OMG that's hilarious Frank (new record preservation technique: melt down
your LPs and store them in a jelly jar)! I love the part about using a
strainer to capture the record labels. Very clever - thanks for pointing
that out! If anyone else wants to read this it's still at
http://vintagevacuumaudio.com/vintage-magazines/high-fidelity/1958-1-high-fidelity.pdf
on
mag. page 117 (PDF pg. 115 - 3rd column).

-Rob


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Frank Strauss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Rob-Thanks so much for the High Fidelity Magazine. I'm sure I had this
> issue. I have enjoyed reading it again. Nice article about Tom's mom (and
> dad). May I refer you to the excellent letter to the editor on page 117,
> wherein a unique technique for record preservation is discussed. I hope I
> have solved the Reply To: problem
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Rob DeLand <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I've still been going through these, and found an article on A&R (wo)men
> > that includes a photo of you mother (pg. 48)
> >
> >
> http://vintagevacuumaudio.com/vintage-magazines/high-fidelity/1958-1-high-fidelity.pdf
> > with text starting on pg. 122. Not monumental, but hopefully fun for you
> > to see in context.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the great link, Rob. Here are a few others:
> > >
> > > 1. AES Membership Directory, circa 1951. Of historical value ...
> > > http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/aes-members-1951.pdf
> > >
> > > 2. did you know that many years of the SMPE/SMPTE Journals are up on
> > > archive.org? The PDFs are bit a of pain to use, but they are there,
> from
> > > the early days well into the 1950s.
> > >
> > > 3. speaking of AES -- many historical documents, links, etc at the
> > > constantly-updated AES Historical Committee website:
> > > http://www.aes.org/aeshc/
> > >
> > > 4. scans of most of the Ampex audio equipment manuals and schematics
> are
> > > here:
> > > http://www.ilk.org/~ppk/Manuals/
> > >
> > > 5. another interesting bit of history, company newsletters from the
> Bill
> > > Putnam studio and equipment-manufacturing empire in its heyday:
> > > http://studioelectronics.biz/URCNewsletter-13.html
> > >
> > > 6. and I recommend regular visits to excellent blogs by Chris Sanchez
> > > (Preservation Sound):
> > > http://www.preservationsound.com/
> > > and Marc Myers (Jazzwax):
> > > http://www.jazzwax.com/
> > > somewhat astray of sound history (but sometimes right in the sweet
> spot)
> > > is the Modern Mechanix blog:
> > > http://blog.modernmechanix.com//
> > > (he's getting more sporatic in his postings recently)
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob DeLand" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 6:53 PM
> > > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Audio, Hi Fi magazine scans online, 1952-62
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >>
> > >> I just stumbed across the following which has nice quality scans of
> > audio
> > >> magazines from 1952 - 1962, complete with great ads and interesting
> > >> reviews
> > >> & articles as the stereo LP and other innovations hit the scene. I
> > don't
> > >> recall seeing this mentioned here so I hope a few others enjoy finding
> > out
> > >> about this. They are easily-downloaded PDFs with color scans where
> > >> necessary, and great resolution all around.
> > >>
> > >> http://vintagevacuumaudio.com/magazines-1952-1962/
> > >>
> > >> Best wishes,
> > >> Rob
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Frank B Strauss, DMD
>