Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 14:25:22 -0600 From: russhanson <russhanson@grantsburgtelcom.net> Subject: Dictaphone cylinder machine access Message-ID: <2ca9e5c9c009f81331f64c60b2e69b51@grantsburgtelcom.net>
The Obsolete Media Lab in the Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical
Society in uptown Cushing, WI (NW Polk County), had a recent request we
are trying to serve.
A person has some dictaphone cylinders from the 1960s that she
recorded personal memories on at that time. The Dictaphone or Ediphone
was much like an Edison cylinder record player with the additional
feature of being able to record dictation and play it back and then
erase it for reuse.
Do you have a working dictaphone that we could have her send her
cylinders to be played and recorded? It may be that they would play on a
cylinder phonograph, but the cylinders are of softer material, meant to
be erased by shaving off the old vibrations making room for new ones --
so may be damaged by use on a phonograph. We don't have one to try that
on either.
I see some on e-Bay, but rather expensive for the little use we would
have.
Our latest acquisitions are a digitizing microfilm viewer and a 35mm
filmstrip projector and viewer with a collection of educational
filmstrips. We also have an 8mm/super 8mm movie film digizer that is
just getting setup. You can keep up with us at the facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/SELHS
Thank you
Russ Hanson
Obsolete Media Lab Director
Sterling Eureka and Laketown HS.