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Home-recorded reel-to-reel tape, "Cinta #6," in Sony PR-150 box
Object/Artifact
Square Sony "Professional Recording Tape PR-150" box, front in black/red with a stylized reel graphic, "SONY / PROFESSIONAL RECORDING TAPE / PR-150," "CAPTURE THE STRENGTH AND DELICACY OF EVERY SOUND," and edge specs "275 m · 900 FEET SPLICE-FREE POLYESTER PR-150-5." Back: printed recording-data label (speed/mono-stereo/tracks boxes, all unchecked) inscribed by hand in blue ballpoint "Cinta #6," with code "X-2441-031-3," "MADE IN JAPAN," and "SONY TAPE." Inside lid: printed PR-150 blurb and a record/playback time chart (no tracklist filled in). Reel: clear Sony reel (≈5 in.) with ¼-inch tape, printed Sony splice tab; a small paper sticker on the hub reads "19."
2025.1.313
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo collection
2025.1
Sony
Japan
Asia
Made/Created — Box & tape: Sony Corp., Japan (PR-150, 5-in./900 ft polyester). Recording: home-made by the owner. Date: recording undetermined; tentatively later 1970s–1980s (consistent with the owner's series and the tape stock). Place: media made in Japan; recorded in Cuba.
Note
box back
Cinta#16
Spanish
Tape#16
Ink
Printed "SONY PR-150…," "275 m · 900 FEET SPLICE-FREE POLYESTER PR-150-5," "X-2441-031-3," "MADE IN JAPAN," "SONY TAPE." Hand: "Cinta #6" (back label) and "19" sticker on the reel hub. Recording-data boxes left blank.
13.5 cm
13.5 cm
1.5 cm
Sony PR-150 box (lid + base); Sony reel with tape, leader, splice tab.
Case
Celluloid
Cardboard
Plastic
Printed cardboard; paper label; clear molded plastic reel; polyester magnetic tape; printed/ballpoint ink; paper hub sticker.
Fair
Leopoldo Arús Caraballo
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Japan
Asia
production
Box and reel match (both Sony PR-150-5). The hub "19" vs. back-label "Cinta #6" is an internal discrepancy — possibly two numbering systems (reel no. 19 reused for "Cinta 6"), worth noting. No tracklist, so contents unknown.