Date:Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:45:30 -0400
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From:Tim Brooks <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:Re: Scotch Master 90 Cassette sticking
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Thanks to all who gave advice on this (I get the digest so I haven't seen
messages sent today yet).
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Moving the tape to a new shell did the trick. I did this for three Scotch
90s that were sticking, moving the tape?to three different brands of
shell--Maxell, TDK and Fuji?(all of which have rotating guide wheels)--and
all seemed to play the older tape just fine, even though they are constructed
somewhat differently.
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As an experiment I put the tape from one of the new shells into one of the
"bad" Scotch 90 shells, and that seemed to work too! I assume that the shell is
the basic problem however and that it's best not to use this for fresh
recording.
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The next challenge will be to move all these cassettes to digital, which I
dread. (They are for listening, not preservation)
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Tim