That "museum" is a warehouse full of stuff that Stanford has sort-of inventoried and stored away. No
public access, no plans for it that I know of. Good it's not in a landfill but bad it's not
accessible.
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From: "Steven Smolian" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Overtone records recording equipment from the late Richard C. Burns estate-
> Bob, how about the Ampex museum which is near Stanford and affiliated with it.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
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> From: "Robert J Hodge" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:09 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Overtone records recording equipment from the late Richard C. Burns estate-
>
>
> Hello All,
> I was asked by Tom Packard to see if someone wanted to adopt Dick's old
> tape machines and electronics which he designed and built himself or,
> in the case of the tape transports, had a professional machinist build.
> The head nests are all Ampex.
> The quality of Dick's Overtone releases are testament to how well
> designed this gear is !!
>
> We would not want to see it just get scrapped, but would like to find it
> all a good home such as in a museum or collection.
>
> If no one is interested, I will try to get the Antique Wireless
> Association in Rochester to accept it all.
>
> Thanks !
>
> Bob Hodge
> Belfer Audio Archive
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