Audio equipment rack
Used to mount audio processing
equipment for recording, playback,
and alteration of sound. Displayed with
patch bay, equalizer, mixer, and amplifier.

Loans courtesy of Jack Miller and John P. Dixon

23C Speech input mixing console
Chicago, Illinois, USA, late 1940s
Western Electric Company, maker

Originally made for radio station use,
this board was purchased by the
Ramseys in 1954 and used on the
original “Rebel ‘Rouser” (1958) recording.

Loan courtesy of Floyd and Mary Ramsey

Magnetic tape boxes
Used for 1/2" and 1/4" magnetic tape reels
that capture sound form tape recorders.

Loan Courtesy of John P. Dixon

JBL Signature monitor speaker
Los Angels. California, USA, mid-1950s
James B. Lancing Sound Inc., maker

Used in the control room to monitor
studio vocalists and instrumentalists
while performing; also employed to
listen back to individual tracks and
mixes played from tape recorders.
Loan courtesy of John P. Dixon

351 Full-track tape recorder
Redwood City, California, USA, early 1950s
Ampex Manufacturing Company, maker

Ampex was one of the first to build and
patent tape recorders in the United States.

Loan courtesy of Tim Ramsey