Sean Dennis wrote to All, "Replacement heads" on 07-18-05 15:30

 SD> Hi, everyone.

 SD> Quite some time ago, I purchased a very nice Panasonic KX-T1521
 SD> answering machine.  It's from Panasonic's Easa-Phone line (wasn't a
 SD> cheap model).  I got it home, cleaned it up, got new tapes and
 SD> recorded a message.  The message was quite scratchy, so I'm wanting to
 SD> replace both the playback and record heads.

 SD> Does anyone know where I could find a beast like that?  I have found,
 SD> quite happily, that I can get both the instruction manual and the
 SD> service manual for it (well worth it), so I can replace everything
 SD> myself.  Just have to find WHERE to get the heads.

Find an adequately sized hammer, and deftly blow a stroke on a
 similarly sized player/recorder. From there, it should be rather easy
 to dislodge the subject heads for your replacement project, and the
 powdery substance it was once attached to. 

 SD> Any ideas?

No... None at all. 

 SD> Thanks,
 SD> Sean

 SD> P.S.  You may be wondering why I like an old tape machine instead of a
 SD> digital-I can keep messages and I can understand them clearly (digital
 SD> machines compress the sound rather poorly).

I'm using my Rockwell chipset modem again, after an arthritic mouse
kept me from running the software affectively. It's quality is top
notch if it is a quiet caller, or a loud one. This, with mostly the
default settings, but I can scale back the file size, or bloat the
file at my leisure. It just stays a level steady, and I've never had a
problem hearing anything. I can actually hear a sharp background
noise, or a program material in a lull.

Your tape answerer uses 'cassette' tape I take it? If the mounting
points don't match, a little micro-fabrication and imagination can
usually secure things enough to azimuth and Zenith things
enough. Tracking-Schmacking... Just let'em run! (-|[


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