I've definitely seen 1/2" acetate tape, not 1" though. However, was 1" used in instrumentation
purposes in the early and mid 50's? If not, someone made tape for Les Paul and Atlantic Records, the
first two 1" 8-track machines.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Donahue" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Acetate 1" tape ? ? ?
Richard,
I came across a fair bit of 1/2" acetate in the Living Stereo
remastering project, but it all disappeared around 1958 or so. After
that it was all Mylar except for the odd roll of 1/4".
All the best,
-mark
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Richard L. Hess
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, All,
>
> For some reason, I found a bit of cognitive dissonance when I worked on a
> reel of 1" wide tape that appeared to be acetate.
>
> This dissonance probably stems from the fact that in 1956, PET-film-based
> ("Mylar(tm)") tape was produced for video recording and almost all
> wide-width tape I've seen has been PET-based. I suspect this is something
> like 3M 201 "Dynarange". Was this common? I would have suspected 202 would
> have been the more likely choice.
>
> These three tapes have been abused and are in horrid shape, warped, severe
> edge damage, and aren't behaving at all!
>
> I'm just checking -- I can do more tests to confirm, but I'm wondering what
> others' experiences are. I'm pretty certain I've seen 1/2-inch acetate...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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