[78-L] DD metal parts

[joe@salerno.com]

I don't suppose there is a catalog of the metal parts in storage?

I may have asked this before a few years back....sorry for the redundancy.


joe salerno

Michael Biel wrote:
> From: "DanKj" <edisone1 at verizon.net>
> 
>> Something close to 10,000 metal parts were stored at Henry Ford's "Edison Institute" 
>> I believe they have been sent back to West Orange.
> 
> There is photo of the storage area when they were in Dearborn in the
> Dethlefson and Wile DD book.  They were in the process of being shipped
> when I made my one trip there and wanted to see them.  They are in
> plated form, meaning that they grew a metal negative and did not
> separate the positive and negative.  This was supposed to protect them. 
> I do not know if they have tried separating them all these years later.
> 
> The site had long had a display with a blank wax, recorded wax, metal
> parts, and pressings.  
> 
> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> 
> 
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