Thanks to all of you who replied to my query, including some folks here in Boulder! I'll be following up with several of you who are local.
Much obliged,
Lise

On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Lise Menn wrote:

> Hello, I am a new member of this list and totally naive about how to use your collective knowledge so I hope you'll be patient with me and ask for additional information if you think you can help me.
> I have about 60 remaining hours of audiotapes made in the 1970's on a Tandberg Model 12 which can no longer be repaired (at least not here in Boulder CO), apparently because its rubber parts have degenerated.
> To save money when I was a student, I recorded the four tracks monaurally at 3 3/4 ips, so that I could get 4 hours of speech recording per reel. I started digitizing the tapes gradually a few years ago but when I was about 1/3 thru the job, the Tandberg stopped being repairable. The contents of the tapes are worth preserving for research in language development; I will donate the digitized versions to the CHILDES archive at Carnegie Mellon.
> Is there a similar working Tandberg someplace that I could visit for a week or so and use to complete this job? Is there some other 4-track machine that will permit monaural playback? Is there someone who knows how to machine new parts for my old tape deck? Any other ideas? Please help, and thank you.
> Lise
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> Lise Menn Home Office: 303-444-4274
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> Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Science
> University of Colorado
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