Old reel to reel recordings.

[Outdoorsman]

I made some reel to reel recordings of my daughter when she was a baby in the early 1960's.

Is there any way I can transfer the recordings onto modern day cassette tapes?

I don't have the original equipment.

Thanks to everyone who answered all my previous questions.

[andy-hughes]

Check your Yellow Pages for local recording studios, and ring round, they can do it for you, just depends how much they want for doing it - so be willing to haggle a bit.

Failing that, stick a note on wherever you can put a free note - library, newsagents, where ever, and ask if anyone can assist.

[tomd]

Put it on CD, ironically modern day cassette might be a step down in quality.

[romko]

you'll need to get hold of a quarter inch reel to reel tape recorder. Ebay have loads. Since you don't have the original unit the tapes were recorded on, i would look for the most versatile one with at least the following characteristics, to hopefully cope with nearly anything you throw at it:

-3 tape speeds: 1 7/8, 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 i.p.s. were the common domestic standards.

-4 tracks. look for a switch marked 'track selector' or 1-4, 3-2 .

-Phono sockets or a headphone jack to enable you to connect it to a hi fi sytem's or PC's line input for copying.

finally, how big are your spools (in diameter)? you may need a player which will take up to 7 inch reels, many machines only took up to 5 3/4 inches.

you should be able to pick up a working mono machine with the above features for well under 50 notes. I think something like a Tandberg series 15 (4 track model !) would be perfect, as it has all the above.

hope this helps! let us know how you get on.