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The Austrian Pfleumer Invented and Introduced Magnetic Tape

Preservation and restoration of tape recordings presupposes the existence of magnetic tape. That's a platitude. In Vienna it seems justified to report upon the life and activities of a man-the Austrian engineer Pfleumer-who in 1928 not only invented magnetic tape but, in contrast to inventors before him, succeeded in the realization and application of his idea.

Author: Thiele, Heinz H. K.
Affiliation: Krogers Kamp, Schwarzenbek, Germany
AES Convention:92 (March 1992) Paper Number:3236 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Audio History, Preservation, and Restoration

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