[Harp-L] Spher-O-Dyne Model PE 53

[Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron, could your mic possibly be a PE 533? The 533 is the only mic I  
know of that had that half dome grill......

/Greg

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From: "Ronald Tuffel" <ronnyt@xxxxx>
Date: July 10, 2009 7:09:16 AM PDT
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Spher-O-Dyne Model PE 53


Looking through an old bag I came up with four Shure Microphones from  
back in the early 70's probably from "The Sagebrush Boogie Band".   
Unidyne B model PE515 which I see there exists that model on Shure's  
website. Unidyne III model PE54D. One that I believe is 565SD  
Unisphere Vocal Microphone it does not have Shure's black band around  
it any longer. I remember someone wanting to remove all the commercial  
labels from our equipment in those days. Damn Hippies! Finally, the  
mic Spher-O-Dyne model PE 53. It's a vocal mic with a thin black band  
around the spherical grill. The top of the grill is the traditional  
mesh under the middle thin black band (silver on the 565SD) is a solid  
silver half sphere which is normally mesh on most grills of Shure  
vocal mics which I have seen.When I searched the Shure site it asked  
if I meant the Spher-O-Dyne model 54. But, as I have searched further  
it says "Your search did not match any documents". What gives? Does  
anyone know the identity of this mic? Is it a copy cat? It has the  
traditional Shure identification band the reads completely: Spher-O- 
Dyne MODEL PE53 HIGH IMPEDANCE SHURE BROTHERS INC. EVANSTON.ILL.,  
U.S.A. Please send the cavalry in on this one. I need one of you mic  
aficionados to confer with on this one. Well, just as I started to  
post this I tried another search. And, came up with the SPHER-O-DYNE  
PE53V which has a volume control knob, but my mic has the traditional  
on/ off switch and no volume control knob. Still searching for the  
real deal on this mic! Any helpers?

Thanks,

Ron