[78-L] Huh?

[Thatcher Graham]

Ha!
I actually brought my little VV 1-5 to work to demonstrate to the 
younger employees .
It turned out that only 3 of my co-workers had seen one before either.

Then I took out a pin and a paper cone and repeated the demo!

-- Thatcher 



Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> Thatcher Graham says: “I find that music collectors just a bit younger 
> than me don't even know
> 78s existed. Or if they do, don't understand the different between them 
> and LPs.
> having never played records of any kind, they recognize them by diameter
> not material or playing speed. My interns abstain from physical media
> entirely - downloading and sharing digital media exclusively.  They see
> our hobby as a novelty. The genre of music is not the obstruction. They 
> just have no connection
> to physical media.”
>
> Thank you, Thatcher, for raising this issue. One of the big concerns of 
> the IAJRC (International Association of Jazz Record Collectors) is how 
> to attract young people to the hobby. We do have several members in 
> their 30s who attend our annual Convention, but most attending members 
> are in their 50s, 60s, and beyond. As the membership ages, we are not 
> adding new blood. Your comments and that of other contributors on this 
> matter have given me an idea that I have just e-mailed to the Manager 
> of our 2010 Convention in September: Contact one or more local schools 
> and invite a class or two to visit our Convention Record Room where 
> they can see and hear 78s and LPs, what makes them different from CDs, 
> how a phonograph works, and have a demonstrator give an entertaining 
> explanation of these and other features. Seeing, hearing, and touching 
> may be a way to help young people become aware of records, how much fun 
> they can be, and why people turn collecting them into a lifetime hobby!
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