Hi,
I have copied several records to my computer directly from the record. 
What I did was play the record on a turntable and I had a converter cable
to go from the out port on the back of my turntable to the microphone port
on my computer.  I used a computer program called Cooledit to record it on
my computer.  I have only moderate computer skills and no real formal
education in computers and had no problem doing it.  When you do this, you
only have to play it once and then put the record away.  It might put the
slightest amount of wear on the record by playing it once, but if the
purpose of acquring it was to get the information off it, then it is
perfectly acceptable museum practice to do so.

Beau Harris



> Hello to all. My museum recently received an old phonograph, around 100
> years old or so. We are looking for a way to record the music off of it to
> play it when a visitor walks by it. We would take any suggestions on the
> proper ways to record it and play it. Anything would help. Thank you all.
>
>
>
> Jarod Atkins, Curatorial Assistant
>
> Edmond Historical Society
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> 431 S. Boulevard, Edmond, OK 73034
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> Office:  (405)340-0078
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> www.edmondhistory.org
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