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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. 
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> Joav Shdema
> Producer/Engineer
> Joav Shdema Inc.
> dB Recording Studios Inc.
>  www.joavshdema.com
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> -----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
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> 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
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>>old C-60 Philips cassette. The leader end was broken and the whole tape
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>>was rolled at one end. Apparently a quick fix 'n transfer job. Not so.
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>>We've spliced the tape back and started playing it just to find it was
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>>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
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>>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
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> with
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>>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
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>>Someone sent me a cassette that had been steeped in coffee--suspected
>>with sugar and creamer...the layers were glued together.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Anyone ever had success with this?
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>>Cheers,
>>
>>Richard
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