Mellotronists

I seem to have read that a company located in Lancaster Pa.which specializes in rebuilding the classic AMPEX half track machines is in the process of finalizing the process for recording tape production.
                             Jimmy Moore
That would be ATR service

ATR  can make anything with a headstack. Theyare making me a 1/2. 1/4, 
4 tk w/o pinch rollers  and considering the number of transfer machines 
they are selling the gov't.  I have no doubt that Jim is right and they 
probably got a tax break for doing it.

gino wong

On 10 Jan 2005, at 16:43, JMoore6397@... wrote:

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> the process of finalizing the process for recording tape production.
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If you check out www.atrservice.com and then select the "news"
link you will read about ATR's audio tape manufacturing process and future plan. ATR rebuilds the classic AMPEX 2 track tape machines as well as has many products that one needs for analog tape recording.   
Great web site as well.
                                          Jimmy Moore

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 JMoore6397@... wrote:

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> If you check out www.atrservice.com and then select the "news"
> link you will read about ATR's audio tape manufacturing process and future plan. ATR rebuilds the classic AMPEX 2 track tape machines as well as has many products that one needs for analog tape recording.   
> Great web site as well.
>                                           Jimmy Moore


okay... so what happened to item 3?


http://www.atrservice.com/news/news_item.php?newsid=40

The Future of Analog Tape?
Wednesday, January 12, 2005

It has been widely reported on the Internet that Quantegy, Inc. has shut
its doors and ceased production during a temporary lay-off. We have
received hundreds of calls and emails looking for more information. At
this point it is hard to separate fact from rumor, but this is what we
know to be true as of today:

1) Quantegy has indeed shut its doors and temporarily laid off most of its
staff pending restructuring under Chapter 11.

2) Plans are in place to restructure the Opelika facility and continue to
produce the profitable tape lines and hard drives, possibly under a new
brand name.

4) Last year, Quantegy reported total sales of about 30M.

It is our belief that the Opelika facility will be producing product in
the near future, but what kind and how much is still undetermined. The
tremendous response to this news in the recording community has only
reinforced the fact that analog recording is still very much alive and
that there is still an incredible demand for analog tape.

ATR Services has been quietly working on a new line of analog tape for the
past year. We are currently in the R&D stages of production, and hope to
have wide-scale beta testing in place by the summer. Be assured that
analog tape will continue to be made no matter what the outcome of the
Quantegy restructuring but please be patient, as we will not have any news
on formulation or format until we are further along in the testing
process.

Thank you to all of the clients, colleagues and friends who have offered
your support and commitment to analog recording during the last few days.

Happy New Year and get back to making music!