Re: [ARSCLIST] Transcription sleeves, was Re: [ARSCLIST] Boxes for album sets

[Andy Lanset <andy.lanset@xxxxxxxxx>]

Friends,

If enough people wanted to order 16" acid free sleeves University Products
might be convinced to make them a regular item in their catalog rather than
a complicated special order.  Also, large format acid-free sleeves can be
ordered from Gaylord Brothers.

Andy Lanset
WNYC Archives

On Jan 23, 2008 5:29 PM, David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I just spoke to Mr. Cabco again, this time about transcription sleeves.
> How
> many people would be interested if he could get someone to manufacture
> plain
> paper sleeves, 16 1/2 inches square, with a hole, for a moderate price
> (this
> didn't get to figures yet)? He carries the acid free variety that the
> Library
> of Congress uses (or used..apparently he got the overrun) but those are
> over 2
> bucks apiece and I just want something simple for the thousands of vinyl
> transcriptions from radio station libraries etc that are lying open or in
> tattered remnants. He'd probably need a minimum run of ten thousand, maybe
> twenty thousand, but I bet we could get enough orders among us to cover
> that.
>
> Anyway, no promises, but he said he'd ask and get back to me soon.
>
> David Lennick wrote:
> > Okay, gang, they exist..I just spoke to the proprietor (who obviously
> > doesn't consider this his main business and who answers the phone by
> > saying the phone #). Business is WAY down, he says, the website hasn't
> > been touched in years (5, we already knew that), the 1-888 number is no
> > longer in effect (I found that out when I called it and got an auto
> > parts company), BUT they're alive and they take all credit cards and
> > promised to get a shipment out the door tomorrow. I may actually see it
> > on Friday if he uses something other than UPS Ground.
> >
> > And he had 3/4" and 1/2" boxes in stock..I ordered ten of each.
> >
> > Call 614 267 8468.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > D. Blake Werts wrote:
> >> The version of the price list that the link carries me to has a date
> >> of "Aug 2002".  See the top of the last page.
> >>
> >> - Blake
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine"
> >> <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 5:00 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Boxes for album sets
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi David:
> >>>
> >>> Have you done business with these guys before? These prices seem very
> >>> reasonable, so reasonable that I'd like to make sure they are legit
> >>> before ordering. The website seems non-functional except this catalog
> >>> PDF, but that could just mean they're an old-school mom and pop shop.
> >>> Their sleeve and package prices seem a little bit lower than the
> >>> place in Rochester.
> >>>
> >>> -- Tom Fine
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick"
> >>> <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 4:31 PM
> >>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Boxes for album sets
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I've finally found a source for boxes for album sets! Not the
> >>>> shipping boxes, but replacements for deteriorated box sets or for
> >>>> orphaned discs that never had a box of their own, library discards
> >>>> etc. CABCO has 'em. See page 4.
> >>>> http://www.cabco-products.com/Cabco_Catalog.pdf
> >>>>
> >>>> They also sell steel needles!
> >>>>
> >>>> dl
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>