It was a 1973 October war recording. I think most of the original
attendees at this recording were dead the next morning.
Joav Shdema
Producer/Engineer
Joav Shdema Inc.
dB Recording Studios Inc.
www.joavshdema.com
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:48 AM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Coffee Cassette
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" <joavs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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
old C-60 Philips cassette. The leader end was broken and the whole tape
was rolled at one end. Apparently a quick fix 'n transfer job. Not so.
We've spliced the tape back and started playing it just to find it was
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
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
with
it - good nerve breaking exercise.
Joav Shdema
Producer/Engineer
Joav Shdema Inc.
dB Recording Studios Inc.
www.joavshdema.com
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:06 PM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Coffee Cassette
Someone sent me a cassette that had been steeped in coffee--suspected
with sugar and creamer...the layers were glued together.
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.
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.
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.
Anyone ever had success with this?
Cheers,
Richard
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