Scully 501 s/n 433 from Castle Recording and Chess Records
Our Scully was purchased new on October 28, 1947 by Castle Recording in Nashville. Castle cut master discs for all major labels (except RCA), and independent labels like Bullet Records. This machine cut about half the songs on the country charts between 1947 and 1955.
The lathe was sold to Chess Records in Chicago in 1956 when Castle Recording was forced to shut down. At Chess, the Scully lathe was used with…
Universal Recording mixing console from Chess Records
An early 1950s Bill Putnam line-level 4×2 tube console with two reverb sends. This is the earliest Putnam mixer still surviving. Likely made in the early 1950s. It was then recycled by Chess as mix/mastering console when they built their studio. It is still wired into the original Chess rack with patch bay, limiter, and the original Grampian – Gotham cutting system.
Grampian – Gotham Feedback Cutter System
Our two Gotham Amplifiers are early versions which use vacuum tube rectifiers.
Western Electric D lathe (2)
With the original “Rubber Line” cutting heads and 1920s turntable drives.
Fairchild 641 Stereo Cutter System s/n 002
from Van Gelder Studios
Westrex StereoDisk 3D cutting head
Grampian Type D head
Van Eps Lathe
Ortofon DSS661 stereo cutting head
