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<DIV>I am the audiovisual archivist at the Nixon Presidential Library. The Nixon Library has over 4,000 quad recordings scattered over <A href="http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/av/video/index.php">several collections</A>. My colleagues at several Presidential Libraries have several thousand more recordings.</DIV>
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<DIV>My question is: how do folks clean their quad tapes before transferring? Several years ago, when I was transferring in-house, we used a Recortec, which always made me a bit nervous. What solutions are out there for cleaning at slower speeds and without the use of abrasive blades or grids?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks in advance.</DIV>
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<DIV>Steve Greene<BR>Archivist<BR>Nixon Presidential Library and Museum<BR>(301) 837-1772</DIV></BODY></HTML>