>A friend from a famous music museum in Rio asks for assistance in >locating resources for conserving their steel and vinyl phonograph >record collection. It's under HVAC controls but the record surfaces >are separating and disintegrating from age. Thanks. You might try contacting Bill Schurk,Sound Recording Archivist, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 (419)372-2307. That collection is the largest in the nation (except for the Library of Congress) and has worked with all formats of recorded music from Edison cylinders through the CD. Bill surely has had to deal with the sort of problem you have. Chris Geist ****************************************************************************** Christopher D. Geist Phone: (419)372-2981 Chair, Department of Popular Culture FAX: (419)372-2577 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 E-Mail: [log in to unmask]