[78-L] Reprise: London Records

[David Lennick]

From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
> One word of warning, though...modern "milk boxes" oftem lose their bottoms
> when used to store 78's! They will hold about 120 78's, or 60 pounds; since
> records are round, all that weight is borne along the single line running
> down the centre of the records. I suspect (but haven't yet tried) this 
> problem
> could be fixed by cutting plywood squares just slightly smaller than the 
> inside
> dimensions of the milk boxes...?!
> 
> Sreven C. Barr 
> 

Problem is now that if the bottom is raised, the height of the 78s is also raised, making stacking a bit problematic. Even without raising the bottom, stacking milk crates can be rough on record sleeves and slightly oversize Columbias (Pahes? fuggedaboudit).

dl