[78-L] Clamp them records down, boys

[martha]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Clamp them records down, boys


> 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.