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By Jove, that's a great solution! Now I wonder if it would work with all those nasty old shellac Herwins I have cluttering up the place. Hmmm. M ******** On 12/9/2013 11:29 AM, Frank Strauss 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 speaking of AES -- many historical documents, links, etc at the 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> > >