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Re: [ARSCLIST] stability of shellac disks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Shifrin" <goldens2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> "I have shellac records over a century old which exhibit no deterioration
> other than wear!
> Steven C. Barr"
>
> How do you know that the disks have not in some way changed or
deteriorated?
>
> Yes, they're playable but even glass changes shape over time.
Obviously, I have no way to know what was originaaly recorded...but what I
hear
upon playing the discs sounds to me like what must have been recorded c.
1901...
...stevenc