[78-L] How to keep 78s warm in a cold snap

[Ron L'Herault]

My guess is that the underside expanded faster than the top. 

Ronald L'Herault

Lab Supervisor, Biomaterials Division
B.U. School of Dental Medicine
801 Albany Street S203
Roxbury, MA 02119



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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Weiner
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] How to keep 78s warm in a cold snap

Think I've told this story before, but what the heck. Back in the late 70s,
I subbed as host for Rich Conaty's BIG BROADCAST show at Fordham U several
times; one especially cold winter night, I had already done a three-hour
radio show at Hofstra U and then drove up to the Bronx for another three
hour program, with the discs sitting in the trunk of my car all afternoon
and evening. When I got to the Conaty show, one of the first records I
pulled was a super-thin Dynaflex Paul Whiteman LP from the RCA Vintage
series. To my horror, when that cold platter hit the warm turntable mat, it
immediately and completely folded up like a tulip! After a few seconds,
thankfully, it began to slowly return to normal and settled down flat.
Wonder what the scientific explanation for that is?

Dave Weiner

On 1/23/13 10:22 PM, "L78rpm at aol.com" <L78rpm at aol.com> wrote:

>Hundreds of discs in my "secondary" collection, accumulating and stored 
>in my finished basement for years, are now in my unheated garage.  The
>reason:  Sandy the Storm left seven feet of water in my basement, 
>rising to within three inches of my living quarters.  Everything there 
>was destroyed;  but during the necessary cleanout/cleanup I did manage 
>to get most but not all of the 78s out and into the garage.  (The discs 
>I consider important are
>elsewhere.)
> 
>I decidedv that the best thing to do was to get them out of their wet 
>sleeves and albums and dry them off.  (The wet paper holding them went 
>out  to
>the curb.)   I did manage to do this.  My understanding is  that dry 78s
>can
>withstand cold as long as they are not exposed to  moisture.  They will 
>be there all winter.
> 
>In the spring I will determine whether I am correct.
> 
>Paul Charosh
> 
> 
> 
>In a message dated 1/23/2013 5:57:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
>dlennick at sympatico.ca writes:
>
>Follow-up....customer was very pleased. I used an insulated pizza 
>pick-up bag and kept the item under an emergency blanket in the car for  
>the hour when I had to leave it parked. Since it was the Carl Kress 
>Decca  set, I didn't want to run the risk of extreme cold doing  
>anything.
>
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