Wilga reel-to-reel tape recorder

The *Wilga* reel-to-reel tape recorder, whose production was launched in 1960, was designed to record and play back sound. It is a portable device whose mechanism is enclosed in a leather suitcase with a built-in speaker. The electrical system of the device is based on a set of three vacuum tubes and an electron ray tube tuning indicator (the so-called “magic eye”). It was the only tape recorder manufactured by the Tonsil loudspeaker factory in Września, which specialised in the production of speakers and microphones. *Wilga* is a mono, two track reel-to-reel tape recorder. It uses a layout of two half-track heads: a dual-purpose (recording/deleting) head and a deleting head. Manufacturer: Zakłady Wytwórcze Głośników Tonsil, 1960 Inv. No.: MIM 1596/V-353 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements Licence: CC BY-NC-SA