| Technical help & where to find it | |
| Information last verified and updated July, 2007 |
| TAPE TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES |
| DVD Infinity, located in Sydney Australia, offers high quality transfers of personal audio to CD (¼" reel to reel, audio cassettes, microcassettes, etc). (02) 9906 6383 phone (02) 9966 4138 fax 0412 016 568 mob |
| Tim Gillett of Perth, Western Australia
offers high quality audio to CD (¼" reel to reel, cassettes,
mini /micro cassettes, and other rare dictation and logging formats). Sticky
shed (SSS) tape baking service. email: timgillett@optusnet.com.au or tel: (08)94403234 0412 288 311 |
| Sonic Perfectionists specialise in record (LP, 45, 78) and tape (reel to reel, cassette, 8-track, DAT and Elcaset) to CD conversions, as well as the restoration of vintage tapeerecorders and valve gear |
| www.Reel2Reel2CD.com |
| BLANK TAPE |
| Reel Deal Pro Audio, are an authorized Quantegy dealer and sell reels of ¼, ½, 1 and 2-inch tape. Their stock is stored in a climate-controlled facility in St. Louis. US and International orders are welcome. http://www.reeldealpa.com/shop/ |
| PARTS |
| Voice of Music - www.thevoiceofmusic.com - Gary Stork is dedicated to fostering the interest in collecting and restoring V-M products, and to preserve the memory of V-M Corporations role in history. Parts, service and owner's manuals are available for Voice of Music tape recorders and any other brand name tape recorder using a V-M Corporation tape transport. In addition, belts and idler/pressure roller wheels are available for many other brands and Gary can rebuild the uncommon ones. Contact him from the website and please include a mail address or phone number in case of undeliverable email. |
| West - Tech Services, 570 HAZELGREEN RD. SMITHVILLE, WV 26178 specialise in idler-wheel rebuilding and belts |
| Ames (Western Australia) can re-rubber pinch
rollers, idlers etc. I have used them and can personally recommend
their work - they did a marvellous job on an AKAI M-9 pinch roller - as
good as new. Unfortunately they do not have a Web presence and can only
be contacted in the old-fashioned way (they're an old-fashioned kind of
outfit, which is kind of nice!) Unit H, 87 Briggs St, Carlisle Western Australia
6106 tel: +61 8 9361 4644 |
| High Tech Electronic Labs 35 W. 38th Number 3 New York City NY 10018 for TANDBERG PARTS |
| Paul's Radio Museum has a page dedicated to Service & Spares including valves (that's "tubes" to you North American folk!) |
VALVES / TUBES - Where to find them on the Net and elsewhere. |
| SERVICE & OWNERS MANUALS |
| stereomanuals.com - by Stout and Associates. High quality reproductions of Service Manuals, User Manuals, Sales Brochures for Classic 70's Audio give or take 10 years or so. Specializing in mainline consumer audio, Pioneer, Marantz, Sansui, Kenwood, etc. with a special emphasis on Reel to Reel. Hundreds of items for Akai, Teac, Sony, Pioneer, Revox, Dokorder, Roberts, etc |
| A. G. Tannenbaum - Service manuals for Akai, Teac, Tandberg etc; They also buy and sell Vintage Radios, TVs, Tube Hi-Fi Equipment, Test Equipment, Books, Catalogs, Magazines, as well as hard to find tubes and high voltage capacitors. |
| Peter D. O'Neill has a CD for sale which contains manuals for many of the Byer / Rola / Plessey / CEI tape machines. |
| SERVICE & REPAIRS IN THE UK |
Geoff Kremer
will 'have a go at anything regardless of age and make and
always explain to my customers exactly what I've found, what needs to
be done and how much it's going to cost.' All work is guaranteed
for at least 6 months and every machine is fully serviced, set up and
valeted as a matter of course. |
| Nigel Hunt (formerly of Eastern Electronics) specialises in Revox servicing and has some service manuals. 125 The Street, Capel St. Mary Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2EL |
| Personally recommended
by Get Reel Colin Braddock can provide many spares also service for Grundig, Tandberg, B & O, Sony, Telefunken, Revox ,Akai , Ferro's , Philips incl; 4307 belts etc; always in demand. He has been in the R/R business the past 40 years & has a fair bit of experience plus many spares, heads, belts, idlers etc. including a good selection of new & s/hand motors. Located , Blackpool . UK - Telephone U.K. 01253345049 email: ColinBraddock@aol.com |
| SERVICE & REPAIRS IN AUSTRALIA |
| Tim Gillett of Nollamara,
Perth, WA has been repairing tape recorders ever since he bought his 1959
Stuzzi Magnette in 1968. He has repaired many types, mainly popular brands
like Teac, Sony, Revox, Akai. Also old reel tapes re-mastered onto CD. email: timgillett@optusnet.com.au or tel: (08)94403234 0412 288 311 |
| SERVICE & REPAIRS IN NORTH AMERICA |
| Bob Shuster repairs pro
and consumer reel to reel machines in the NY area. Authorized Studer repairer,
can also do MCI, Scully, 3M and Ampex studio recorders. TEAC/Tascam, AKAI,
Pioneer, and Sony consumer decks. Involved in the NYC recording studio business
for over 30 years and worked for many famous studios such as Mediasound,
Record Plant, Powerstation and Sony Music studios in their technical departments.
email bob12am@aol.com |
| Rolf at Vintage
Texas services tape recorders, mostly Sony, Akai, Teac, Pioneer, Tascam
& Otari. He has over 100 parts machines and fully serviced decks for sale and has access to facilities that can re-rubber pinch-rollers and Idler-wheels with excellent results. Other resources include manuals, tape, parts etc sent all over the world. Visit his website http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/vintagetx/index.html |
| Aural Technology service
all types of audio recorders, ranging from tube type vintage Berlant Concertone,
Ampex, Revox and Tandberg machines to the latest digital recorders. Contact owner Tom Garson: 438-1/2 A St., Ashland, Or., USA 97520 Ph: 541-482-8908, Fax: 541-482-0765 email atservice@auraltek.com |
| The Soundsmith (8 John Walsh Blvd, Suite 417; Peekskill NY 10566) specialises in restoration of analogue equipment including Bang & Olufsen, Sony, Revox and Tandberg. (From outside of USA: call 914 739 2885) See their website http://www.sound-smith.com |
| Chris in Canada: "I do service work here to most types of electronics, and I am one of the few places that services (and carries parts for) vintage reel to reel machines. Services include chassis restoration, rubber belt and tire repair/replacement, and some cosmetic restoration. I'm located in eastern Canada. I'll do my best to repair or restore almost any vintage machine. Reply to: zappyman@hotmail.com |
| Lee Hazen 1105 Shoreside Dr, Hendersonville, TN, USA, 37075-9652 does repairs on some vintage reel to reel machines specialising on Ampex 600-601, A 9xx and F 44xx series , some Teacs, and others he'll consider on a case by case basis but NOT Tandberg, Crown, Akai or Revox. Lee's retired from audio mixing with 43 years experience in pro audio and lives in the Nashville area - Hendersonville - on Old Hickory Lake. He can archive from wire and most tape formats - any speed, full, ½ or ¼ trk - ¼", multi-track ½", 1"& 2". Does NOT have Dolby or DBX multitrack noise reduction for playback mixdown archival. Lee is happy to answer questions. LeeHazen@aol.com phone 615 824 2330 - 9AM-5PM CST. |
| TUBES / VALVES |
| Vacuum Tube Valley - for tubes, what else? |
| Micronetics |
| Vacuum Tubes Inc. |
| ESRC Vacuum Tubes |
| thetubestore.com |
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