Re: arsclist cassette tape shelf life?

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Sorry this has taken so long, but I needed to check with someone here who
has worked with recordings for a long time. He said: the tapes as old as 30
years should be playable with little noticeable deterioration in signal as
long as they have been tight-wound and kept in their cases.

Barbara Need
University of Chicago
Language Laboratories and Archives
At 19:07 -0600 15/11/00, Brian Levy wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>This is from a friend working with another Oklahoma tribe.  Could any of
>you guys give some answers to these questions about analog cassettes, about
>whose shelf lives I do not know that much.  I'll forward on to him any
>answers anyone could provide.
>Thanks for the help.
>
>             Brian Levy
>
>forwarded message:
>
>do you have any information on how long cassette tapes may survive before
>becoming unplayable? or losing their fidelity?
>i'm sure storage conditions would make a great deal of difference but do
>you have any sense of this question?
>
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