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Nobody's mentioned pitch control, by the way..the Technics 1500 has it, as well as adjustable positioning of the heads for better alignment, often necessary on quarter-track tapes. dl "[log in to unmask]" wrote: > I picked up an Otari 5050 for very little, it has both 1/4 & 1/2 track heads > > Someday I'll search ebay for a remote control > > Joe Salerno > Video Works! Is it working for you? > PO Box 273405 - Houston TX 77277-3405 > http://joe.salerno.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RA Friedman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:06 AM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Reel-to-reel tape recorder for auditioning archival > tapes. > > > A few hundred dollars has become available to purchase a ree-to-reel tape > deck so that we can audition what I believe are mostly 1/2 track and > possibly 1/4 track stereo reels playing at > > 3 3/4 or 7 1/2 ips. It's conceivable there are some 15 ips, but most > likely not. I'm assuming we will need two decks, one for each head > configuration. > > > > Any recommendations as far as units, dealers, re-builds, etc? We are not > planning on using the deck for transfers, but we'd like something that will > have a long useful life and won't be a huge maintenance headache. > > > > With any luck, transfers will be done by an outside specialist. We need a > unit that can give us some indication of what's on the tapes and will have > minimal impact. Luckily the tapes have been stored under cool, dry > conditions and none appears to have sticky-shed or surface/support breakdown > even though some are acetate rather than polyester. > > > > RA Friedman > > Assistant Project Archivist > > Historical Society of Pennsylvania > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Discover Yahoo! > > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing & more. Check it out! > >