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<div>Just for fun... Don and David, if you can snap some close ups and e-mail, I'll post on the site.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ted.</div><br><div><div>On Aug 6, 2008, at 8:04 AM, Don Norwood wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div>Here's a question and a "special offer"..........</div></blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><snip><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>And now the special offer........you can't get Merlin tweakers anymore, but a few years ago, another collector and I bought an assortment of Ampex parts which included some official Ampex tweakers! These are very nice blue Spectrol tweakers imprinted with the Ampex Op Center 800 number. If you'd like a couple of them, send me your mail address and I'll send them to you for the cost of mailing and a padded envelope. WARNING: May cause unpredictable results if used to adjust equipment not manufactured by Ampex!</div> <div> </div> <div>Don</div> <blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="DCFWTX@aol.com" href="mailto:DCFWTX@aol.com">DCFWTX@aol.com</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:22 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [QuadList] First Tech Publication posted to website: Ampex 1021Intersync...</div> <div><br></div><font face="arial,helvetica"><font lang="0" face="Arial" size="2" family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="10">In a message dated 8/5/2008 2:53:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, <a href="mailto:WVGOfm@aol.com">WVGOfm@aol.com</a> writes:<br><br> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" type="CITE">I can sure relate to that, Allan!<br>....and how could I forget the countless Xcelite green screwdrivers I <br>either wore out or lost under the machine while doing said alignment!<br>I always said back then that Ampex should have supplied knee pads in the <br>1200/2000 service kits.<br>Guy<br></blockquote><br><br>Well, this was one of the reasons to visit NAB: Go find the Merlin booth and get a Merlin Tweaker (for those Intersync recessed adjustments i.e. discriminator). Better yet, make multiple passes at the Merlin booth for a years supply...Also would come in handy on the VR 2000A model audio circuit boards (the VR2000B had pots with knobs attached).<br><br><br>David Crosthwait<br></font></font></blockquote></blockquote></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Ted Langdell</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">209 East 12th Street</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Marysville, CA 95901</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Main: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>(530) 741-1212</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Cell: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 12px; "> </span>(530) 301-2931</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Secretary for the <a href="http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/">QuadVideotapeGroup.com</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">: </span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in conjunction with the Library of Congress</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.tedlangdell.com"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">tedlangdell.com</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">. 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