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Playing old reel to reel...help

I've got a bunch of 15ips 10 inch reels of music I recorded in the 1970s. I've not played them in over 20 years. I'd like to transcribe them to CDRs but am afraid they will disintigrate on the first play. Any suggestions on how to handle them? I've heard about baking them in an oven for a while to return the elasticity to the acytate and or mylar coating. I'm open to suggestions.
keis

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I have been using reel to reel tape since the 1960's and have baked a number of tapes over the years. Go to
http://www.tangible-technology.com/tape/baking1.html and http://www.audio-restoration.com/baking.php Good luck, hope this helps. There ia also more information on the links section of both articles.
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