Return shipping is $8.00 for the first tape and $0.50 for each additional. 

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Phone 1-800-617-8273
Email Info@reel2reel2cd.com
Mailing Address:
Curtis Media Transfer
7069 Taylorsville Rd. Suite D
Huber Heights Ohio 45424

• Hours:
  Monday - Friday - 10am - 6pm
  
   

We also transfer:

• 8mm and Super 8 film

• Cassette tape to CD

• Video tape to DVD

• Easy Pricing: Based solely on size of reel not amount of CDs needed.

• Free content screening: Not sure what is on your tapes? Send them to us and we will first digitize your tapes, then, post 3 to 5 minutes samples to a web page made just for you. Select this option on the order form if you think it is for you. Local customers can listen to their tapes on a deck located in our front lobby.

• Free tape baking if needed.

• High quality transfers using pro quality equipment.

• Long lasting (100 years)  Taiyo Yuden CDs.

• Bulk discount after 15 tapes or more 10% off then again after 30 tapes or more 15% off.

• Over 11 years experience with reel-to-reel transfers.

• All U.S. Veterans get 10% off.

• Photos and text of your choosing printed directly to your CDs ($10 set-up).

• Copies for friends and family just $7 each.

• 15 day back-up on site for safety & re-orders or your reel-to-reels.

• Track separation included.

• Hiss & noise reduction included.

• International orders welcome.

• No minimum order.

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Reel to reel tape (or open reel tape) came in many shapes & sizes. The most common to the average consumer was 1/4" tape. Reel-to-reel tape also came in other sizes but was reserved mostly for the professional recording market. To determine what you have, simply measure the  tape, the actual tape not the reel. It should measure 1 quarter of an inch in width. (Not thickness). Here at Reel 2 Reel 2 CD we transfer all 1/4"  reel-to-reel tape to CD.

Next, reel-to-reel tape came on many different sizes of reels. Most common among these are 3 inch, 5 inch and 7 inch. Larger 10 1/2 inch reels were also made but not as common to the home user. Recording studio demo tapes and radio/ television programs more commonly used these sizes. Here at Curtis Media Transfer (Reel 2 Reel 2 CD) we transfer all reel sizes. To determine what size reel you have, lay it down on a table and measure across the surface of the reel as close to the middle as possible, as if you are measuring a plate. Your measurement may not be exactly the measurements above but it will be very close to one of them. (See photo) Pricing here at Curtis Media Transfer is based primarily on reel size. Reel-to-reel tapes that are not full of tape are priced by how much tape, not how big the reel is.

We charge by the size of the reel...period. So the base price plus return shipping will be your total cost for transferring your tapes.

• 7 inch reel-to-reel is    $40 
• 5 inch reel-to-reel is    $35 
• 4 inch reel-to-reel is    $30 
• 3 inch reel-to-reel is    $25 
   
• Free Preview Samples
• Return shipping is $8.00 for the first tape and $0.50 for each additional tape.
• There is no extra or hidden cost.
• If a reel is not full of tape we price according to amount of tape. (We recognize nothing smaller than a 3 inch reel)
• All of our work is 100% guaranteed.
• All of our CD's are high quality Taiyo Yuden that is guaranteed for 100 years.

• Track separation included.

• Hiss & noise reduction included.

• Free tape baking if needed.

• International orders welcome.

• No minimum order.

• Call us toll free at 1-800-617-8273
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 Duplicate CD's for family & friends.

If you would like to get extra CDs to share with friends and family they are only $7.00 each. Also, if you want to make the copies yourself go ahead. We do not do anything to your CDs to prevent you from making your own copies.

Also you might want to consider sending in or bringing in a photo to be printed on your CDs. There is no extra charge for that. We can also print a title of your choosing onto the CDs. Just let us know.

We offer free preview samples.We digitize your reel-to-reel tapes, make you a special web page with short MP3 samples, total playing time and short descriptions of your reel-to-reel tapes audio. This allows you to know content up front. If the reel-to-reel tapes are not what you thought, just say no thanks.

Click here to see a mock sample page.

Once you have decided what you have, and decided you would like to have it transferred to CD go ahead and fill out the order form and give us a call 1-800-617-8273.

Even if you don't have any questions this may help you feel better about sending your tapes off to "some website". Of course this is totally optional.

Now for shipping. First we want you to know right up front that no reel-to-reel tapes have ever been lost in transit to us or from us. Also, after we digitize your reel-to-reels for the first time we keep a digital copy of your reels on hard drives here for 15 days. This means if something was to happen on the return trip or you needed additional copies, we could simply pull up our back-up files and remake the CDs.

Also, when you fill out your order form we receive an electronic copy right away in our email. So we know who is sending what. If something doesn't arrive in a timely manner we investigate.

Safe Shipping Tips:  We understand sending your irreplaceable reel-to-reel tapes to us for transfer can be a scary task. With a few steps of caution your reel-to-reel tapes  can arrive just as safely as driving them across town. In over 11 years of doing mail order business we have never had a clients reel-to-reel tapes lost or damaged in the mail. The purpose of this information is to share with you what we have learned over the years. These are not just our opinions.

• Do not use envelopes of any kind to ship your reel-to-reel tapes. They are prone to rip open during delivery. This includes the Priority envelopes the post office gives out. It seems like the logical choice for just one reel-to-reel or small reel-to-reels but please refrain. The post office will give you free boxes when shipping Priority mail.

•  Do not use "Media Mail". "Media Mail" is a form of third class mail the post office uses for shipping books, tapes and other forms of media. Your reel-to-reel tapes would qualify for this type of transportation but we do not recommend you use it. Considering what you are mailing this is no time to pinch a penny.

• Do not  forget your Return address. Please make sure you have supplied a legible return address on the outside of the box. You should also have our order form on the inside of the box with your contact information. It is important to have an address on the inside and the outside of the box. If something was to happen to the box that left the outside label unreadable, the shipper will open the box and look for a shipping address inside. It is very common for clients to forget to include the order form. So please, don't forget the order form or at least a sheet of paper with your return address.

• Use Priority Mail. We highly recommend the Priority Mail service offered by your local post office. They will even supply you with a free box. This is a great way to ship your tapes. In most cases your tapes will arrive to us in 2 days. The less time your tapes have to travel the better.

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