Definitely worth it!!! Angie Dickinson Mickle Avocado Productions Arvada, CO www.avocadoproductions.com 800-246-3811 Joav Shdema wrote: > It was a 1973 October war recording. I think most of the original > attendees at this recording were dead the next morning. > > Joav Shdema > Producer/Engineer > Joav Shdema Inc. > dB Recording Studios Inc. > www.joavshdema.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:48 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Coffee Cassette > > > I have done this ironing and it is not fun at all! That must have been > one precious cassette. > > -- Tom Fine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joav Shdema" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Coffee Cassette > > > >>I have a similar story of cassette restoration, but in this case >>restoration was performed. 3 weeks ago I received a 30 something years > > >>old C-60 Philips cassette. The leader end was broken and the whole tape > > >>was rolled at one end. Apparently a quick fix 'n transfer job. Not so. > > >>We've spliced the tape back and started playing it just to find it was > > >>twisted in several places in a spaghetti like string. The audio was >>going forward and then, several minutes down the tape, backwards and >>back again. We had to take all the tape out of the shell and IRON it >>inch by inch back to manageable and playable condition. The person who > > >>performed the ironing didn't move his feet for over an hour not to >>step over the spillage on the floor while I was de-tangling the tape >>as we slowly pulled the ironed tape back into a new clean shell. >>Instead of a 1 hour job it became a 5 hour job and the client went > > with > >>it - good nerve breaking exercise. >> >>Joav Shdema >>Producer/Engineer >>Joav Shdema Inc. >>dB Recording Studios Inc. >>www.joavshdema.com >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List >>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess >>Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:06 PM >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: [ARSCLIST] Coffee Cassette >> >> >>Someone sent me a cassette that had been steeped in coffee--suspected >>with sugar and creamer...the layers were glued together. >> >>It was a Radio Shack cassette and was very very fragile, too. >>Normally, polyester cassette tapes are robust, this one if looked at >>wrong tore. I wonder if the coffee/sugar/creamer had weakened it. >> >>With all the concerns about it, we pulled the life support plug 30 >>minutes into the project when my estimate of cost to complete >>skyrocketed. Since I couldn't do anything, I didn't charge for the 30 >>minutes, either. >> >>I think it could be done, but it would take several hours of careful >>washing. She's going to re-do the interview rather than spend that >>kind of money. I would want a serpentine film-type drying rack to dry >>it, too. >> >>Anyone ever had success with this? >> >>Cheers, >> >>Richard >> >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: >>06/02/2006 >> > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/253 - Release Date: 2/7/2006