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

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David:

What types of music or content do you specialize in? Is yours a public-accessible collection?

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Day" <david_day@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gargantuan, free classical 78s collection.


> 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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