Re: [ARSCLIST] proper cataloging terminology: acetate vs lacquer?

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sergei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on the subject of semantics

revolutions is incorrect, records rotate, as the earth rotates on its axis

the earth revolves around the sun as it rotates on its axis

revolutions in RPM has become generally accepted but is imprecise

js


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Miller" <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] proper cataloging terminology: acetate vs lacquer?


> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Mike Richter wrote:
>
> > "Acetate" became a term for the form just as we use peanut for a plant
> > which is neither pea nor nut. I am one of the nuts who uses quotation
> > marks on "78" as a designation for a recording nominally at that speed,
> > but the great, wide world that knows the 78 is unaware that the term is
> > imprecise.
>
> And then we have delimiter d in the 007
>
> And the choices are...
>
> Speed The playback speed of the sound recording. Speed is associated
> with the item.
>
> Analog discs: Speed is measured in revolutions per minute.
>
> a 16 rpm
> b 33 1/3 rpm
> c 45 rpm
> d 78 rpm
> e 8 rpm
>
> Compact digital discs: Speed is measured in meters per second. This is the
> distance covered on the discs surface per second, not the number of
> revolutions per minute.
>
> f 1.4 m. per sec.
>
> Cylinders: Speed is measured in revolutions per minute.
>
> h 120 rpm
> i 160 rpm
>
> Tapes: Speed is measured in inches per second.
>
> k 15/16 ips. This is the speed of mini-cassettes used in portable
recorders.
> l 1 7/8 ips. This is the speed of standard cassettes.
> m 3 3/4 ips. This is the speed of nonprofessional reel-to-reel tapes and
>              cartridges.
> o 7 1/2 ips. This is the speed of nonprofessional reel-to-reel and studio
>              tapes.
> p 15 ips. This is the speed of professional reel-to-reel and studio tapes.
> r 30 ips. This is the speed of reel-to-reel and studio tapes, but is
rarely
>           used.
> Others
>
> u Unknown. The speed is not known.
> z Other. A speed for which none of the other codes is appropriate.
>
> Seems to me that for "78s" we should have plenty of "z" but when one
> checks the files, we don't.
>
> Karl
>
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