| Hello, I'm hoping 
that one of these email addresses is still valid.  I saw your workshop ad 
on the web (3 years old).  I'm the director of a small museum which houses 
cylinder records.  We have them currently stored in acid free 
containers.  My co-worker wants to create a storage system which includes 
putting the cylinders in the old cylinder cases - we have a number of those 
also.  The felt-like linings have spotty discoloration that look like 
mold.  (Many of the records are also moldy.)  I am reluctant to do 
this, but agree with him that the records are more protected in the coverings 
designed for them.  How do you store your collection, and what do you 
suggest for us? Also, how can we 
determine of any of our recordings are rare - as opposed to very 
common? We have questions 
about cleaning and preserving also. Can you advise 
us? Thanks, Cathy Evans, 
Director John Rivers 
Communications Museum Charleston, 
SC |