[78-L] Clamp them records down, boys

[David Lennick]

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> At 10:39 PM 4/23/2009, you wrote:
>> Success! I finally found a way to hold down a warped 4-inch Durium 
>> Advertising
>> Record long enough to play it all the way through (the Chevrolet "Great
>> American Value for 1932" disc which is major warped). And believe me, I tried
>> all sorts of things, including Scotch Removable Magic Tape (doesn't 
>> damage the
>> surface of the disc, but also doesn't hold onto it for more than thirty
>> seconds). Rummaging through the drawers, I found an old rubber reel clamp
>> (Realistic)..had to trim a good quarter inch around the circumference, but it
>> clamps onto the turntable spindle and holds the record flat. Yippee!
>>
>> (Now I can get a decent transfer of it and sell it to the next poor zhlub and
>> let him try and figure how to play it.)
>>
>> dl
> 
> I'd love to have an mp3 of that record. 128k (or even 64k) mono would 
> be fine. No pressure from me. Just a request as I don't wish to buy 
> the record itself at this time. 
> 

Wait till the new computer is put into service..I may actually get into the new 
millennium after all.

dl