[78-L] Audio Restoration saves family recording

[Royal Pemberton]

Not a bad idea....we could also list various kinds of media each of us is
equipped to cope with (so, for instance, if someone comes to you with a wire
recording and you don't have a wire recorder to play it back on, you can
refer the person to one of us who does have one, etc).

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 2:36 PM, <bradc944 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have been considering doing the same thing... perhaps this is a good
> chance to put forth some kind of network of home-audio-restorists?
>
> I can do it in denver...
>
> Brad
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Fri, 13 May 2011 13:17:43 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Audio Restoration saves family recording
>
> I wonder how much money could be made in doing audio restorations from
> home?  I could do to be pulling in $1000-1500 a month but at present I'm
> living in the boonies of north central Arkansas....any ideas?
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:10 PM,  wrote:
>
> > That's why I love acquiring home recordings.  I have stumbled upon some
> > VERY well-done family musicians putting their work onto lacquer (which
> I'll
> > re-encode and post somewhere).  There's also the Clangers, to be sure.
> >
> > I ran across a cassette recording of Hank Aaron's 714th, done with a mic
> > hanging in front of the TV speaker.  Interesting recording of the call of
> > the game, but what had me wincing in terror was the comment made by the
> > elderly gentleman when the home run was struck: "Boy that N***** sure can
> > play baseball"
> >
> > Obviously THAT will never get played publicly!
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Lennick
> > To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Fri, 13 May 2011 03:11:19 -0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Audio Restoration saves family recording
> >
> >
> > There's a ton of work in that area. Graham and I have suffered er sat
> > through
> > hundreds of home recordings, off key saxophone solos, polka bands,
> > recordings
> > made over top of other recordings ON LACQUER YET...
> >
> > "Come on, Grandpa, there's not much room left on the record!"
> >
> > " (Unintelligible, and probably just as well) "
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 5/12/2011 11:05 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> > > I've also done this, transferred a record for a friend so they could
> > > play it for their Mother, a memory of the kids when they were little.
> > > Momma died shortly after that.
> > >
> > > joe salerno
> > >
> > > On 5/12/2011 9:15 AM, David Sanderson wrote:
> > >> On 5/12/2011 9:30 AM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> > >>> Did I see a crapophone in that video?  For the uninitiated, that is a
> > repro
> > >>> open horn phono, made from mainly new parts, and usually comes from
> > India.
> > >>> They have loose fitting joints and terrible pivots so they are not
> kind
> > to
> > >>> records.
> > >>>
> > >>> Ron L
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > >>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Dennis
> > Flannigan
> > >>> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:01 AM
> > >>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > >>> Subject: [78-L] Audio Restoration saves family recording
> > >>>
> > >>> Today, somewhere in Utah, folks are smiling and learning there are
> ways
> > to
> > >>> preserve old audio recordings. Received this from Mike Wizland, who
> > teaches
> > >>> audio restoration. He sent me the following. I nice video for geezers
> > with
> > >>> grooves. df
> > >>
> > >> I've done the same at various times, and it's always a real pleasure.
> > >> 78s home recorded in 1943, a WWII recorded message from an aunt, an
> > >> interview from the 1970's - you never know what's going to turn up
> when
> > >> you talk with older folks.
> > >>
> > >> My funeral story is particularly satisfying.  A friend, his wife and
> his
> > >> brother had played together for 50 years or so.  When the brother
> died,
> > >> I had a cassette tape they had made at home, not great but usable.  So
> I
> > >> took a few pieces off the tape and did up a CD, making multiple copies
> > >> for the family, photo of Eddie on the label etc.  For the service at
> the
> > >> funeral home we gave them a copy of the CD;  so we had Eddie singing
> and
> > >> playing with the trio all during the service.  You don't get many
> > >> chances to do something like that.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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