EIAJ Refurbishment Project: Cleaning and Relubricating our Sony AV-3650

Although much of our time at SMPL is spent digitizing and working with library collections, part of our work involves seeking out legacy equipment that can be refurbished and installed in our labs for use in our reformatting work. In 2011, we were fortunate to find a working ½” EIAJ machine for sale. Knowing that it would need some work before it could be used, it lay tucked away until last month when we received funding to start work on restoration.

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