Re: [ARSCLIST] International Archive for Recording Devices

[Aaron Luis Levinson <aaron.levinson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is my suggestion that  a database be created which lists the "best"
machines available for archival purposes for every recording format be
it analog electronic, acoustical or digital. Then offer a contact for
buying and/or refurbishing and maintaing these devices. My ultimate
dream would result in a master Archive of the machines themselves that
would be maintained and serviced and be made available at a subsidized
cost to the many hundreds if not thousands of people who need these
machines on an on-going basis.

In order to serve our mission as preservationists we must not lose
sight of our task as finding not only the art that must be saved but
the science that must be saved if the art is to be heard at all.

Aaron Luis Levinson


On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 03:15 AM, Bewley, Nigel wrote:

> Tascam 122MKIII gets my vote.
>
> Nigel Bewley
> British Library National Sound Archive
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> From: Claudia Depkin [mailto:cdepkin@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 March 2003 19:43
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] seeking cassette deck recommendation
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> Can anyone recommend a cassette deck that will be gentle with old and
> potentially valuable cassette tapes?
> Thanks.
>
> Claudia Depkin
> Project Manager, Wilson Processing Project for Performing Arts
> Collections
> The New York Public Library
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