they're amazing bits of engineering really, like most post-war analog devices. And they were meant to be serviced and maintained, not just replaced when they stopped working. I've got a service manual for the one I have, but I won't be doing much more than taking the cover off and blowing dust out of the way :)
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My mum used a reel to reel for music at her dance classes before cassettes took over. Those made things simpler, but they could still go wrong and I had a few mangled tapes. That's a format that seems almost redundant, but it's had a bit of a revival lately alongside the vinyl thing.