[Tech1] Early Neve desks

[Dave Plowman]

Wasn't TMS well before Des arrived as Head iof Sound? More Sam's baby?

On 23/09/2021 12:27, David Taylor via Tech1 wrote:
> I'm writing a history of early Neve sound desks, both big and 
> small....but limiting it to say 1975, which was the year Rupert Neve 
> left the company.
> Neve of course was then run by a number of owners and still continues 
> as AMS-Neve in Burnley.
> The BBC's first Neve was the recording desk in Lime Grove TMS:
> BBC_Lime_Grove-music studio-pic2.jpg
> Des Browning commissioned this one 'A135', which was perhaps the only 
> 'standard Neve' the BBC ever bought.
> The BBC Radio Concert Hall got the next Neve, a very customised console:
> BBC_Concert_Hall_1971_October.jpg
> The trail after that gets harder to follow, so I'd love it if you guys 
> can help.
> Neve records show three desks built for the BBC between 1973 and 1976.
> At least one was for Manchester's TV studio A:
> 1976-BBC Manchester TV Studio-36 channel Neve-from BBC Eng 1976_03.jpg
> This is a 36 channel 8 group with Painton Quadrant faders and the 
> narrow 32mm modules produced initially just for the BBC desks.
> Manchester also got at least 3 other small desks, based on the BCM10/2 
> model, in the film dubbing suite, and 2 in radio.
> Neve documents refer to TC3, TC4, TC5 and TC6....but don't state if 
> those desks were just 'quote's or not.
> Here's a 44 channel. similar to the above:
> BBC 44 Channel-via Dan Alexander book-1200px.jpg
> So this might have been in Television Centre?
> TC8 got a big Neve, but that was 1981:, here it is, going in the 
> window, under manual propulsion!
> 1981-Spring-EngInf4.pdf-Neve into TC8-1200px.jpg
> Looks like that design was still similar to the above ones, but I'm 
> interested in any desks, as I said up to 1976ish, so before this one.
>
> Any memories, information or photos would be appreciated.
>
> David Taylor
> postfade.co.uk <http://postfade.co.uk>
> "About Broadcast and Recorded Sound"
>
>

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