This is a super rare ribbon microphone! Never seen or heard of these. It works and sounds pretty wonderful, and has that old ribbon mic warmth, especially on vocals. It‘s pretty clean sounding, very little hiss for a mic of this type and age. Everything appears original (ribbon, transformer, magnets, etc), I believe i was the first person to open it up, except for the cable, which I’ve upgraded to a modern male xlr for ease of use. (the rubber on the original cable was rotting and used an older amphenol connector)

It is from the early 1930s and was made by Bruno Laboratories in NYC. Original ribbon is in great condition (see photo), and there is aging on the black paint and tan grille cloth as youd expect on a 90 something year old mic. I’ve left these alone for the sake of preservation but you could repaint and replace the cloth and make it shiny new looking.


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Listed7 days ago
ConditionVery Good (Used)
Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape.Learn more
Brand
  • Bruno Laboratories
Model
  • Velocity Microphone Model-RV3
Finish
  • Black
Categories
Year
  • 1930-1935
Made In
  • United States
Polar Pattern
  • Bidirectional
Wired/Wireless
  • Wired
Microphone Type
  • Ribbon

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