elliottbnewcombjr, I would love to meet there, if and when the time comes. I am in southeastern PA, just about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
I Just Inherited 4,000 LPs
My longtime friend just passed away, leaving me his 4,000 LPs.
I haven't had time to really look, I know there is a ton of jazz. He lived in New Orleans for many years, we went to the music festival together twice, listened together here often over the years. The LP's are only 5 minutes from here.
And serious wood library shelving, each self-contained 3 ft wood shelf has a partial back and recessed metal tracks for adjustable metal dividers. They can be put individually on top of any shelf, I will leave the too tall uprights, put the shelves into new wire shelving.
Our house is a small split level with an internal garage full of 42 years of junk as well as our existing 2,500 LPs.
OMG, what a project to rearrange, discard long dusty stuff, (Donna’s 100% on board) assemble new wire shelving to condense stuff we keep and new wire shelving to fit the LPs here.
Then: how to merge them with my 2,500 LPs which are alphabetical. Logistical Options keep me up at night.
Twenty 3 ft shelves, I will use 3 bankers boxes per shelf to get them off the shelves, leave 60 boxes over there, get the shelves over here on the wire shelving, finally the LPs over here. I believe his are generally alphabetical, perhaps Donna and her twin sister Effie can find what's out of order over there while I am working here.
A labor of love, and a lifetime memory and gratitude to my friend Roderick.
Elliott
I haven't had time to really look, I know there is a ton of jazz. He lived in New Orleans for many years, we went to the music festival together twice, listened together here often over the years. The LP's are only 5 minutes from here.
And serious wood library shelving, each self-contained 3 ft wood shelf has a partial back and recessed metal tracks for adjustable metal dividers. They can be put individually on top of any shelf, I will leave the too tall uprights, put the shelves into new wire shelving.
Our house is a small split level with an internal garage full of 42 years of junk as well as our existing 2,500 LPs.
OMG, what a project to rearrange, discard long dusty stuff, (Donna’s 100% on board) assemble new wire shelving to condense stuff we keep and new wire shelving to fit the LPs here.
Then: how to merge them with my 2,500 LPs which are alphabetical. Logistical Options keep me up at night.
Twenty 3 ft shelves, I will use 3 bankers boxes per shelf to get them off the shelves, leave 60 boxes over there, get the shelves over here on the wire shelving, finally the LPs over here. I believe his are generally alphabetical, perhaps Donna and her twin sister Effie can find what's out of order over there while I am working here.
A labor of love, and a lifetime memory and gratitude to my friend Roderick.
Elliott
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I consider you wait. and you should consider your weight. 3 banker's boxes full of records can destroy particle board shelving starting with sagging. I would use nothing less than good quality 3.4" plywood. Baltic Birch and a similar chinese knock off birch plywood has good structural strength. I'm using good old 3/4" oak veneer plywood that has developed a sag over the years. (6 foot long shelves fully loaded.) |
bpoletti
thanks for the advice. The existing solid wood shelving was bought from a library, very strong. As I mentioned, each solid wood shelf has a back and recessed metal tracks and metal dividers. I bought strong wire shelving, and those wood shelves will simply sit on the wire shelves. |
rpeluso Somewhere around Norristown? I'm 1-1/2 hours from Norristown, we ought to find a spot in the middle where masked men meet. I met Bill in Bordentown, we wore masks and went to The Record Collector http://www.the-record-collector.com/ |
big_greg I’ve resisted cataloging all my life, I’m starting there: pulling/boxing stuff I won’t keep first, then I will have space on each shelf to fix his alphabetical sort there, then box and bring here and merge with mine. I will keep classical, christmas, show tunes in separate groupings. Discogs: Selling on eBay, I can’t handle trying to grade mine properly, so I came up with two simple categories: "Vinyl: either Very Darn Good (no scuffs); or Darn Good (minor inaudible scuffs) None have scratches or skips." here’s one nobody ever heard of: https://www.ebay.com/itm/WHIRLING-DERVISHES-History-Kicks-You-Vinyl-LP/133638750470 see my general notes and unconditional refund policy. |
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