the
machines had a motorized pair of scissors which popped out of a slot
before the final roller, and was supposed to be used to edit the tape
(you found the place then moved the tape on by an amount shown on the
right-hand roller): it's a daft idea, and after someone at BH had
managed to snip a tape while it was being played up a line to Scotland
(who thought it hilarious) the scissors were disabled to prevent
further accidents..
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