cleaning and demagnetizing tapes

[Language Laboratories and Archives <language-labs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have long used isopropyl alcohol and a hand-held degausser to clean the
heads in our audio equipment. However, some of the machines we have are
difficult to clean due to lack of space. The suggestion was made to
purchase cleaning tapes, but in some recess of my mind I remembered that
there was come concern about abrasiveness of the tapes.

How do you clean your audio (or video) equipment? If you use tapes, what
has your experience been?

Thanx,

Barbara Need
Manager
University of Chicago
Language Laboratories and Archives