HISTORY:
Working through yet more reel to reel related accessories and media plus some PHILIPS reel to reel tape machines, models N4504 & N4512
This head cover assembly is from the N4504 (the N4512 is slightly different) is this is one of those items that users always seem to be pulling off their machines! Maybe curious to see what is inside, or just fiddling, but we have attended to a number of these machines with this head assembly missing.
Not a bad machine from Philips, 3 motors, separate Read and Write heads in addition to the Erase head, 3 run speeds but not all that impressed with the extensive use of plastic for the case, albeit high impact very strong plastic! This makes for a pretty lightweight machine compared to the Otari 5050's and Studer B67's I have lugged around in the past!
There was actually very little "wrong" with the machines I am "parting out" but I felt they were more useful as "organ donors" to bring other machines back to life (or improve their functioning) so they are currently being "operated on" to extract useful components.
I am very much "into" sustainability and a complete tape machine represents a LOT of embedded energy and to waste that embedded energy is a very bad thing, even worse is to bury it in landfill and subsequently poison our environment!
What is embedded energy?
Embedded energy is a measurement of the total energy that was used to create a component, a module or a complete piece of equipment originally.
HERE is some more information about Ee
PHILIPS - Reel To Reel Tape Recorder SPARE PART
Model: N4504
Part # 3103 294 0267 4H44360479 (service manual reference part # 56)
Head cover assembly
Material: Black plastic, silver print direct on to the plastic
Two fingers clip into place on the machine chassis
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO broken parts
NO stress weakness on the clips
NO wear or damage to the Silver print
I have now packed this head cover in bubble-wrap then into a sealed clear plastic packet, awaiting a new machine to live in!
