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[Discuss] [OT] digitizing old 78rpm records? ELP laser turntable services?
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- From: abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)
- Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:15:01 -0400
Sorry for the off-topic post. I have a cabinet full of ancient 78 rpm records that I inherited when my mom died back in 1998; it' been sitting in my attic all these years. The records are fragile, and I'm afraid if I try to play them on an ordinary turntable, the records won't survive. There's a company in Japan (ejpj.com) that makes a laser turntable that should be suitable for digitizing fragile records like these, but it's not worth spending $17,000 for what's essentially a one-time project to digitize the collection. Has anyone heard of a service that digitizes old audio recordings, preferably to WAV or FLAC files, that uses something like the laser turntable to safely digitize fragile records? I've tried googling for such services, but so far all I can find is services to digitize photos videos, documents, and books. Another option would be if someone on the list either has access to one of these turntables, or knows someone who does, and they're willing to help me digitize my 78s. I recall a conversation many years ago, probably at one of the BLU bbqs, where someone described their collection of LPs, 78s, and old Edison cylinder recordings, and I imagine they'd also be interested in digitizing their collection, if they haven't already found a way to do so. I can't recall who it was, though, and I'm not entirely certain that it was at one of our bbqs. Thanks! -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email: abreauj at gmail.com / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6
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