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Metaxas & Sins Squelette
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The Metaxas & Sins Squelette is a reel-to-reel tape transport from the company founded by designer Kostas Metaxas. It is built without pinch rollers, and Metaxas & Sins describes it as the first reel-to-reel transport that uses no pinch roller of any kind.
Engineering and use context
Rather than pressing the tape against the capstan with a rubber roller, the Squelette moves the tape with a dual capstan arrangement. Every motor is direct-driven, so the machine has no rubber parts at all - no belts, idlers or rollers that could harden or wear over time.
Alternatives
Metaxas & Sins also builds the T-RX Tourbillon reel-to-reel tape machine.
Engineering and use context
Rather than pressing the tape against the capstan with a rubber roller, the Squelette moves the tape with a dual capstan arrangement. Every motor is direct-driven, so the machine has no rubber parts at all - no belts, idlers or rollers that could harden or wear over time.
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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