wire recorder

American  

noun

1. a forerunner of the tape recorder that recorded sound on a steel wire by magnetizing the wire as it passed an electromagnet.

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wire recorder British  

noun

1. an early type of magnetic recorder in which sounds were recorded on a thin steel wire magnetized by an electromagnet Compare tape recorder

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Other Word Forms

• wire recording
  noun

Etymology

Origin of wire recorder

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Miley was a junior at Bosse High School n 1947 when he began taping sporting events as a hobby with a $165 wire recorder that his father bought from Sears & Roebuck.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2011

Sirs: Wholly disregarding this fact, your Music editor, in the same issue, prints the following: "Experts . . . thought the wire recorder might in time replace dictaphones."

From Time Magazine Archive

He lugged his oversize wire recorder, tuba-like, all over the city, and wrote and broadcast the news himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Experts conceded a limited postwar use for wire recording as developed by the U.S. armed forces, thought the wire recorder might in time replace dictaphones.

From Time Magazine Archive

Use of a wire recorder or a platter, so that one can get a playback after talking, is an aid to self-criticism.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense