How to recycle old Reel to Reel tapes?

dgk

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Feb 19, 2013, 10:44:02 AM2/19/13

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I'm getting rid of a few hundred old 7" reels of recording tape.
Anyone have an idea how to do it outside of just throwing them out? I
don't care about security, it's just old music. They are heavy though.
It seems wasteful to just dump them out in bags but I don't have a
much better idea.

Home Guy

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Feb 19, 2013, 10:57:31 AM2/19/13

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dgk wrote:

> I'm getting rid of a few hundred old 7" reels of recording tape.
> Anyone have an idea how to do it outside of just throwing them out?

Put a free ad on kijiji.com under the city that you're located in (or
the closest city that the list to where you are).

Take at least 1 picture of a few of the reels. Post your offer as
"free" and you will get at least a dozen offers within 24 hours of
people willing to take them off your hands.

Stormin Mormon

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Feb 19, 2013, 11:07:01 AM2/19/13

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I'd list them for sale on Ebay. Some old audiophile out there might get a
bit of pleasure.

Christopher A. Young
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Bob F

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Feb 19, 2013, 11:23:08 AM2/19/13

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freecycle them.
www.freecycle.org/

Chris P. Bacon

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Feb 19, 2013, 3:18:31 PM2/19/13

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"dgk" <d...@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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List them as potentially being old porn tapes @ $5 each.

Moe DeLoughan

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Feb 19, 2013, 4:08:22 PM2/19/13

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Post a message on Prison Plant and other conspiracy/paranoid nutjob
sites, starting with,

"My grandma, Rose Mary Woods, passed away a few years ago and we're
only now getting around to cleaning out her things. We found a bunch
of old reel-to-reel tapes...."

(You'll know you're old if you get the reference.)

Steven L.

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Feb 19, 2013, 7:54:23 PM2/19/13

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On 2/19/2013 11:07 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
> I'd list them for sale on Ebay. Some old audiophile out there might get a
> bit of pleasure.

In fact, there are dozens of such reel to reel music tapes that are
being offered for sale on EBay.

Of course, old reel to reel tape recorders are also being offered for
sale there.

--
Steven L.

hrho...@sbcglobal.net

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Feb 19, 2013, 9:46:40 PM2/19/13

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You're giving away your age also unless you are a Watergate nut post
Watergate<g>.

gpsman

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Feb 20, 2013, 12:36:42 AM2/20/13

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On Feb 19, 11:07 am, "Stormin Mormon"

<cayoung61***scambl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'd list them for sale on Ebay. Some old audiophile out there might get a
> bit of pleasure.

Real audiophiles know magnetic tape decays.

Which of course is irrelevant, lots of tin ears think they're
audiophiles, usually based on the equipment they own.
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- gpsman

dgk

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Feb 20, 2013, 8:36:51 AM2/20/13

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People do seem to be selling them. I guess I can try that. Mostly the
7" reels that I have are concert radio broadcasts or stuff like that.
The reels held up very well, mostly Maxell. I'm generally copying them
onto a hard drive prior to getting rid of them and there is very
little residue ending up on the heads so they don't seem to be
degrading. And all are at least 20 years old.

What is particularly interesting is that people seem to be getting
hundreds of dollars for old master and safety reels. I have quite a
few of those (10") that I once salvaged from a recording studio that
went out of business. I picked through them and kept the ones that had
stuff on them that I recognized. Something like 20 takes of "Walk On
By" and old Murray the K promo spots. Those probably are worth money.
I guess I'd better get busy.

Don Phillipson

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Feb 19, 2013, 10:55:46 AM2/19/13

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"dgk" <d...@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> I'm getting rid of a few hundred old 7" reels of recording tape.
> Anyone have an idea how to do it outside of just throwing them out? I
> don't care about security, it's just old music. They are heavy though.

In our part of the world, city halls provide this information. Not many
plastic materials more than 20 years old are accepted for recycling.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

gpsman

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Feb 20, 2013, 1:23:25 PM2/20/13

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On Feb 20, 8:36 am, dgk <d...@somewhere.com> wrote:
> I picked through them and kept the ones that had
> stuff on them that I recognized. Something like 20 takes of "Walk On
> By" and old Murray the K promo spots. Those probably are worth money.
> I guess I'd better get busy.

Then you may be holding irreplaceable history, which completely
changes things. I'd try to find someone who knows what you've got
before I'd rush to sell.
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- gpsman

Jinga

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Jan 6, 2018, 5:14:06 PM1/6/18

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replying to Moe DeLoughan, Jinga wrote:
The gap!

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garylat...@gmail.com

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May 27, 2020, 9:10:15 PM5/27/20

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If still have them...god I would love to have them. Been replacing my machine and now need the reels. My estranged older brother stole machine and my reels. Some have me singing. I lost my voice due to my disability and he tells me to go (you know what). Almost died 5 times (within a couple of hours but, Grim Reaper can kiss my butt..lol). I live in Canada.

Scott Lurndal

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May 27, 2020, 9:58:23 PM5/27/20

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garylat...@gmail.com writes:
>If still have them...god I would love to have them. Been replacing my machi=
>ne and now need the reels. My estranged older brother stole machine and my =
>reels. Some have me singing. I lost my voice due to my disability and he te=
>lls me to go (you know what). Almost died 5 times (within a couple of hours=

> but, Grim Reaper can kiss my butt..lol). I live in Canada.

Have a couple of NOS reels (radio shack/tandy, IIRC) that I have no idea
what to do with. We used to take 1/2 inch computer magnetic tape and build
a jig with a razer blade to split it down the middle into two 1/4 incy
strips wound on an empty reel. Much higher quality than standard audio tape.

Not sure if 9track tape is still sold commercially.

Snag

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May 28, 2020, 1:09:47 PM5/28/20

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Is that a typo ? For sure 4 track 1/4" reel to reel tapes are still
made and sold . But it ain't cheap . I still have several albums on r2r
, plus several reels I bought blank and recorded my own selections .
I've also still got a high end direct drive turntable and several
hundred albums ... but the quad 8 track deck is long gone .
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !

Scott Lurndal

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May 28, 2020, 3:40:34 PM5/28/20

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9track refers to the 1/2" computer tape we split in half to use for audio.

Thomas

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May 30, 2020, 5:59:38 PM5/30/20

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I had tons of slate albums. Shot them up at a rifle range. What a dick I was.

Bonnie

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Jul 29, 2020, 1:14:06 PM7/29/20

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replying to garylatendresse, Bonnie wrote:
Do you still need reels