webcor viscount iv 4 track tape recorder

In 1952 the company launched a new line of tape recorders and eventually discontinued its production of wire recorders as the industry movement towards Hi-Fi was in its initial stages. The production run lasted from about 1945 through the early 1950s. The units produced very lifelike sound quality, especially in some of the later high end models where cabinet and amplification circuits were redesigned specifically for better frequency response. 0036 inches that traveled past a vertical motion recording head at an average of 24 inches per second. The mechanism used a stainless steel wire with a diameter of. The Webster-Chicago wire recorders were one of the top selling products ever made and the company specialized in models for both office dictation use and the private consumer market.

They offered a new method of inter-office communications in large scale applications such as factories, office buildings, hospitals and schools. Webster-Chicago went on to produce and manufacture amplification and phonograph equipment for entertainment, public address and also business intercom systems which were state of the art for the time.

In 1926, the company designed and produced amplification equipment that helped create some of the first talking motion pictures. In 1925, the first factory built radios including 'B' battery eliminators and power packs made by Webster-Chicago. The product line included phonographs and recording equipment, public address systems, amplifiers, intercoms and power supplies. Webster-Chicago Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, also later known as Webcor, was once a leading manufacturer of business and consumer electronics spanning more than half a century from 1914 to the late 1960s. Tubes were made for the company with the Webster and Webcor brands, for the latter see Webcor (tubes).

Webcor viscount iv 4 track tape recorder