Welcome to the Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording

We are excited to announce the formation of the Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording.  Initially the goal was to create a permanent home, open to the public, for the Phantom Productions, Inc.'s vintage recording collection.  That collection presently has over 150 reel to reel tape recorders and 100s of other items related to magnetic sound recording.  The more information we gathered about the recording equipment, the more the project took on a life of its own.  In addition to preserving and displaying the magnetic recording equipment, we are setting goals of creating a significant permanent museum that will: research and archive information about sound recording; provide education about the history of sound recording; and display related documents, manuals, catalog, magazines and memorabilia.

When completed, the museum will display the vintage equipment in a setting that provides perspective on how the units were used.  Most will be able to be demonstrated. There will be rooms that show how early recording studios were equipped.  Items will be displayed with memorabilia of the same period. There will be areas for restoration of the equipment where folks can view how the recorders work and see how the technology developed.

A major goal of the Museum is to document the inventors, manufacturers, recording engineers and others who developed this technology.  This includes completing interviews with those persons who are still available and sharing documents and videos of the interviews in a theater in the Museum.

Initially Phantom's vintage recording collection, related documentation and web content will be on loan to and eventually donated to the museum once a facility is established.  We welcome all inquiries about and recommendations for the endeavor.  There will be much more information to come and please understand this site is just being built.  Thank you! 

About the Phantom Productions, Inc. vintage recording collection

View Austin's NBC KXAN story by Jim Swift about the vintage collection