This gem was hidden in my late Grandfather Harry Tom Dickenson’s house since he bought it new in 1963. 

The 1057 was a fairly expensive quarter-track stereo tape recorder with three speeds and a single 24-slot wave wound motor. A versatile machine, it had facilities for sound-on-sound, sound-with-sound and no less than four stereo headphone outputs for those intimate listening parties! The recorder had built in stereo speakers with reflector flaps, dual VU meters and automatic tape shut-off. It could be operated either vertically or horizontally.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Year 1963
Price when new (in the USA) $339.95
Track system Quarter-track stereo
Heads Two
Motors single 24-slot wave wound motor
Maximum reel size 7″
Tape speeds 7½ , 3¾ & 1 ips
Frequency response ( 2 dB) 7½ ips: 40Hz -15kHz
3¾ ips:
1 ips:
Wow & flutter 0.2% at 7½ ips
Bias frequency 95kHz
Audio output power 10 watts peak per channel
Speaker(s) Two internal speakers