[sdiy] What is this??

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 9 Jul 2007, at 19:13, Mike wrote:

>
>>> Hi list, i've had this thing for a while and i really
>>> wonder what it is;
>>>
>>> www.sdiy.org/knas/temp/stuff3.jpg
>>> www.sdiy.org/knas/temp/stuff2.jpg
>>> www.sdiy.org/knas/temp/stuff1.jpg
>>>
>>> It came out of an old tek-scope i think. It looks like
>>> it's some kind of tuneable inductor bridge, all of
>>> them are connected together..
>>
>> Just a wild guess - perhaps a delay line?
>>
>>
> That would be my bet too. Some had what seemed to be a long coil of  
> coax in
> the base for a similar purpose. Given the sort of delays they were,  
> I can't
> see much audio potential.

The inductor-based delay line in Juergen Haible's Hammond Scanner  
Vibrato is only 1mS, so you might still be able to do something with it.

> Nice for the display cabinet though.

Looks like it should have a small model of Frankenstein's monster  
underneath it, with a Van de Graaff Generator providing effects.

T.