|
The Folk Center in Mountain View, AR has several thousand LPs and 78s that we are transferring to a digital format. To prepare the discs we are using a Nitty Gritty machine. Nitty Gritty also provides a different solution for LPs and 78s. We are actually using a solution supplied by Sleeve City in Memphis, TN which is somewhat less expensive than what we would get from Nitty Gritty. I do not know what is in the solution but it works. Since this project is operating on grant funds we have been able to buy some items we could never afford out of our own operating budget such as the cleaning machine. Nitty Gritty makes manual and automatic models and information is available via the ‘net.’
Elliott Hancock Assistant Manager Ozark Folk Center P.O. Box 500 Mountain View, AR 72560
ozarkfolkcenter.com
-----Original Message-----
We're going to be getting a VPI 16.5 unit to only LP's. I've looked around and there seems to be enormous difference of opinion on what kind of fluid to use and the methods. Ideally, we should get a Monks or a LoriCraft unit, but the money is just not there. I've considered going for the simple 25% technical isopropyl alcohol, 75% deionized/distilled water, but I haven't been able to locate suitable wetting agents. Can you use lab grade ethylene glycol and if so, how much should you add to the mix?
RA Friedman, Archivist Freedman Jewish Music Archive Do you Yahoo!? |