From: Craig Lahm <craiglahm@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:45:06 -0600 Message-ID: <CAP1M-a6ZGE6G6GBS9xJrnhJ1gK9jq72LbzWcRahqfByh+eCvEg@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Dictaphone cylinder machine access
This article mentions imaging technology IRENE at the Northeast Document
Conservation Center used to convert cylinders.
Craig Lahm
Kaukauna, WI
On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 5:46 PM russhanson <russhanson@grantsburgtelcom.net>
wrote:
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> 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.
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