"Subject: [ARSCLIST] CBS News on LOC efforts to pres
Tom Fine wrote:

"Subject: [ARSCLIST] CBS News on LOC efforts to preserve video history


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57596237/library-of-congress-races-to-preserve-tv-history/

Question about one "fact" stated in the story, by an LOC employee -- there is really only one guy who works on the heads for Ampex 1" machines, and he's in his 80s? 
-- Tom Fine"


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My take on this is that perhaps the "one guy" should be working with someone that has the technical expertise to learn the ins and outs of the Ampex 2" quad VTR plus, isn't a company like JRF Magnetic Services able to recondition VTR quad heads?

http://www.jrfmagnetics.com/index.html?JRF_mainframe=/JRF_replacement_heads.html

Or, this site lists a number of companies that still do 2" quad work:

http://www.labguysworld.com/VTR_Links.htm