HISTORY:
Sit down and I will tell you a true story ...
A long time ago, in the mists of time, our "Aunty" (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) were forced to offload their obselete broadcast equipment which they had been "hanging onto" as a condition of continued Government funding.
This situation created the "Golden Days" for many, including myself. If you were in the general electronics, audio or even video industry, here was an opportunity to pickup high quality equipment and their original manuals at brain numbingly low prices through auctions, Pickles had the ABC contract at the time.
While I was in the audio industry and running my business doing "all things audio except artist recordings" our work involved tape, all tape formats, and to see these absolutely beautiful machines being offered at crazy low prices was a dream come true.
Much to the surprise of my staff, I returned from one auction which a truck full of B67's (MK1's and MKII's) in various configurations, many with the STUDER NAB adapters still on the reel tables and meter bridges (from the many roll around trolley models) both in two channel and single channel layouts. Ah, those were the days!
I used a collection of machines as parts to create our dream machines for our business audio tape transfer purposes, the PR99, B67, A810/820 and I think an A807 - never did get an A80 "dream machine" unfortunately.
The "left over parts" from the various models were sent mainly back to Europe where there was a big demand for them, probably still is, so all the plug-in boards, motors, meters, headblocks etc have all long gone to other European studios for service spare parts or machine restoration.
While I would love to offer those items now, I "don't think" I have any left! I say "don't think" because I have tons of "stuff" still to be sorted through and I cannot remember what was placed in the boxes over 30 years ago!
Today, while sorting through yet more of my "audio technology museum" of bits and pieces, I did find this item from the STUDER B67
What's a B67? Look and drool!
I am offering ONLY this part as described and pictured, no other part and certainly not a complete machine (if you have already tried to lift one of these you will know why I preferred to part out the machines, weight training is required before attempting to lift one!)
To see ALL the STUDER B67 and related R2R spare parts that I currently have on my website, click HERE
Enough of the blurb, let's get down to what I am offering here ...
STUDER - Reel Table Surround (2)
Studer part # I could not find the official part number in the Service Manual
Material: Brown(ish) coloured plastic
Set of two
These are friction fitting into the Reel Table cutout on the transport cover. There are 4x flanges around the edges and with careful squeezing, this surround "snaps" into place. There are no screws or glue.
DIMENSIONS:
95mm ID x 8mm height
WEIGHT: 15g
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
Of course not only is the physical condition critical but it must "look good" too! Being plastic based and old, I have "stress tested" each reel surround to ensure there are no signs of cracks or a tendency to crack.
Clean
NO reel surrounds have physical damage, splits or cracks
Some surrounds have VERY light marks on the top edge, I had a lot of these (removed from around 25 machines) and have selected "best of the bunch" for others to reuse.
Each 2 piece reel surround set is now packed into a sealed clear plastic packet, waiting to adorn another B67 front panel.
