Re: [ARSCLIST] Gargantuan, free classical 78s collection.

[David Day <david_day@xxxxxxx>]

Hi, 

I am a newcomer to the list, though I have known some of you for years.

In following this thread I thought I might venture to chime in. We are still
actively collecting LPs and 78s here at BYU and would welcome contact with
anyone who is disposing of collections or otherwise trying to find a good
home for them. I responded to Leslie Gerber, but have not heard back from
her/him yet.

We now have a modest collection of about 100,000 LPs and 40,000 78s. We also
have about 1,100 cylinders and 2,200 Edison Diamond Disc as well as about
10,000 non-commercial audio tapes. I would like to see our holdings double
if possible. "Generally" I am able to travel to collections, do the boxing
and arrange the shipping if necessary. Please keep us in mind if you are
aware of collections in need of a home.

David Day




> From: Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:25:39 -0800
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gargantuan, free classical 78s collection.
> 
> Disposal is right.A few years ago,I got rid of my jazz collection.The better
> 78s,I had no problem selling on eBay.The stuff that was the next level down,I
> had to sell in bundles of 10-50 records,depending on artist.This left me,with
> a lot of common 78s I could not unload.Benny Goodman,Gene Krupa,and such.I was
> living in a university neighborhood at the time,and there was a community
> "freecycle" bin in an alley,next to a dumpster.I wheeled the records up,in a
> shopping cart,and left them there.The next day,the cart was still there,but
> the records had been smashed into thousands of pieces,and strewn all over the
> alley like confetti.So I feel your pain.
> 
>                                  Roger Kulp
> 
> Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx wrote: In a message dated 11/29/2006 5:16:44 PM Eastern
> Standard Time, 
> joel.br@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>> Parnassus has unwittingly acquired a vast collection of 78s,
>> approximately 75,000 to 100,000. They are offered free for the
>> taking if someone will come to Saugerties, New York, remove any LPs
>> mixed in with the boxes s/he encounters, and take the remaining 78s
>> or pay for the disposal of unwanted items.
> 
> OK, now you know as much as I do! If you are interested, I suggest
> you contact Leslie Gerber directly at:
> 
>  Please do not contact me, BUT if
> anyone proceeds, do report back to the list on your adventures!
> 
> Best,
> 
> Joel
> ***********************
> 
> I probably could not resist if they were in Western NY, justifying it mainly
> as a favor to the owner as an alternative to the cost of disposal of unwanted
> items. However I am already contemplating the disposal aspect of the records I
> have.
> 
> I hope we hear what happens to them.
> 
> Mike Csontos
> 
> 
> 
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