[AV Media Matters] Cloth rolls

[djsujka@acs.ryerson.ca]

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 smolians@erols.com wrote:

>There are other machines which avoid the razor system, working with a
>chemically impregnated cloth tape which winds slowly (to present an
>ever-fresh surface) against a magnetic tape.  Library of Congress has a
>bunch of these from years ago.  Does anyone know a present source?  Can the
>cloth rolls still be obtained?

I do know that some styles of RTI film inspection/cleaning machines use
cloth rolls.  I am not sure who might distribute RTI equipment there in
the U.S., but here in Toronto, I purchase my cloth rolls from Premier
A.V. Sales.

Debra Jo

                           Debra Jo Sujka
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