Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeffrey Kane wrote:

> I found a bunch of them in Australia about a year ago and bought 15 or so.
> The place may still have them. I'll try to find their URL. They are labeled
> BASF and are in a small grey plastic dispenser. The other manufacturer was
> Editall. The tabs were branded XEDIT. Last ones I found were at Tape
> Warehouse in Atlanta but I think I bought all they had. They still have the
> 1/2", 3/4" and 1" tabs in stock if you don't mind cutting them down to size.
> The URL is HTTP://www.tapewarehouse.com. I think they're superior to the
> BASF tabs.

Today's trivia question: Name the person whose surname is part of "Editall".
What did he do? Discuss.

dl

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:36 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
>
> I used to be able to get those BASF dispensers from an AV distributor in
> Edmonton, but that was a LONG
> time ago (at least 20 years). Now it's whatever I can get from Tele-Tech,
> just north of Toronto, and the
> usual half-inch dispenser and a razor blade.
> dl
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
>
> > Hi Marie:
> >
> > You are correct! It was BASF before Emtec was a glint in a beancounter's
> eye. I have one with a BASF
> > sticker and one with a Gotham sticker over the BASF sticker. Both are
> running low.
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marie O'Connell" <Marie.OConnell@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
> >
> > >I am holding one of those very 1/4 inch splicing dispensers in my hands
> > > now.....BUT, the label has fallen off, so I can't tell you who made
> them.  I
> > > have a feeling it was EMTEC....but.....my memory fails me.  Otherwise, I
> use
> > > the blue Quantegy tape and have it on a tape dispenser and just cut off
> what
> > > I need with a razor blade.  I think the blue is archivally more
> acceptable
> > > and least sticky than the really handy dispenser one!
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Marie
> > >
> > > Marie O'Connell
> > > Sound Archivist/Audio Engineer/Sound Consultant
> > > The Center For Oral History & Cultural Heritage
> > > The University Of Southern Mississippi
> > > 118 College Drive #5175
> > > Hattiesburg, MS, 39401-406
> > > Ph: 601-266-6514
> > > Fax: 601-266-6217
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> > > [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
> > > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 3:45 PM
> > > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Quarter-inch splicing tabs
> > >
> > > Does anyone make/sell quarter-inch splicing tabs anymore? I'm talking
> about
> > > the white tabs you put
> > > over a splice-cut on quarter-inch tape. Back in the tape heyday, places
> like
> > > Gotham Audio used to
> > > give away tab dispensers at trade shows. I thought I had stockpiled
> enough,
> > > but no. I much prefer
> > > the tabs to regular blue splicing tape, tabs take much less time to peel
> and
> > > stick. I think someone
> > > still makes sheets of cassette-splicing tabs, so do the same folks make
> 1/4"
> > > versions?
> > >
> > > -- Tom Fine