[78-L] Museum quality

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>
> Last year, on the way to the ARSC convention in New Orleans, I visited the 
> Jimmy
> Rodgers museum in Meridian Mississippi.  They had several J.R. 78s on 
> display
> and most of them were so scratched and abused that it was hard to tell the 
>  > scratches from the grooves, (however I thoroughly enjoyed the visit and
> purchased a box set of all of J.R.'s recordings).  I also visited the 
> family
> plot in the local cemetery which, ironically, brought the man to life as
> something more than just a name on records.
> But getting back to the records, these records were in a museum so I guess 
> they
> were museum quality.  Perhaps this description means to be looked at - not
> played.
>
To me, putting poor copies in museums (where they are rarely played)
and leaving better copies for sale to collectors (who probably WILL
play them?!) makes a lot of sense...!

Steven C. Barr