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Reel to Reel Tape Machines

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Do any of the Raleigh stations have a well maintained reel-to-reel tape machine still in service? I need to dub some tapes, and I need access to one. If you are aware of a station selling a good one, please end me a PM. I'm interested in buying one, if necessary. While I have a Tascam 32, it needs some TLC, and I'm not up to doing it. If anyone on the Raleigh market still reconditions Tascams, I'd be interested in talking with you.
 
I have several PR-99's MKIII Revox's and have been looking for pinch rollers for them for over a year.. I can get a couple but they are like 100 bucks a piece overseas.. Anybody have any junk I could canibalize?
 
You can have your existing ones recapped at Russell Industries for about $39, I think. You send them the old one, they rebuild it and send it back. If you'll let me use one of the machines to dub my tapes, I'll buy the pinch roller.
 
The tapes are everything from PAMS jingles to airchecks to God knows what. I have not done a count, but there are too many to ask someone to dub them. Thanks for the offer, though.
 
That machine would be a nice one to have, but I'm not driving to Montreal!

There is supposed to be an MTR10 in a small studio near me. The owner offered to let me us it if I fix it. That's what I was trying to avoid.
 
Ever have old reel to reel tapes squeel? Is putting some WD-40 on the tape with a Q-tip as the tapes roll onto the heads a bad idea? I don't want the wreck the heads.
 
stevations said:
Ever have old reel to reel tapes squeel? Is putting some WD-40 on the tape with a Q-tip as the tapes roll onto the heads a bad idea? I don't want the wreck the heads.
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Probably a bad idea. Very hard not have the oil end up on the capstan/pinch roller and get slippage.
If you can design a micro-feed of WD-40 to a felt pressure pad just before the heads that's what's really needed.
But WD-40 would likely be grabbier and squealier than waxes or silicones.

There is the idea of low-temp baking of tapes, which helps, then you copy-dub on the first playback.
You can put various kinds of waxes/silicones/teflon spray on the heads directly and make a copy recording in sections, reapplying
"anti-squeal" as needed.

Keep tape tension low if possible. Try any possible alternate routing of the feed loop into the delivery.
On Akai decks, there was a roller idler with a pad and about three ways to loop to get different tension as needed.
Excess back tension causes more squeal.
 
Actually if you "bake" them correctly you can easily play them back multiple times. The process allows the tape to pass through the guides and heads without gumming them up (which causes that squeal) for about a month. If you need to rack them up again repeat the "baking". DON"T PUT THEM IN THE OVEN! Use a food dehydrator and set the temp at about 130. Obviously do not use plastic reel in the dehydrator. Here is a link that better describes the process... http://www.tangible-technology.com/tape/baking1.html .
 
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