Scotch 100 Audio Tape
Vintage Scotch PAPER BACKED audio recording tape for the Macro Mondays challenge: Tape. Area shown is about 57mm wide.
Happy Macro Monday!
Scotch 100 is the very first reel to reel magnetic recording tape. In 1947 Brush Development sought the expertise of 3M to create a tape for its BK-401 Soundmirror, the first American-made recorder. Created by a team headed by 3M's William Wetzel, the result was Scotch Type 100, a paper tape coated with black oxide.
3M was founded in 1902 as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, originally quarrying stone for grinding wheels and later turning to making sandpaper. Interestingly, the product that laid the groundwork for 3M's entry into the audio market was the development of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape under its "Scotch" brand in 1930, which provided the company with expertise in coated thin-film technologies. After World War II, the race was on to create tape recorders based on the German Magnetofon and with no magnetic tape manufacturing capability worldwide Scotch was well positioned to meet the need
-- Courtesy National Association of Music Merchants
Scotch 100 Audio Tape
Vintage Scotch PAPER BACKED audio recording tape for the Macro Mondays challenge: Tape. Area shown is about 57mm wide.
Happy Macro Monday!
Scotch 100 is the very first reel to reel magnetic recording tape. In 1947 Brush Development sought the expertise of 3M to create a tape for its BK-401 Soundmirror, the first American-made recorder. Created by a team headed by 3M's William Wetzel, the result was Scotch Type 100, a paper tape coated with black oxide.
3M was founded in 1902 as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, originally quarrying stone for grinding wheels and later turning to making sandpaper. Interestingly, the product that laid the groundwork for 3M's entry into the audio market was the development of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape under its "Scotch" brand in 1930, which provided the company with expertise in coated thin-film technologies. After World War II, the race was on to create tape recorders based on the German Magnetofon and with no magnetic tape manufacturing capability worldwide Scotch was well positioned to meet the need
-- Courtesy National Association of Music Merchants