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Rowe Customusic

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Rowe Customusic is a background music system[1] from the 1960s and 1970s. Up to six Fidelipac type C endless-loop magnetic tape cartridges can be loaded in the player, allowing up to 60 hours of playback.[2] The case is 13+58 in (350 mm) wide, 11+18 in (280 mm) high, and 13+34 in (350 mm) deep.[3] Like the 3M Cantata 700, the player moves the tape head between cartridges and, as in other Fidelipac players, between the four tracks on a cartridge. The current cartridge number is indicated on a seven-segment display. Automatic track advancement was triggered by a conductive tape strip on the splice of the tape loop, or manually by pressing a button. Another switch located next to the power switch disables cartridge changeover, replaying only the current cartridge.[4]

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  1. ^ Ad, Billboard vol. 76, no. 20, 16 May 1964, pp.47-48
  2. ^ Ad, Billboard vol. 76, no. 20, 16 May 1964, pp.47-48
  3. ^ Tailored Background Music Can Lead Small Phono Op Into Uncharted Fields, Billboard vol. 74, no. 32, 11 August 1962, p.59
  4. ^ bigdmc1: Rowe muzak player, YouTube 13 May 2010
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