Stefan Kudelski, Sound-Recording Equipment Inventor, Dies at 84
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Stefan Kudelski, the inventor of the first portable professional sound recorder, died. He was 84.
Kudelski created the Nagra in 1951, and the invention was used by the radio, movie and television industries, the Cheseaux, Switzerland-based Kudelski Group said in a statement yesterday. He began his career by selling the device to Radio Luxembourg, Italy’s RAI and the British Broadcasting Corp., as well as ABC, NBC and CBS in the U.S., according to the Nagra Audio website.