Nortronics published the for tape head replacement guide. Issue 3 in Nov. 1963.
My file seems to have stopped then. Has anyone seen a later one?

The net has a lot of stuff on the broadcast side of their business but little on
the domestic side.

I have the 1979 Nortronics tape head replacement guide. I was busy reconditioning several decks at the time.

Larry

What edition is it, and is it for domestic tape recorders?

This is the fourth edition. It is titled "Professional Tape Head Replacement Guide." It covers heads available for broadcast, studio and duplicator machines, and "specialized audio applications," as well as consumer-grade machines (some of them, anyway; the import makes like Sony and Pioneer aren't there).

What are you looking for?

Larry

I saw the later listings on the net for the pro stuff. I guess Nortronics backed off a tad when
the inport recorders started to appear with the factory parts following them. A Philips head for the
Continental 200-300-400 cost about twelve dollars then from Philips factory service, and the transistor
decks were pretty well doomed with the cassette format.

What I was looking for was a list of specific heads that Nortronics promised would be added to the
generic list but since imports seldom used common heads I guess it wouldn't pay.

Example of what I would like is Ferrograph, Tandberg Korting Telefunken and Grundig heads for tube
models.

I looked again at this 1979 guide, and Pioneer, Teac, Technics/Panasonic, and Otari are there after all (I was looking in the wrong place earlier ).

Allied Radio carried the Nortronics line. In their 1970 catalog, they show replacements for many Sony decks and recorders.

Nothing about any of the Euro manufacturers, however. Wish I could be of more help.

Larry