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Re: Silly reel-to-reel error

From John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups uk.tech.broadcast
Subject Re: Silly reel-to-reel error
Date 2026-07-06 22:19 +0100
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References <112ect5$178g2$2@dont-email.me> <1rxtj70.yewl561b4kd8xN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <112h59s$2aohm$7@dont-email.me>

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On 06/07/2026 22:05, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2026/7/6 9:24:31, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

>> They very likely couldn't find the right size of spool for the takeup so
>> they just bunged on anything they had to hand or used what was already
>> on the machine.
>>
> They'd have to have been running it long enough to fill the smaller
> spool. And/or to have threaded the tape leader round a full-ish spool.
> But you're probably right. Depressing.
>>
If it was shot in the 1970s, I'd expect the sound guy to have a few 
spare full and empty reels in his kit.

The other thing to bear in mind is that the audio you hear was very 
unlikely to be from the recorder or even the tape that was in shot.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

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Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-05 20:56 +0100
  Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-06 07:00 +0000
    Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-06 22:02 +0100
      Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-07 07:00 +0000
        Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-07 22:07 +0100
  Re: Silly reel-to-reel error liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-07-06 09:24 +0100
    Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-06 22:05 +0100
      Re: Silly reel-to-reel error John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-07-06 22:19 +0100
        Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-06 22:44 +0100
          Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2026-07-07 10:10 +0100
            Re: Silly reel-to-reel error NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-07 12:21 +0100
              Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-07 22:14 +0100
            Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-07-08 12:53 +0100
              Re: Silly reel-to-reel error MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-08 16:08 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-08 19:13 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-08 21:00 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-08 21:20 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Laurence Taylor <laurence@nospam.plus.com> - 2026-07-09 19:36 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-09 21:44 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-10 09:34 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-10 10:00 +0000
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-10 10:00 +0000
                OT: driving (was: Re: Silly reel-to-reel error) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-10 17:11 +0100
                Re: OT: driving NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-10 21:30 +0100
                Re: OT: driving JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-07-17 13:55 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-08 20:39 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-08 21:04 +0100
                Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-07-09 06:46 +0000

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