Amen, Douglas! And "irreplaceable treasures" are not always "extremely valuable artifacts" -- I have lots and lots of the former, but only a few of the latter. best, r. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Houston" <cdh041 at earthlink.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:21 PM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Phono Serendipity > Considering the frailty and the potential for losing the cylinder wouldn't > it make some sense to dub it onto a tape or a CD, and keep the original > stored out of harm's way? I have several shellac discs that I value > highly, and that's what I've done. > > If someone would squawk about the purity of playing the "real thing", let > him continue to expose HIS stuff to the potential fate of irreplac eablr > treasures!