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From: "markpringnz" <markpringnz@yahoo.com>
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:59 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] A Sadder Song


Mark


> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odV-TQFyUQE
>
> If the link works, I think this is one of the few things I haven't posted
> here first. It's the original tapes of #1565 Mark II 3 violins, the photos
> aren't new and #1565 is a lot cleaner these days but by no means restored.
> I think I will really have to get another set of tapes with Mark II 3
> violins and possibly cello and clarinet.
>
> There has been quite a bit of work done since this was recorded.


FWIW, my late '70s tapes appear 'notched' like yours. Closer inspection,
however, reveals the tape to be intact, but with the coating worn away on
both sides, leaving the transparent tape itself, which ∗appears∗ notched. Is
this the case with yours?

Andy T.

p.s. Sorry, grammar's gone to shit.