Rubber cement will eventually yellow, but there are acid-free glues
available from a good arts and crafts shop, such as this:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/books-by-hand-polyvinyl-acetate-pva/


On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:00 AM, ARSCLIST automatic digest system <
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> There are 4 messages totalling 184 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
> 1. Securing a loose paper label to a professional instantaneous lacquer
> disc
> recording (4)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:41:09 -0700
> From: Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Securing a loose paper label to a professional instantaneous
> lacquer disc recording
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I would suggest rubber cement, available almost anywhere. Plug the term
> into your favorite search engine. You will also need some rubber cement
> thinner (works best), and some cotton balls or steal a couple of your
> wife's make-up pads for cleanup. Have a set of cheap, disposable, artist
> brushes available for application. Be sure to use rubber gloves so that
> you can handle the disc and position the label area as needed. Preaching
> to the choir, I'm sure, but do not handle the disc with your bare hands.
>
> You can usually identify the substrate by inspecting the center hole or
> drive pin hole. The edge of the disc where the coating is thinner can
> also help with identifying the substrate.
>
> Radio Recorders:
> I knew the place rather well back in the day. I played on sessions as a
> musician there. Knew and worked with most of the engineers. Believe it
> or not, my bachelor party was held there, arranged by a close friend who
> was one of the staff engineers. All of this at the original facility.
> Lou Judson's link provides a good look into the history of the place.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Corey
> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> www.baileyzone.net
>
>
> On 6/26/2016 4:12 PM, Mark Hendrix wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am seeking advice for the proper adhesive to use to reattach a loose
> (and
> > partially torn) paper label to on instantaneous lacquer disc recording.
> > What is left of the label credits "Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica
> Blvd.,
> > Hollywood, CA" which I think was a professional remastering concern.
> >
> > On the reverse (where there are no grooves at all) there is a circular
> stamp
> > in the center by the drive pin holes in pink-red ink that (I think) reads
> > "TRANSCO USA Transcription Disc" (I am making a guess at the fourth
> letter
> > in "TRANSCO" and I am guessing "Transcription" even though all the net
> > remains is "ů tion".
> >
> > There is some palmitic acid accumulation around the circular cutouts in
> the
> > disc's sleeve, which convinces me that the disc is cellulose nitrate (the
> > substrate could be aluminum or glass; it seems too light to be steel,
> and to
> > inflexible to be fiber or paper).
> >
> > In case anyone is curious, the label only says "Yankee Valor Tribů" [The
> > rest is torn off]. I note on page 22 of the Spokesman-Review of Spokane
> > Washington of Friday, July 25, 1947, there is an article about a
> > thoroughbred racehorse named "Yankee Valor" dying the previous day after
> > winning a race in the Hollywood Derby.
> >
> >
> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19470725&id=oXhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6148,3628482&hl=en
> >
> > The sleeve that came with the disc has handwriting reading, "Gold Cup
> Yankee
> > Valor death of horse." Yankee Valor was to have run in the Hollywood
> Gold
> > Cup race on Saturday, July 26, 1947, according to the article.
> >
> > Anyway, information on best practices to reattach this label would be
> > greatly appreciated!
> >
> > --Mark Hendrix
> >
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:32:44 -0400
> From: =?windows-1252?Q?Jeff_Willens?= <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Securing a loose paper label to a professional instantaneous
> lacquer disc recording
>
> I use polyester double stick tape. Doesn't yellow or crack or react
> with=20=
>
> the surfaces. It's permanent and much safer than rubber cement, which I=20=
>
> would be hesitant to use around any discs.=20
>
> http://www.gaylord.com/Preservation/Conservation-
> Supplies/Tape/3M%26%23153%3B-415-Polyester-Double-Sided-Tape-%2836-yds-
> %29/p/HYB00644
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:35:28 -0400
> From: =?windows-1252?Q?Mark_Hendrix?= <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Securing a loose paper label to a professional instantaneous
> lacquer disc recording
>
> Corey and Jeff,
>
> Thank you for your responses, and to Lou for the Wikipedia entry.
>
> Having used rubber cement extensively doing paste ups for graphic designs=
> in
> the pre-computer days, I don't think I will go that route. I like the id=
> ea
> of the polyester double stick tape, since it is probably less reactive wi=
> th
> both the lacquer and the (no doubt) acidic paper label. Unfortunately,
> since the label is torn and yet still partially attached, there would be =
> no
> way to secure the label using double stick tape without some part of it
> being at risk for catching and tearing. The torn edge is just too irregu=
> lar
> to conform to double stick tape.
>
> If anyone can suggest a glue that would not damage either surface, I woul=
> d
> be grateful. I imagine this is not a rare problem for archivists, given =
> the
> number of instantaneous lacquers I have found with either loose labels or=
>
> missing labels. In the short term, I will just store it in a paper sleev=
> e
> without a center hole, until I can get around to cleaning it.
>
> Best wishes, Mark
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:39:26 -0400
> From: Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Securing a loose paper label to a professional instantaneous
> lacquer disc recording
>
> Dear Mark,
>
> Further to your original series of questions: Transco was a maker of
> lacquer transcription discs. By 1947, your disc was acetate lacquer with an
> aluminum base.
>
> DDR
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Mark Hendrix <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Corey and Jeff,
> >
> > Thank you for your responses, and to Lou for the Wikipedia entry.
> >
> > Having used rubber cement extensively doing paste ups for graphic designs
> > in
> > the pre-computer days, I don't think I will go that route. I like the
> idea
> > of the polyester double stick tape, since it is probably less reactive
> with
> > both the lacquer and the (no doubt) acidic paper label. Unfortunately,
> > since the label is torn and yet still partially attached, there would be
> no
> > way to secure the label using double stick tape without some part of it
> > being at risk for catching and tearing. The torn edge is just too
> > irregular
> > to conform to double stick tape.
> >
> > If anyone can suggest a glue that would not damage either surface, I
> would
> > be grateful. I imagine this is not a rare problem for archivists, given
> > the
> > number of instantaneous lacquers I have found with either loose labels or
> > missing labels. In the short term, I will just store it in a paper
> sleeve
> > without a center hole, until I can get around to cleaning it.
> >
> > Best wishes, Mark
> >
>
>
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