These Two Engineers Invented The Tape Recorder and Cassette Tape Recorder, Who Are They?

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Fritz Pfleumer (Photo: Artsandculture.google.com)

FEMUSINDO.com - Before the music player that is currently known, to listen to music we still used a tape recorder.

The inventor of the tape recorder was named Fritz Pfleumer (1881 - 1945). He made the first magnetic tape device in 1928.

Pfleumer, an engineer from Germany-Austria, then sold the rights to use his magnetic tape to AEG in 1932.

Meanwhile, the inventor of the analog cassette or cassette tape recorder, was a Dutch engineer named Lou Ottens.

After the development process, the first audio cassette was introduced by Philips at the Berlin Radio electronics exhibition in August 1963.

Although it continues to experience development and progress, these two men have contributed to the transformation of the way people listen to music until now. (*)