Re: arsclist Vinyl records and blast freezer

["Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doug left out the word NOT from his microwave directions.  Don't do it.

Steve


----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Pomeroy <pomeroyaudio@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: arsclist Vinyl records and blast freezer


> Whatever you do, do heat any magnetic
> recording in a microwave oven.
> DMP
> ---------
> >From: "Balog, Andre" <ABalog@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: "'ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: RE: arsclist Vinyl records and blast freezer
> >Date: Thu, Jun 21, 2001, 1:41 PM
> >
>
> > This is not expert advice by any means:
> >
> > A couple of seconds in a microwave oven will kill most bugs. Small ones
even
> > tend to disappear in the process (pulverized?). I have no idea, however,
> > what it will do to the tapes (or the sound on them), not to mention
their
> > metal boxes, which should not be "nuked", as everyone knows. Perhaps a
test
> > could be made beforehand.
> >
> > I am concerned about the almost inevitable condensation that would occur
> > after the blast freezing.
> >
> > André Balog
> > RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jay Gaidmore [mailto:JGaidmore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 11:32 AM
> > To: 'ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: arsclist Vinyl records and blast freezer
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > The Library of Virginia recently acquired a collection of sound
recordings
> > from a local radio station dating from 1925.  This collection includes
vinyl
> > records (as large as 18"), cassettes, and reel to reel tapes.
> >
> > Apparently, the collection is infested with bugs and we are wondering if
> > using a blast freezer to kill the bugs is a safe method.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,  Jay
> >
> > __________________________________
> > Jay Gaidmore
> > Finding Aids Archivist
> > The Library of Virginia
> > 800 E. Broad St.
> > Richmond, Virginia 23219
> > Phone:  (804) 692-3629
> > Fax:  (804) 692-3771
> > jgaidmore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
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