1963 AKAI Telephone Pickup (record from landline ph) in orig box etc.
Dating from the era when Japan’s AKAI were absolutely at the top of their game making very well respected reel to reel recorders. This is an original AKAI accessory (still with original carton and instructions) – a “Telephone Pick Up”. In the form of a suction cap it’s designed to attach to a traditional landline telephone and connect to the microphone input of a reel to reel (or, in later years cassette etc.) tape deck to record telephone conversations. The lead is terminated with a 6.35mm (