RW00130
An early view looking north through Rooms 14 and 13 in May 1958, with work being overseen by Donald McWhinnie, who's making notes on his script. Daphne Oram is cueing up a disc on one of the turntables on a BBC TD/7 gramophone: note the parallel-tracking arms. To the right, Desmond Briscoe is editing a tape on a Ferrograph recorder, alongside 'Dickie' Bird, who's resetting a cue on a tape of prepared sounds. The equipment bays on the left remained in use until the late seventies. The turntables in the foreground don't appear to be a standard BBC variety.