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I did the custom shelving. Still working on sorting and populating... joe salerno On 6/7/2012 12:17 PM, Tom Fine wrote: > A large industrial building or barn, if you want easy access to > everything. Better be at ground level, too. I can tell you that about > 1000 records takes up, in total, about 10 feet across and about 7 feet > high, and that's a collection that doesn't have a lot of box sets. 1000 > opera records probably takes up 30-50% more space. I'm about to just > give in and crank open the wallet for custom shelving so I can put all > my LPs together on one wall. It would make access and organization simpler. > > Does anyone know someone who makes those heavy-duty plywood "cubbyhole" > record shelves like used to be common in record stores? > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 1:04 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who HAS vinyl................. to sell? > > >> Exactly how much space is required to house 300k records? >> >> joe salerno >> >> >> On 6/7/2012 11:50 AM, James Roth wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Has anyone/everyone seen this article in the LA Times? >>> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/murray-gershenzs-300000-plus-record-collection-is-no-bestseller.html >>> >>> He's got 300,000 records/cylinders, etc. for sale. He's only asking >>> 1,500,000. >>> >>> Whew! Does anyone have that kind of moolah or space? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ben Roth >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian >>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:11 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who needs vinyl? >>> >>> This implies that lacquers were in use before Pailey acquired what >>> became Columbia Records in 1938. It has been my impression that the >>> change-over occurred early in his tenure and that the new studios at >>> 799 7th Ave were equiped specifically for this purpose. Is there more >>> deail on this? >>> >>> Steve Smolian >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dennis Rooney >>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:33 AM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who needs vinyl? >>> >>> Dear Steve, >>> >>> Almost invariably, , and always after 1940, is the answer to your >>> first question. EMI Columbia continued to master on beeswax until the >>> introduction of magnetic tape. >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Steve Smolian<[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Dennis at al, >>>> >>>> Does this imply that all US Columbia 78s after they began using >>>> lacquers were dubs? >>>> >>>> Was this process used in Europe as well and, if so, any idea when? >>>> >>>> Steve Smolian >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Rooney >>>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:35 AM >>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who needs vinyl? >>>> >>>> That was likely the case for the BSO recordings made after the >>>> Petrillo Ban, i.e. 1944-1950. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Karl Miller >>>> <[log in to unmask]>** >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> --- On Thu, 6/7/12, Dennis Rooney<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Columbia first employed lacquer discs (referred to as >>>>>> "instantotiles") in lieu of beeswax in 1936. Victor seems to have >>>>>> used them as of 1940 although not consistently. >>>>> >>>>> As an aside, I was told (by someone who should know) that the early >>>>> Victor LP transfers of things like the Boston Symphony were made from >>>>> the lacquers. Hence, the sound quality on those first transfers >>>>> (subject to the quality of the vinyl) could be somewhat better than >>>>> subsequent transfers made from either the 78 pressings or metal >>>>> masters. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know more about this? >>>>> >>>>> Karl >>>>> >>>>> Karl >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dennis D. Rooney >>>> 303 W. 66th Street, 9HE >>>> New York, NY 10023 >>>> 212.874.9626 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dennis D. Rooney >>> 303 W. 66th Street, 9HE >>> New York, NY 10023 >>> 212.874.9626 >>> >> >> -- >> Joe Salerno >> > -- Joe Salerno