[ARSCLIST] Archaeological 78 Fragments

[Aaron Russell <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A friend of mine is an archaeologist who is currently excavating a
historical lumber town in North Carolina.  Among the artifacts he is
recovering are fragments of 78 RPM records, and he is wondering if
there is any way to get sound off of these fragments.  He says they are
generally pretty small (about the size of a quarter - I haven't asked
yet if he's checked for cross-mends between any of the fragments), but
is hoping that he could get some diagnostic snippets to let him know
what people in the town were buying and listening to.  Has anyone on
the list had experience with this kind of thing of have any ideas about
how to go about working with these?

Thanks,
Aaron Russell