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Demo of my AEG FT4 Magnetophon, probably the earliest machine still in working condition, and also the rarest after the K1 and K2 models, which I'm looking for in addition to later ones. About one hundered FT4 machines were produced between 1939 and 1941. This machine was originally used by the Senate of Berlin and has the Senate emblem engraved on the right of the board. The Senate von Berlin emblem is still the same nowadays. The FT4 was designed for dictation, where the secretary would listen to the tape and type the text. Its predecessors were the T1 and T2 (which used the K1 and K2 transports respectively) and then the FT2 and FT3 which added remote control instead of fixed push-buttons on the tape transport. What distinguishes this machine from the K (Koffergerät) series is that everything is built into the same cabinet, the tape plays at 25cm/s instead of 100cm/S and 77cm/s, and that the machine is operated using a remote control to be placed next to the typewriter. The uncommon sp
