At 01:09 AM 10/5/2005, you wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Paul Coopmans wrote the below and asked me if I had any ideas on how to
>repair his broken cassette tape. Does anyone have any ideas on how Paul
>can fix
>his cassette tape? I don't know much about this!
>
>Thank you,
>
>John
>John V. Moore Nature Recordings
>
Historical note: Prof. P. P. Kellogg strongly advised me in 1957 to buy an=
"EdiTall" block, designed for 1/4 inch studio tape. This I still have. It
is about the size and shape of a Hershey's bar, made of Aluminum alloy,
with a special 1/4 inch groove in the top from left to right, with a
concave bottom to the groove that holds tape in it. Also, it has a narrow=
45 degree cut running across it top to bottom. You press both ends of the=
broken tape into the groove, one on top of the other. Slide a fresh
single-edged razor diagonally down across both. Remove the free end just
cut, and press splicing tape left to right over the now-mended splice.
Never use scotch tape, magic-mending tape or any other - the adhesive will=
squirt out under the pressure of being wound on the reel, and gum up not
only your heads but adjacent winds on the same reel.
For cassettes: the tape is only 0.15 inches wide, not 0.25 inches, but the=
EdiTall block can, with additional temporary pieces of scotch tape to
secure both ends, be successfully used in a similar manner. You need to
trim up with scissors afterward.
Lacking such a block, I would scotch tape a plastic ruler on a clean flat
surface, then the two broken ends (cut out any stretched tape!) butted to=
each other, again using temporary NEW scotch tape to line them up (use a
hand lens). Then apply the splicing tape. Finally use fine scissors to trim=
the tape straight --- actually, cut slightly INTO the tape edges and make
the joint MORE NARROW than the main tape so it will pass the guides easily.
-- best regards, Marty Michener
MIST Software Assoc. Inc., P. O. Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049
http://www.enjoybirds.com/
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