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Is this a 3" tape? If so, there was a group of battery-operated recorders used during the Nam war period where the tape was pulled past the heads by the take-up reel rather than a capstan near the head. When played on a regular tape machine, the speed goes from very slow to very fast. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie O'Connell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:30 AM Subject: [ARSCLIST] Odd Speed > Recently, in our collection, I came across a 1/4 inch reel to reel tape > which has a spliced in section at the head. It has audio on it which is > neither 3 3/4ips or 7 1/2ips, infact I think it is in the middle of that > and could be 5.625ips! Is there such a speed? I was able to make out > the audio too which was very interesting, to say the least. The > unidentified person first sings a song, then goes on to apologise and > says you can erase this if you want and that he didn't have the heart to > do it and then, says sorry if you are the person who has found it! He > also thinks the image of the police officer has gone upwards! > > With that aside, are there machines that play this speed? > > Regards > > Marie O'Connell > Sound Archivist > Mississippi Department of Archives & History > Ph: 601-576-6909 >