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What's on it Trey? About the skipping - do you see any damage, severe digs in the groove? From the way you describe it I am imagining that it is rather severely damaged. joe salerno Trey Bunn wrote: > Hi everyone... > > I have some more questions about the lacquer disk I asked about last > week. I've started trying to transfer it, but it's skipping badly for > about the first half of side A. Would it make any sense to try to > slightly weigh the cartridge down, like with a coin or something? It > just seems like the thing is skipping pretty high (and the 78 speed > seems to be contributing to that), so I thought that weight might help > prevent it. On the other hand, it might make things worse. > > I did notice that when I slowed the speed down to 45, it skipped less, > so I was thinking I might just record it this way and pitch correct it > in the software. Maybe slowing it down to 33 would produce even less > skips. But before I tried that, I wanted to ask those more > knowledgable if that's a good idea or not, playing it at the wrong > speed. This is a unique recording, and I don't want to damage it > further. > > Barring that or any other suggestions, it might be better to send this > one out to a vendor. Any takers? > > > --------- > Trey Bunn > Audiovisual Conservator > Emory University Libraries > Preservation Office > Atlanta, GA > 404-727-4894 >