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" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 3:45 PM
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> 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