Tape recorder '' Melody MG-56 ''.
Tape recorders and radio tape recorders.Since 1956, the Melody MG-56 tape recorder has been produced by the Novosibirsk plant "Tochmash". It is copied from the German tape recorder "Grundig TK-820", 1955 release (first photo). The tape recorder "Melody MG-56" is intended for recording and reproducing sound programs on a magnetic tape of type 2 with reels No. 18. The recording of phonograms is two-track. The speed of pulling the magnetic tape is 9.53 cm / sec and 19.05 cm / sec. The frequency range of the recording or playback channel at a higher speed is 50 ... 10000 Hz, at a lower speed of 100 ... 6000 Hz. Rated output power on two 2GD-3 loudspeakers is not less than 2 W. The power consumption from the mains when recording is about 100 W, while playing back 80 W. The tape recorder has: a recording level indicator and a magnetic tape meter similar in design to it; pause button; LF and HF tone controls; shutdown device at the end of the tape roll. All kinds of switching in the tape recorder are carried out using conventional and traction relays, as well as using electromagnetic clutches. Control of all modes of operation is push-button. Assembled tape recorder in a case made of wood and pasted over with decorative material. The dimensions of the tape recorder are 420x420x210 mm. Weight 24 kg. The second image shows an advertisement for the Melody MG-56 tape recorder in the Tekhnika Molodyozhi magazine # 11, 1957.
