That begets a question for me. How do I know what 78s in my collection are valuable?
[email protected] wrote: > We all know that the Grand Canyon was made by water running over rock. > Anytime two physical objects contact, there is wear, or damage. That said, > the > reason I collect antique phonographs is because I like the sound for whatever > psychological reason. While I will not play my Nordskog of Spikes Seven Pods > of > Pepper Orchestra on a Victrola, I have no problem playing almost everything > else > on some kind of antique phonograph. To be sure I always use a fresh needle > and > sometimes a fibre needle. I once played a Paul Whiteman record on a VV-IV as > many times as I could to see if I could detect wear. I got sick of the record > before I could hear an increase in surface noise. Victor had a wear test that > in order to pass, a record had to be played 200 times without audible wear > (would that Paramount had the same kind of standard). 20 times is more than I > care to hear most records. I think we can play our records and enjoy them > without > pangs of conscience. When we are through with them they will, at best, be > absorbed into archives where they will be played once, put onto digital > media, > and (the originals) never heard again! The digital copies however, with help > from new copyright laws, may live again on MP3 players. In the mean time, I > will > play my Carusos (if I had a Zonophone I might make an exception), McCormacks, > Original Indiana Fives and Bessie Smiths the way God intended, on a taking > machine. Pardon my ramblings, I found this to be an interesting string of > comments. > > Phil Stewart > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > -- Thatcher Graham Senior Field Engineer ph. 610-578-0800 x214 cell: 484-354-6918 fx. 610-578-0804 Mediaguide 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. STE 150 Berwyn, PA 19312
