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There are a number of approaches to try.
Explaining them would take hours. Mostly, it's guesswwork and
experience.
My first suggestion would be to find out when it
was broadcast and what network and find an archive with lacquers
of it.
Steve Smolian
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301-694-5134 Smolian Sound
Studios --------------------------------------------------- CDs made from
old recordings, Five or one or lifetime hoardings, Made at home or concert
hall, Text and pics explain it all. at www.soundsaver.com=========================
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:03
AM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Home Recording
I
just received a home recording on a Wilcox Gay recorded disc and another on
a Capitol home recorded disc. They both seemed to be paper based with a
waxy coating, but I am not for sure. Both are warped and the Wilcox Gay
has many cracks throughout the waxy surface. This is an important recording of
an American POW during WW II. Apparently, at some point, the Japanese
allowed the POWs to right home to their families telling them they were okay,
but this particular soldier was allowed to broadcast his message, which was
played over American radio and is how the family recorded the
message.
What
is the best way to flatten these recordings? Further, because of the cracks,
what is the best way to transfer these recordings? Can I use a conventional
turntable and clean up the digital file, or would a laser turntable work
better?
Also
any information about the composition of these type of discs is
needed.
Curtis Peoples
Archivist
Texas Tech University
Southwest Collections Special
Collections Library
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1041
Phone: 806-742-3749 ext
265
Fax: 806-742-0496
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