[78-L] "New media" for Victrolas?...

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> A shellac disc can only be destroyed by dropping it...

Or by bending it in your hands, or by leaving it on a hot stove, or by banging 
it against anything hard (desk, wall, girlfriend's head), or by shipping it by 
USPS..

> as long as it is carefully played, it will last!
> 
Fact is, lots of carelessly played discs have survived as well, and sometimes 
they're the only known copies.

dl