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Lisa, I'm a minor player in this game, but happy to share whatever I can. I always defer to Richard Hess and his caliber of professionals - I do a lot of things in audio and sound, with tape restoration a small part of it, but one doesn't have to be a big player to do quality work. Most of my clients are local musicians and people with family tapes, and I have learned a lot from this list... as you will too! Best luck with the project, <L> Lou Judson - Intuitive Audio 415-883-2689 'Here and now, boys, here and now,' the bird goes on. The idea is that one lives for the moment, meaning that one live in the eternal present. ... -- Aldous Huxley: Island (1962) On May 18, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Lisa Lobdell wrote: > It has been educational. Two archivists from IU-Bloomington > contacted me and I'm heading down there in a couple of weeks for a > tour and some info. My main concern is how to store them once I > inventory them and make sure they are secure until they move into > their new home next year. Someday, when I have a better idea of > what you're talking about, you'll have to tell me about audio > engineering. > Lisa > > Lou Judson wrote: >> I see! Thanks. I'm not confused, but as you can see from the kinds >> of answers you have gotten, how they are packed can make a huge >> difference in how to handle them! One wrong move and they could >> all be shattered, say if they were stacked a foot deep and >> somebody slipped or set them down too hard... so I wasn't taking >> you to task, just curious how they are and that they are >> preserved. Sorry to belabor it, and hope it is all educational for >> you! Sounds as though the packing was good. >> >> Partly, I work only with tape, not discs, so I really was curious. >> When I was 15, I got to explore an entire large basement full of >> old records of a family friend, and when I found out later he had >> died and nobody knew what happened to the collection, I was sad, >> and still care about records and their preservation. I'm just an >> audio engineer, not a collector... >> >> Lou >> On May 18, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Lisa Lobdell wrote: >> >>> Lou, sorry to have confused you. It would make more sense if you >>> saw the boxes which are approx.12 inches wide and 24 inches >>> long. When I first saw the boxes, I thought they were packed >>> front to back - one row deep, a 2 foot long single vertical row >>> of records. On opening them, I found they were packed "sideways" >>> a 12 inch row of records with the remaining 12 inches of space >>> around them used for packing material. Not a technical term, but >>> I joined this listserv to get some simple answers about glass >>> records, not to describe the contents of a box. >>> Does that help? >>