[78-L] Museum quality?

[David Breneman]

--- On Fri, 5/6/11, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

> Does the Liberty Bell have a lam crack or is it hairline?
> Did anybody check to see if someone put Scotch tape on the
> edge of the bell?

An interesting aside is that the reason they can't
ring the Liberty Bell is not because of the large
crack on the side.  That one's stable.  It's because
of a hairline crack across the top, which isn't.

YES, this has something to do with 78s:

http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/images/article1915.jpg