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Chip Fossa
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Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 5 Jan 2011 5:03 pm |
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I have many cassettes that that have seen better days. Some, although not tape-deteriation-wise, have big problems.
MAINLY - the tape has broken - off the central windup/feed axis reels.
Is there any folk remedy to resolve this? Is there a Hi-tech remedy? Good stuff on these tapes. Haven't been heard in years.
I have many more.
Here is what I'm up against.
Thanks friends and neighbors. All help will be mucho appreciato. 
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Chip
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 Jan 2011 7:12 pm
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Chip, It looks like just a broken tape, right?
Just do the old splice method. after you are sure the tape is routed properly in the cassette, overlap the ends slightly and cut them with a razor blade on a 45 degree angle then, with the ends butted together, use a piece of scotch tape cut to exact width and 3/4" long, tape together on the side that doesn't have the sound on it.
This won't last forever. Get those suckers transferred to CD ASAP!
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 5 Jan 2011 7:27 pm
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Bent,
Thanks for your input.
The Jeff Neuman tape is a bit more serious. It's dangling out there in the wind.
All my old tapes need to go in for some re-grooving.
I'm willing to pay to have some professional folks do this the right way.
Thanks again Bent.
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Chip
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Jan 2011 11:13 am
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Thanks Tony for those links. Very helpful.
That is exactly what I had in mind. Once repaired, run them through once and get it them on the HDD.
These have been kicking around for years in disrepair; I couldn't just heave them out. Was just waiting for the right time to do something about them.
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Chip
Williams U-12 8X5; Keyless; Natural Blonde Laquer. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 6 Jan 2011 2:07 pm
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| Chip Fossa wrote: |
| Was just waiting for the right time to do something about them. |
Well stand in line, I did the same thing.. 'cept I waited too long on some of them. I did mange to transfer the majority..but to be honest, while transferring some I was scratching my head wondering why I was transferring them...
Last year I also ran out and bought a reel to reel recorder ( craigs list ) and transferred all my old reel tapes to the PC...
Now I got this big Teac 10" stereo reel to reel player that I don't want to part with and it weighs too much to keep moving it around...so now I have a whole new problem !
I guess the world is not flat !
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 7 Jan 2011 4:53 am
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Even with putting them on your hard drive, burn them to a CD or DVD. Hard drives do fail, and at a very bad time. 
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Jan 2011 5:34 am
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Thanks Richard, I meant to say:... to then put them on a CD, too.
Tony, stand in line, too. I also have a mint condition TEAC 4-track w/symul-sync. It's really a work of art. Even though it weighs a ton, I could never part with it. TEAC sure didn't cut any corners when they made this unit. 
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Chip
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