Wilcox gay tape recorder
Wilcox-Gay
Wilcox-Gay Corp., Charlotte, Michigan
late 's to
Wilcox-Gay Corp., which began in as a small organization creating radios and transcription recorders in Charlotte, Michigan. As their business grew so did the product line they carried and in they launched the Recordio.
The Recordio device not only played records but also allowed the user to apply a microphone that accompanied the player to record themselves onto a blank record - a "Recordio Disc."
The Recordio machine recorded at 78 rpm with decent fidelity. These machines also included an AM radio receiver. With this function you could record your favorite radio broadcasts to listen to time and second again.
These machines were marketed to the middle class through such media outlets as Ebony and Life magazine.
The player/recorder start its way into the hands of musicians, and Johnny Cash and Les Paul were acknowledged to use these devices.
In its debut year the Recordio device sold 25, units, but with the Superb Depression underway and the adoption of magnetic tape the Wilcox-Gay Corp. sales declined.
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History of the manufacturer
Wilcox was just a little company in in Charlotte Michigan making radios and transcription recorders. They started out around manufacturing amateur radio components and kits at an office on West Lawrence Ave in Charlotte. In the they branched out into consumer radios. In Paul Gay joined the company forming Wilcox-Gay Corp. They moved into the old Bennett furniture factory and expanded into tape decks, reel-to-reel, televisions, police radios, and record players. They launched the Recordio in which was a major coup. It was advertised to the middle class in both Ebony and Life Magazine and it sold well. It recorded 78 rpm transcriptions with decent fidelity. Musicians recorded on these machines including Les Paul and Johnny Cash. In they sold 25, units. But the world was first stage to adopt magnetic tape and the great depression was hurting them.
In Leonard Ashbach of the Leonard Ashbach Company acquired a controlling interest in Wilcox-Gay. The Ashbach Business already owned Garod and Grundig. Simultaneously Ashbach was privately