The late Daphne Oram  

demonstrating tape loop production. 

Note the number of Ferrograph 

Series 2's  in use.

BBC Radio Producer Alec Nisbett editing on a Ferrograph Series 2.  Alec

 is the author of the excellent  "Technique of the Sound Studio". 

During the 1960's he recorded a program on tape editing for inclusion in the 

British Ferrograph Owners Club sound magazine.  

Which encouraged many B.F.O.C. members to take up tape editing.

Note: that it is the Editall Block, the professional chooses, not the BIB splicer, 

Update from the author:  You might like to know that the 2003 Seventh Edition of what is now called The Sound Studio (Focal Press) has been extensively revised since the Sixth came out in 1995, and should now be pretty much up-to-date.

Here's a famous face.

Note the Series 633 rear right, and the 632 on the left of it.

Wout Steinhuis, multi-tracking guitarist, using two mono Ferrograph recorders. to produce his music tapes. He later used two Revox 36's for stereo use.

JULY 1968

B.F.O.C. Count their successes.

The past twelve months have been particularly successful for members of the British Ferrograph Owners Club, reports its secretary George West.  

  Peter Bastin's winning contribution to the BBC "On the Move" contest, Roy Bannister's notable British Amateur Tape Recording Contest entries, and the success of Harold Wilde and Mr. West himself in winning the Merseyside Tape Contest run by BBC Radio Merseyside, are among examples quoted by the secretary.

  Confirming views expressed in our June Editorial, he adds that a substantial proportion of the membership use vintage Series 2 and 3 models.

Peter Bastin, a regular contributor to the Ferrograph sound magazine throughout the 1960-70's. An avid tape recording fan, Peter dominated the tape recording contests of the 1960's with his imaginative, humorous, adventurous, production style, and quirky music.

One of the many uses for the "YD" series, 

language laboratories put a lot of stress 

on equipment, with constant use. 

Only robust machines will stand up to this type of use.

The Wearite deck was also sold separately, for inclusion in hi-fi systems, seen here coupled with a Shirley Labs, TWA1515 record/play amplifier.

Another constructers kit using the Wearite Modal "A" tape deck with kit built amplifiers, and mixer. Quite an elaborate system for the time.

Above: Ferrograph 7YD machines in use by BOAC.

Above: Series 7 YD installed on board Polaris Submarine.

Left: Reproduction of an advert in which Ferrograph tape recorders surplus to military requirements were auctioned off.

Some of these were purchased by a gentleman living in South Wales and myself and a colleague traveled down to buy one.

I got a G100, he got a two channel YD machine. Both were still in original packing and sealed in waxed paper. Once cleaned off, both machines worked perfectly, in spite of many years in storage.

Ferrograph Series 4 tape decks in use in the "Stage-sound" for playing of sound fx for stage shows.

The launch of the BBC's Local Radio Network was very fortunate 

for Ferrograph, Series 7's were installed in virtually all Local 

Radio stations. The picture depicts Leeds, I used them myself 

at Radio Manchester in the early 1970's.

It was almost traditional for British Forces Broadcasting to use Ferrograph, but here we  see the professional Studio 8 in use.