If you used the old hubs and dropped them into the new shell, as
opposed to the technique I show above, there is a chance that the
hubs are binding -- one of the reasons I developed this method of
re-shelling. Also, it avoids all the fussy little parts.
The web-board discussion is a good one concerning what I want to call
"coning" of the tape pack in the cassette which causes a jam.
Another cause of a jam is foreign liquids. I've seen coffee or some
similar material essentially glue the edges of the tape pack
together. The potential client didn't want to pay me to wash the tape.
Can I get the tape transferred for you? Probably...but it may be
rather expensive as you've already done all the easy things and I may
have to just work through spending a lot of time with it.
What brand of tape and what length (C-xx?)
Cheers,
Richard
At 12:40 PM 2009-02-19, you wrote:
>I have an audio cassette that had seized up and wouldn't play which I rehoused
>in a new shell. Apparently the shell wasn't the problem and my efforts
>actually made matters considerably worse. Now I have a badly packed tape that
>has also torn off the leader. Rather than further mangle it, I give up and
>would like to know who out there has the facilities to salvage this tape (or
>at least attempt to). It's content is mostly unique archival material from my
>own collection of off-the-air and live performances from other sources and I
>really do not want to give up on this one.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Peter Hirsch
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