wire recorder

English

A Webster-Chicago Model 7 wire recorder, circa 1948

Noun

wire recorder (plural wire recorders)

1. (historical) A device for analogue audio storage made magnetically onto fine steel or stainless steel wire, introduced commercially after World War II primarily for office dictation.

Translations

analogue audio storage device

• Finnish: lankanauhuri, lankamagnetofoni
• Swedish: trådspelare

Further reading

• wire recorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia