Perhaps such a tape was made on a battery operated machine, or a rim operated machine, and the speed was not consistent throughout the reel. Joe Salerno Video Works! Is it working for you? PO Box 273405 - Houston TX 77277-3405 http://joe.salerno.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie O'Connell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 8:30 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