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Scully kit of the early 1960s

Posted on 04/30/2013 by chris

How are y’all doing today…  long-time readers will know that there is a lot of Scully material on this site… Scully was a Bridgeport institution; I drive by the ole Scully plant everyday on my way to the studio.  Not … Continue reading →

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Scully Model 100 Sixteen-Track Tape Machine of 1971

Posted on 02/16/2013 by chris

Above: The Scully 100 is introduced: 1971.  I love these headlines…  “…turns you on…   blows your mind….”   Amazing.  Anyhow… any of these still makin albums out there?  Let us know…

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Excellent Article on Larry Scully and the Variable-Pitch Lathe c. 1956

Posted on 11/14/2012 by chris

Download a six-page article from HIGH FIDELITY 1956 concerning the history of the Scully corporation of Bridgeport Connecticut, including an explanation of the significance of the variable-pitch Scully lathe. DOWNLOAD: High_Fidelity-5612-Scully_Sm At left: Larry Scully circa 1956.  Thanks to reader … Continue reading →

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East Bridgeport, CT

Posted on 03/14/2012 by chris

Above: the view along Crescent ave from the intersection of Crescent and Bunnell, where a later Scully Recording Instruments Corp. plant once stood. Last weekend I stopped by 305 Knowlton, a gallery/artist-studio-building nearby my studio Gold Coast Recorders; there was … Continue reading →

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The Scully 601 Vinyl Mastering Lathe circa 1960

Posted on 03/09/2012 by chris

Above: beautiful line-drawn rendition of a Scully 601 lathe.  Made right here in blighted Bridgeport CT.  Ahh Bridgeport what happened?  I think I might take a drive over to “62 walter st” today and see what’s there now… 

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Neumann AM32B Lathe: 1961

Posted on 03/09/2012 by chris

Although Scully seems to have dominated the US lathe market in the 1950s and 1960s, every time I have personally attended an LP mastering session (maybe a dozen times), I have seen a Neumann used.   Any of you LP mastering … Continue reading →

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Audio Transformer As Signal Processor

Posted on 02/03/2012 by chris

Sometime in the past couple of years, Tape Op ran a short piece by Allen Farmelo titled “Using Transformers to Transform Audio.”  You can read the piece in its entirety here.   My reaction at the time was ‘it’s about … Continue reading →

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