Re: [ARSCLIST] Cassette surgery -- paging Dr. Hess

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

Tom Fine wrote:
> Hi Richard Hess:
>
> I ask this on a public forum because I bet I'm not the only one who can 
> learn from you. If I'm asking for a trade secret, I apologize.
>
> I have here a pair of cassettes in the molded-together housings (not the 
> screw-together housings) which need to be transplanted because they do 
> not play even with a Tascam tractor-drive transport. I am relatively 
> sure it's the old worn out skid pads or warped housing problem, not a 
> tape problem. I pulled a little tape out to look at it and it's not 
> sticky, oozy or flakey. I fortunately have some C-0 screw-together cases.
>
> How would you proceed? complete brain surgery or splice and hand-wind 
> into the C-0? If the latter, any tips to make 90 minutes of tape go faster?

Others will probably have more sophisticated approaches, but I twist 
such a case until the seal snaps, then pry it apart with a screwdriver 
blade. Then, of course, drop the reels into the new case, screw it 
togethr and hope.

Mike
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