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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Moderator:DYPSS1::SCHAFER
Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2852
Total number of notes:33157

1055.0. "Mail Order Dealers of Open Reel Tape" by SALSA::MOELLER () Thu Dec 10 1987 18:51

         Say ! You there with an open-reel tape deck ! Yes, YOU.
    
    Been shopping for TAPE lately ? Had young clerks with funny haircuts 
    look at you strangely when you ask ?
    
    Then you get smart and go to your music dealer, they sell TASCAM
    and/or FOSTEX. "Yes, we have tape." "GREAT! How much for 7 inch
    Maxell UDX?" "Oh, we only carry Ampex 457. That's $18.95 per reel."

    aaargggh.. 8 months ago, my last buy, the tape I WANTED was $7.99
    per reel. I could get a slightly better price shopping in Phoenix,
    or get into a chancy deal involving illicit pancakes from a local
    studio, whenever THEY deign to order some.
    
    No, what I want is a good, FAST, reliable MAIL-ORDER SOURCE for
    open-reel tape !
    
    Got a 'source', buddy ?
    
    karl
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1055.1MTBLUE::BOTTOM_DAVIDNot so famous rock starFri Dec 11 1987 10:3611
    The Tape Complex
    4 Haviland St.
    Boston, Ma. 
    (617) 437-9449
    
    as highly recommended by a friend who owns a commercial studio.
    You can get tape on cardboard hubs and load the reels yourself and
    save big $$$. I got a 10 1/2" 1800' ampex 457 through him for $20
    he bought bulk and wound it for me. Good luck.
    
    dave
1055.2TWIN4::DEHAHNFri Dec 11 1987 12:4113
    
    Eastcoast Sound
    Danbury, CT
    203-748-2799
    
    Ask for Reed or Joe.
    
    I don't have a recent flyer to quote prices. I do know they sell
    both on hub and metal reel, with the best prices by the case. Since
    you have a studio it might be realistic for you to pick up a case.
    
    CdH
1055.3SALSA::MOELLERFri Dec 11 1987 15:313
    
    
                             thanks !
1055.4SALSA::MOELLERHear me now or hear me laterThu Jan 21 1988 14:3310
    The Tape Complex (617)437-9449
    
       ampex 456 charges 11.80 per 10" pancake (makes 2 7" reels)
    
    Eastcoast Sound (203)748-2799
    
       ampex 456 charges 9.79 per pancake case of 10 only + $5 shipping
         "    "     "    8.95 per 7" reel, 7.95/reel case of 10
    
    karl