Conference tallis::celt

    AhSo! I have been there.
    
    If you dont already have one, go out and buy the cheapest tape you
    can that uses screws to hold it together. Dismantle it (carefully)
    and discard the blank tape. (You may end up using the hubs if they
    are incompatible with your damaged tape).
    
    Cutting and splicing the damaged tape is an easy, if delicate,
    operation. All you need is Cellotape (Scotch tape), a scissors,
    and a steady hand.
    
    Cut out the damaged section of tape, cutting the tape straight across.
    Cut a small piece of Cellotape, about twice the width of the tape.
    Carefully, place one end of your tape onto the cellotape. Make sure
    the Shiny (non-oxide) side of the tape is in contact with the
    Cellotape. 
    
    Now the delicate bit...
    
    Bearing in mind that there will probably be a share of static on
    the carious bits of tape, carefully place the other end, again,
    shiny-bit to sticky-bit, onto the cellotape. Make sure that the
    resulting join does not have either a gap or overlap between the
    two pieces of Audio tape, and that the result is straight.
    Now, using a sharp scissors, trim the cellotape, carefully allowing
    no overlap.
    
    If you need to discard the old hubs in the interests of compatability,
    you will find that there is a section of leader before the Oxide.
    Normally, the end of this leader is self-adhesive. You will be able
    to peel the original tape off the leader and stick your repaired
    tape to it.
    
    Now, thread your repaired tape back into the casette CAREFULLY.
    
    Hope this helps,
    
    Regards,
    Mike
     

    Thanks Mike,
    
    The problem is that I would try this if the tape was not in too
    bad a condition but sadly to say it is.
    
    If I had a small reel to reel it still wouldn't help. I think the
    only solution is to play the music, note the song and singers name
    and then I could get them re-recorded but I don't have the reel
    to reel type equipment to do it, I have thought of everything possible
    to reair it but to no avail.
    
    Also some of the singers names I might not recognise. While I know
    Irish music very well, the names of singers I can't always remember,
    even with popular songs.
    
    Of course Christy Moore, Phil Coulter, Wolf Tones, Dubliners and
    a few others are easy to recognise but the other no.
    
    
    Rene

    Try and remember what was on the tape and I will certainly help
    if I can by recording some stuff for you.
    
    Phillip

    I also am willing to record it for you if you have the names of
    singers and songs.  I have a dual cassette system so if the tape
    is at all playable I can record the good stuff from the tape and
    try to get the ruined stuff around the Boston area on records and
    record the rest onto the tape.
    
    Hope this will help
    paddy
            My node will be changing to TPVAX3::CULBERT
    due to a much needed job change
    

    Re .0: Rene, I you tell me what songs and versions you would like,
    I think I could find most of them in my tapes or records and put
    them on a cassette.
    			Denis.

    Thanks to everybody for their offer of help. I have sent out mail
    to some people who are geographically near here first to see what
    can be done.
    
    Thanks for all the responses
    
    Rene