I Reelly need one of these...

Does anyone know of a reel-to-reel tape recorder I could buy or borrow on long-term loan?

Some time ago the Science Fiction Foundation was offered a huge pile of tapes (something like 1000 hours) of convention programme items from the 1960s and 70s. Our plan is to digitize them, clean them up and burn them as MP3s onto CD for archive and reference purposes. But to do this we need a tape player, specifically one that can play 7-inch reels of 4-track stereo tape recorded at 1 7/8 inches per second.

I've taken it on myself to do this work, but so far have had little luck getting hold of a suitable tape player. My latest effort has come to naught so I'm asking if anyone here has any suggestions?

MC

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Retired US General Wesley Clarke is planning to run for Democrat candidate for the 2004 US Presidential election.

Hmmm. Isn't this the General Clark who, in Kosovo, had British General Sir Mike Jackson refuse an order from him to confront the Russians at Pristina Airport, on the grounds that Jackson was "not going to start World War III" at Clark's behest.

Also, I suspect there are quite a lot of Babylon 5 fans out there who might find it rather galling to vote for President Clark...

MC