P3D Re: Stereo card mounting

[Dan Wenz <djwenz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Sam Smith wrote:

> At 02:25 PM 4/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >Does anyone out the know how the old-timers mounted stereo cards ?  Like,
> >Underwood, or others ?  they've lasted almost 100 years now.....
> 
> 
> I believe one of the practices was horse glue. I'm basing this on some of
> the early flat cards I had to re-mount due to improper alignment. A little
> steam and it lifted off fine.
> 
Although I don't have the info. in front of me, several of the Stereo
World past issues had a series on conservation techniques, and starch was
mentioned as one of the adhesives one might use, together with a
fungicide. I don't know what may have been commonly used on the old cards,
however.


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