[78-L] Audio Restoration saves family recording

Fri May 13 07:39:06 PDT 2011

It's a matter of finding the work and folks who will part with enuff $$$ 
to make it worth your  time and materials. I tried it for a while and 
gave up. It's not that is wasn't fun and entertaining, but I did get 
bored with it, and it was not enough work to really keep me busy or 
justify the time. I probably wasn't charging enuff, but if you do, how 
much work do you lose?

js

On 5/13/2011 8:17 AM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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,<bradc944 at comcast.net>  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<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> 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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