I found a Pentron Triumph high fildelity tape recorder in my uncle's belongings. I have the op instructions, extra tubes and reel to reels. Does anyone know where I could find someone who may be interested in it?

A lot of amateur recording artists like these machines because of their superb fidelity (not necessarily through the speaker equipped with the machine, but perhaps through a better speaker). They are fine machines. Your's is mono? I assume it is. If noone on here thinks of a place you can send it, and you don't find anyone interested, try eBay. Type in Pentron or Reel to Reel, or something like that, and see what they go for, and see if it is worth your time to sell it. You can also try "retro" shops in your area that either sell antiques or "retro" things. Milwaukee's East Side is the art and cultural center of my city, and this is the kind of place where you find the people who appreciate instruments of this nature. Of course you can find someone who appreciates this instrument just about anywhere, but musicians tend to be attracted to them.

If you do not find a profitable or meaningful way to dispose of it, if you are ever interested in a fine machine to record your favorite music on, this is the machine to use. It's large, but extremely faithful in reproduction. The best music for the best recording labels is recorded onto a medium somewhat similar to this. Until recently, with the sad advent of digital recording, and the downgrade of music quality there-after, all of the finest LP records were first recorded on magnetic tape similar in nature to your tape, and then transferred to disc. If you listen to a top quality record (such as the London label, or RCA Victor, Columbia) in the finest condition on the finest phonograph (such as a German made Dual model), you will hear the most superbly reproduced music with most amazing realism, that it is hard to believe that you are listening to a recording. This recording, before being cut onto disc, was first recorded on magnetic tape for editing ease.

I assume your device is mono, as the stereo Pentrons started coming out with transistors, though there may have been some tube ones...the early transistor ones will sound lousy by now, as the transistors didn't last as well back then. I have a Pentron President that is stereo transistorized, and the entire amplifier needs to be gone over with new parts. It is horrible, and it's all transistor failures. Your machine is most likely not studio grade, so music will not have the purest overtones and the most natural music. Still, it will be quite nice. A very good machine is a studio grade TEAC. These machines cost hundreds of dollars, though. If you don't mind your music being in mono, though, you will enjoy this machine a lot. The output components may not be of the best quality (amplifier design, speaker, etc.), but the machine is extremely rugged and of very high quality. They are made extremely well.

Thomas

:I found a Pentron Triumph high fildelity tape recorder in my uncle's belongings. I have the op instructions, extra tubes and reel to reels. Does anyone know where I could find someone who may be interested in it?