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Metaxas & Sins Squelette
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The Squelette is a reel-to-reel tape transport from Metaxas & Sins, the company founded by designer Kostas Metaxas. Its defining feature is the absence of pinch rollers - Metaxas & Sins describes it as the first reel-to-reel transport built without any kind of pinch roller.
Engineering and use context
Instead of pressing the tape against the capstan with a rubber roller, the Squelette uses a dual capstan layout. All motors are direct-driven, so the machine contains no rubber parts at all - no belts, idlers or rollers that would harden or wear with age.
Alternatives
Metaxas & Sins also builds the T-RX Tourbillon reel-to-reel tape machine.
Engineering and use context
Instead of pressing the tape against the capstan with a rubber roller, the Squelette uses a dual capstan layout. All motors are direct-driven, so the machine contains no rubber parts at all - no belts, idlers or rollers that would harden or wear with age.
Alternatives
Metaxas & Sins also builds the T-RX Tourbillon reel-to-reel tape machine.
Specifications
Model name
Squelette
Highlights
The world’s first reel-to-reel transport that does not use any kind of pinch rollers
Dimensions (mm)
N/A
Weight (g)
N/A
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