Sound Electronics Specialties "Bel Cleer" tape leader
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 3" diameter reel of 1/4" blue leader for recording tape. Unused. Label on box reads: "Bel [bell log] Cleer / Coloured / Tape Leader / "Mylar" Base / Manufactured in Canada by: / Sound Electronics Specialties Ltd. / Toronto, Ontario".
label: Description (Brief)
content: This is an unusual part of tape recording production that's vital to the medium, but which few people think about. The leader permits recording tape to be threaded through a reel-to-reel machine without damaging the recording medium, and permits full use of that medium in a cassette or cartridge. Typically stronger than the oxide-bearing recording tape, the leader can be more securely attached to spools and reels. Tape manufacturers and studios purchased spools of leader tape like this one for tape production use.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0278.06
label: accession number
content: 2022.0278
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0278.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magnetic recording tape
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: reel: 1/2 in x 3 in; 1.27 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 10.4775 cm x 1.5875 cm