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Vintage Tape (Audio), Cassette, Wire and Magnetic Disc Recorders and Players Open-reel tape recorders, cassette recorders, 8-track players etc. |
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21st May 2020, 5:19 am | #1 |
Octode
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lund, Sweden
Posts: 1,632
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Storing your collection
We've just moved house so my collection of tape recorders is currently packed away in banana boxes, padded with linen and clothes, lining the walls of our bedroom. Unpacking will take time, and I'm wondering how other people here store their collections, all from how to practically access them, to avoiding dust or other damage.
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21st May 2020, 7:20 am | #2 |
Octode
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Posts: 1,975
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Re: Storing your collection
Mine are all on open shelves so not free from dust I use a mixture of Ikea Nikilas and Journalist shelving systems .some what old now but often pop up on eBay here in the UK at a good price so still able to find as I add more. they also did glass fronted display cabinets as I have a few and drawers etc
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21st May 2020, 7:26 pm | #3 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
Posts: 6,600
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Re: Storing your collection
I have no system, they haphazardly move around from room to room, in and out of cupboards, in & out of the garage, in & out of the attic, sometimes loose, sometimes boxed, I really need to do something a lot better, really need a much bigger house or a warehouse would be more appropriate
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24th May 2020, 7:26 am | #4 |
Octode
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rye, East Sussex, UK.
Posts: 1,647
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Re: Storing your collection
The biggest headache for me is not so much storing them (I have over 50 Brenells and a capacious freehold workshop!) but in finding the time, energy, interest (and money!) in using them in rotation to keep them working in fine fettle. As the old adage goes: "Use 'em or lose 'em!". Keeping them well aired but dry, dust and woodworm free is most important.
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25th May 2020, 6:09 am | #5 |
Octode
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lund, Sweden
Posts: 1,632
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Re: Storing your collection
Yeah, I can relate the work needed to maintain the machines, I once had the ambition to have one of each of Tandberg's model (not too unreasonable as there have been 35 or 40 or so, depending on how you count all variants), but I realized that maintaining all the 'lesser' ones would take too much energy from the 'premium' ones which were the ones I really liked anyway.
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25th May 2020, 12:54 pm | #6 | |
Pentode
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Posts: 208
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Re: Storing your collection
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(With apologies to little Mae herself) TT |
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25th May 2020, 2:00 pm | #7 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.
Posts: 8,830
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Re: Storing your collection
I use Chrome shelving, fully adjustable, attractive, moveable and very strong. You can get it in all dimensions from shelving suppliers.
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