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 - Tape Transport Cover
Non Monitor model
Studer part # 1.167.624.00
Material: Aluminium sheet (one piece)
5x diecast threaded spacers are also press fitted onto the rear of the cover, used for mounting & securing the cover.
DIMENSIONS:
475mm X 309mm X 3mm thickness
WEIGHT: 523g
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
Of course not only is the physical condition critical but it must "look good" too! I have found many of these but most had too many surface scratches to be considered useful for restoration work, they have been offered to others who just wanted some scrap Aluminium.
The remaining few covers I am offering here are in "pretty good" condition, but NOT perfect.
It is vital that you look at the photographs and read the comments below which relate to each cover being offered. If you settle on a particular cover and wish to buy it, select the cover of your choice from the menu on this page. If that cover no longer appears in the menu, sadly that means it has already found a new B67 within which to live!
GENERAL CONDITION (ALL COVERS):
NO cover being offered is physically damaged (bent), actually it would take an enormous force to bend this metal, it is thick and with the top fold, this makes the cover very rigid and resistant to severe force.
I have given a rudimentary clean to each cover, no attempt has been made at mark removal or polishing the Aluminium.
SPECIFIC CONDITION
COVER #A
I have only given the cover a simple warm, soapy water wash and finished off with household cleaner spray. This was done so that all the dust & dirt was removed (stored undercover but not within plastic so the cover was "dirty") and I could then see what the metal looked like underneath.
NO Aluminium "rot" (funny little lines and marks on the surface which are due to oxidisation)
Overall, the Aluminium surface could do with a "proper" cleanup, while the dirt and dust is gone, there is a slighty Yellowish tinge to the lower half which I checked with a "spot clean" and it can be removed with a bit of "elbow grease" Obviously my rudimentary cleaning wasn't enough to bring it back to A1 surface finish.
There are two faint (and I mean faint, not etched or scratched into the metal) partial circular marks on the metal, at the lower end of each reel table - these are marks left by the reels rubbing against the metalwork while spinning. I can even tell you (by measuring them) that it was the 10.5" metal reels from Ampex that did this. These are not gouges but a very light circular line.
The top section of the cover has no scratching or marks other than this. The lower section does have a couple of very small "dots" - these are not deep and not scratches, like something has "banged" against the front cover. In fact the only mark, dent that (in my opinion) is of any significance is down on the Take Up side, right on the lower edge is a small dent into the metalwork. This is really small but it should be pointed out.
The rear is, as you would expect, free of scratches or marks. A proper surface cleanup wouldn't hurt though!
COVER #B
I have only given the cover a simple warm, soapy water wash and finished off with household cleaner spray. This was done so that all the dust & dirt was removed (stored undercover but not within plastic so the cover was "dirty") and I could then see what the metal looked like underneath.
NO Aluminium "rot" (funny little lines and marks on the surface which are due to oxidisation)
Overall, the Aluminium surface could do with a "proper" cleanup, while the dirt and dust is gone, there is a slighty Yellowish tinge to the lower half which I checked with a "spot clean" and it can be removed with a bit of "elbow grease" Obviously my rudimentary cleaning wasn't enough to bring it back to A1 surface finish.
There is one very small (1.5mm) scratch or "ding" mark right on the top edge, central area and two further very small dots or "ding" marks on the lower section, each side of the cutout for the headblock. In my opinion (and it does depend upon how "pristine" you want your B67 to appear) these are not of any consequence at all, it is even possible these could be "lifted" with a good polish up.
The front of the transport cover has no other scratching or marks other than those above, in my observations.
The rear is, as you would expect, free of scratches or marks. A proper surface cleanup wouldn't hurt though!
COVER #C
I have only given the cover a simple warm, soapy water wash and finished off with household cleaner spray. This was done so that all the dust & dirt was removed (stored undercover but not within plastic so the cover was "dirty") and I could then see what the metal looked like underneath.
NO Aluminium "rot" (funny little lines and marks on the surface which are due to oxidisation)
Overall, the Aluminium surface could do with a "proper" cleanup, while the dirt and dust is gone, there is a slighty Yellowish tinge to the lower half which I checked with a "spot clean" and it can be removed with a bit of "elbow grease" Obviously my rudimentary cleaning wasn't enough to bring it back to A1 surface finish.
Overall I would consider this panel to have the largest number of "issues" light as they are ... most are little bits of cleanup required (in the center just above the headblock cutout is some glue remnants from a previous security ID label) and I count three very small "dots" which look to be knocks to the front panel - that said, all of these marks are very small or light but this panel probably represents the most work to get it back to A1 condition once again.
Don't take this to mean that the front of this cover is terrible, it is not, but some extra "elbow grease" will be needed to remove the remaining slight Yellow discolouration, buff up the very light surface markings and perhaps even substantially cleanup up the three very small "ding" marks or dots. No long scratches to deal with in any case!
The rear is, as you would expect, free of scratches or marks. A proper surface cleanup wouldn't hurt though!
COVER #D
I have only given the cover a simple warm, soapy water wash and finished off with household cleaner spray. This was done so that all the dust & dirt was removed (stored undercover but not within plastic so the cover was "dirty") and I could then see what the metal looked like underneath.
NO Aluminium "rot" (funny little lines and marks on the surface which are due to oxidisation)
Overall, the Aluminium surface could do with a "proper" cleanup, while the dirt and dust is gone, there is a slighty Yellowish tinge to the lower half which I checked with a "spot clean" and it can be removed with a bit of "elbow grease" Obviously my rudimentary cleaning wasn't enough to bring it back to A1 surface finish.
Only very light dirt or surface marks over near the Supply Reel cutout (around the cover edge), these look to be surface dirt and should clean up well. No significant scratching observed but I do see 3 tiny (and I mean tiny) "dots" around the tape tension area on the left side (supply) before the tape travels across the heads. These are very small and it is quite likely they will largely disappear after a good cleanup of the cover.
The rear is, as you would expect, free of scratches or marks. A proper surface cleanup wouldn't hurt though!
I hope the above information helps anyone who is interested to determine which panel may be of most interest to them, once decided then just select that panel from the drop-down menu
NOTE: If the panel you wish to purchase is NOT showing in the dropdown menu, this means that the panel has already been sold - only those that are available will show in the menu system.
Each panel is now wrapped in bubblewrap so that the current condition is maintained and these will be very well packed to ensure safe travel to their new homes!
