Re: arsclist Fwd: Non-member submission from ["Jo Anne Martinez " <carino@nmfiber.com>]

["Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

You might want to take a look at my website, where I discuss some of the
issues you raise.  Many tapes don't just jump out of the box and get copied-
various problems arise from the way they were recorded, used and stored
which have consequences to processing costs.

Will you have a machine to play 10" tapes back in future years?  Do you
think you'll need one?  Should you include funds to purchase one in your
preservation budget?

One substantial difference is that unrecorded 10" reel to reel tape is about
$ 25.00 where good qualty CDs cost
$ 2.00 or less.

The lifespan of CDs is widely disputed.

And you thought there'd be a simple answer.

Steve Smolian

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Smolian Sound Studios
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Five or one or lifetime hoardings,
Made at home or concert hall,
Text and pics explain it all.
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From: Esther Gillie <esth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: arsclist Fwd: Non-member submission from ["Jo Anne Martinez "
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> >Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:41:31 -0700
> >From: "Jo Anne Martinez " <carino@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Message-Id: <1003851691.webexpressdV2.2.0@bigworm>
> >To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: vendor to preserve audio tapes
> >
> >I am working with a small manuscripts collection in Flagstaff, Arizona.
> >They hold about 60 to 70 open reel tapes and about double that number of
> >cassette tapes ranging in age from about 5 years old to more than 20
> >years old.  For the most part these are field tapes made by two or three
> >anthopologists of oral history and/or music of Asian, Hawaiian and
> >Native American dance.  As part of a small grant we have some money to
> >preserve these tapes.  I know that the standard is to produce an analog
> >master on a 10" open reel.  Are most companies now advising that there
> >be a digital (CD-R) use copy?  What are the charges for such copying?  I
> >am not on the list so please reply to me directly at carino@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Jo Anne V. Martinez
> >Carino Conservation of Books and Paper
> >1608 Los Arboles Ave. N.W.
> >Albuquerque, New Mexico  87107
> >(505) 343-9172
>
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