Hi Doug:

It was me who mentioned Mike's demo. It was in Rochester. You were there. Mike was in the middle 
room with the other exhibitors. He had the mondo reel - tiny reel demo set up on his demo machine. I 
bet if you e-mailed Mike and mentioned we were talking about this, he might post a video of it on 
YouTube.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Pomeroy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 11:54 AM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] ATR 102 tape handling, was Re: 5'' Slotless reels


> Hi David,
>
> Can you tell me at which recent ARSC meeting Mike Spitz gave the
> demonstration to which you refer?   This is not something I would
> have missed had I known about it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Doug
>
> =========================================================
>
>> Date:    Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:35:23 -0700
>> From:    David Breneman <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: 5'' Slotless reels
>>
>> =0A=A0From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>=0A=0A=0A> You  should con=
>> tact Mike Spitz at ATR Services about that. He can tune up an ATR  =0A> so y=
>> ou can have a =0A> 14" reel on one side and a 3" reel on the other,  with Sc=
>> otch 111 =0A> ancient brittle tape, and it will =0A> play and fast- wind jus=
>> t fine. He demonstrated that very setup at the recent ARSC =0A>  meeting. Mi=
>> ke said =0A> the many ATRs left the factor not quite right adjusted,  and th=
>> ey get worse with =0A> time.=0A=0AThe US-built Ampex ATR-102 can  certainly =
>> do that, but I don't think the ATR-700 can,=0Aas it was a "hot- rodded" Teac=
>> design.=A0 My ATR-800 (designed by Ampex and built by=0ATeac)  certainly ca=
>> n.=A0 It's a constant-tension machine and has no reel-size  switch.=0AI spoo=
>> led paper leader between a 3" reel and a 10-1/2" reel as a test  before I=0A=
>> transferred a friend's tape from a 3" reel and you could slap the  shuttle l=
>> ever=0Aback and forth, pop it in and out of play from fast wind, and  rock t=
>> he reels by=0Aturning just one reel, all with no problems.
>
> Doug Pomeroy
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