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ARSC Technical Committee AUDIO PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION DIRECTORY Updated January 2019

This directory includes Association for Recorded Collections (ARSC) members who offer services for audio preservation and restoration, as well as ARSC members and non-members who offer equipment and supplies for audio preservation and restoration. Each entry includes headings from the following list to indicate the goods and services offered. An index of all entries by location and goods and services is included at the end of the document. Contact information for the editor is posted at the end of the document.

Preservation Transfer – migration of audio recordings without improvement to sonic contents Restoration – migration of audio recordings with improvement to sonic contents Disaster Recovery – preservation of damaged or degraded audio recordings Equipment & Supplies – goods related to audio preservation and restoration Consulting & Training – consulting and instructional services relating to preservation and restoration Storage Services – storage services for sound recordings

Adams Media Preservation Airshow, Inc. Paul B. Adams The Restoration Center @ Airshow 42 Rogers St, Unit 5 3063 Sterling Circle, Suite 3 Tewksbury, MA 01876 Boulder, CO 80301 617.501.1738 303.247.9035 [email protected] (Email) 303.247.9037 (FAX) www.adamsmediapreservation.net (Web) (and) 7014-C Westmoreland Ave. (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & Takoma Park, MD 20912 Training) 301.891.9035 [email protected] (Email) Adams Media Preservation is a and http://www.airshowmastering.com (Web) restoration, digitizing, and archiving service. We (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & have over 20 years of hands on preservation Training) experience. We specialize in migrating large archives Airshow offers , mixing, recording and with careful attention to details. We digitize audio reels restoration services at studios in suburban Washington, up to ½” 4 track using any reduction system. We DC and Colorado. Airshow have extensive digitize cassettes, , RCA tape cartridge, experience with transfer of analog tape to digital formats, wire recordings, DAT, ADAT, Mini Disc, and PCM and transfer of obsolete digital formats. Airshow is the F-1. We also digitize 33 RPM, 45 RPM, and 78 RPM exclusive studio provider of Plangent Technologies records, as well as audograph and 16” transcription processing to the industry. The Restoration discs. We can handle most formats, including Center is Airshow’s suite of services to cultural heritage the rare ones. We also offer tape baking and mold institutions and audio collectors. Through the removal. Please contact us for consultation of your Restoration Center, Airshow provides guidance and project. training for projects, including inventory, transfer protocols, and metadata collection. Airshow Adolph Thal Audio offers “Discovery Days,” a service to explore and c/o A. F. (Fred) Thal estimate digitization projects. Airshow provides quality Grass Valley, CA control services on projects digitized elsewhere. Clients [email protected] (Email) include The National Maritime Museum, Louisiana State http://www.ataudioeng.com (Web) University, Dine College, Naropa University, and (Equipment & Supplies; Consulting & Training) University of Michigan. ATAE re-manufactures the acclaimed Studer A820 and A80 series tape machines into highest quality reproducers optimized for critical domain transfer work. ATAE developed single-head read-only (SHRO) headblock technology provides unsurpassed audio fidelity. ATAE reproducers are sold with full warranty and training is provided. Our sister , Audio Transfer Laboratory, specializes in highest resolution transfers for the (www.audiotransferlab.com) 1 ATR Services, Inc. Audio Mechanics c/o Dan Labrie, Bette Spitz Bob Sky 385 Emig Road, Suite A 1200 W Magnolia Blvd. York, PA 17406 Burbank, CA 91506 717.852.7700 818.846-5525 717.852.7755 (FAX) [email protected] (Email) [email protected] (Email) http://audiomechanics.com (Web) http://www.atrservice.com (Web) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & (Equipment & Supplies; Consulting & Training) Training)

ATR Services specializes in repair, restoration, and Audio Mechanics offers high quality services focused on modification of analog tape machines and carries MRL assessment, evaluation, archival preservation, migration calibration tapes, R.B. Annis de-magnetization products and restoration of optical and mag , and other tape accessories. ATR offers customized audiotapes, discs and digital audiotape. Since 1991 we machines from the Ampex ATR-100 series for have provided technical expertise in managing preservation transfer. ATR Services also offers seminars synchronous sound elements, including the development on analog audio and machine maintenance. On-site of a proprietary systemfor cleaning and transfer of seminars and maintenance visits are available. deteriorating mag (shrunken/vinegar syndrome). Experienced active management and a staff of talented The Audio Archive, Inc. audio engineers skilled in the listening arts, have made c/o Eric Jacobs Audio Mechanics an award- winning leader in 1325 Howard Avenue, Suite 906 addressing a multitude of issues, Burlingame, CA 94010-4212 including WOW minimization, generational noise 408.221.2128 removal, re-mastering and re-formatting. 408.549.9867 (FAX) [email protected] (Email) AudioVisual Preservation Solutions http://www.TheAudioArchive.com (Web) c/o Chris Lacinak (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & 350 Seventh Avenue, Ste. 1603 Training; Disaster Recovery) , NY 10001 917.548.8632 The Audio Archive provides state-of-the-art preservation 866.264.4275 (FAX) and audiophile quality restoration of recordings on disc [email protected] (Email) and for the very best in sound. Our disc http://www.avpreserve.com (Web) services include support for discs up to 20 inches in (Consulting & Training) diameter, fragile acetates, metal parts and molds, and dictation discs - any EQ, any speed. We also handle 2- AudioVisual Preservation Solutions is a consulting firm inch and 1/2-inch magnetic tape reels up to 14 inches in that provides resources needed by content caretakers to diameter, and tape speeds from 15/16 ips logging tapes preserve, access, and distribute their audiovisual assets. to 30 ips masters, as well as cassette tapes. We offer We provide effective individualized solutions for consulting services for preservation projects, collection collections of moving image and sound regardless of assessment, transfer facility design, and technical size, variety of formats, or budget range. Our broad training. knowledge base and extensive experience will help you to achieve success in your preservation and access Audio Transformation, LLC efforts. Adrian G. Cosentini 34-22 214th Pl. Audiorestoration (Sound Restoration Lab) Bayside, NY 11361 Jose M. Navia Rey 718.224.9815 c/Edelmiro Trillo No 4 Oficina 3A 718.506.5893 Vilagarcia de Arousa 36600 [email protected] (Email) Spain audiotransformations.sawneybean.com (Web) 0034 638789523 (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) [email protected] (Email) http://www.audiorestauracion.com (Web) Specializing in preservation and restoration of recordings (Preservation Transfer; Consulting & Training) on all analog discs, all ¼-inch tapes, some ½-inch tapes, all cassettes, R- DATs, and most wire recordings. Available for restoration remastering for CD release and for consultation on preservation projects and studio design.

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Gary Barclay BMS/Chace LLC 417 – 245 East 3rd Street c/o John Spencer North Vancouver, BC V7L 1E8 1801 8th Ave. S. Suite 200 Canada Nashville, TN 37203 604.682.5983 615.385.1251 [email protected] (Email) 615.385.0153 (FAX) http://www.garybarclay.ca (Web) 615 714.1199 () (Preservation Transfer; Consulting & Training) [email protected] (Email) http://www.bmschace.com (Web) Preservation Transfer of 1/4-inch reel-to-reel, standard (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & cassette, and to CDR, using Nagra IV-S, Training) DR-3, and RR-930, respectively. BMS/Chace, LLC provides a wide range of verification, Bay Area Video Coalition migration and data management services tailored to the Audio Preservation Center specialized needs of the entertainment industry, 2727 Mariposa Street, 2nd floor institutional archives and libraries. San Francisco, CA 94110 415.558.2158 George Brock-Nannestad http://www.bavc.org (Web) Resedavej 40 (Preservation Transfer; Consulting & Training) DK-2820 Gentofte Denmark Established in 2004 with a generous grant from Pamela +45 2167 7712 and Richard Kramlich's New Art Trust, BAVC's Audio +45 3968 1394 (FAX) Preservation Center allows non-profit organizations, [email protected] (Email) museums, artists and to obtain archival (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & quality supervised transfer of preservation digital Training; Disaster Recovery; Equipment & Supplies) masters to ensure that fragile and deteriorating archive recordings will not be lost. Supervised transfer to Specializing in approaches to the elimination of linear preservation quality files is available for 1/4 inch reel-to- distortion in acoustic recordings, the use of secondary reel (3 3/4 ips and 7 1/2 ips) and audio cassette formats. information in dating recordings and defining restoration Clients include: California Audio Visual Preservation treatments. Offering tools for microscopic manipulation Project (CAVPP) at UC Berkeley, San Francisco Public inside coarse grooves. Library, The Exploratorium, and others. For more information on the audio preservation process, the Chicago Audio Works, Inc. equipment we use, other services and/or rate Scott D. Smith information, please contact us. 1644 N. Honore St., Suite 301 Chicago, IL 60622 Bluefield Mastering, Inc. 312.337.8282 c/o Jeff Carroll 312.264.0247 (FAX) 1408 Fairway Ridge Drive [email protected] (Email) Raleigh, NC 27606 (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) 919.859.0102 Chicago Audio Works provides preservation and [email protected] (Email) migration services for a variety of audio formats, http://www.bluefieldmastering.com (Web) including all open reel formats, disk, cassettes, wire (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & recordings and dictation recordings. We specialize in film Training) sound recording, including 16mm and 35mm magnetic Bluefield Mastering offers preservation and restoration and optical tracks. We have a wide variety of tools for services for various formats, as well as consultation and handling audio restoration and re-formatting. training.

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Corey Bailey Audio Engineering The Cutting Corporation P.O. Box 802263 7520 Standish Pl. Ste. 100 Santa Clarita, CA 91380 Rockville, MD 20855 661.618.6915 301.654.2887 661.270.0242 (FAX) [email protected] (Email) [email protected] (Email) https://www.cuttingcorporation.com (Web) http://www.baileyzone.net (Web) (Preservation Transfer, Restoration) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & Training) The Cutting Corporation is an audio preservation lab that specializes in preserving obsolete analog audio Specializing in the transfer, archival and restoration of recordings to high quality digital format. This includes family history and private collections. Transfer transfer of magnetic tape, grooved discs, belts, capabilities include: All consumer analog and digital cylinders, wires, etc. audio formats, including legacy media formats. Peter Dilg Creative Audio Works c/o Baldwin Antique Center Stewart Adam 906 Merrick Rd. 15 Bay Colony Drive Baldwin, NY 11510-3335 Plymouth, MA 02360 (Restoration; Preservation Transfer; Equipment & 508.747.1858 Supplies) [email protected] (Email) http://www.creativeaudioworks.com (Web) Specializing in cylinders, antique , and (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) parts. Creative Audio Works has extensive experience in the Double Prime audio migration and restoration of analog tape to digital c/o Joe Salerno formats, Reel-to-reel tape formats include ¼-inch mono, Richmond, TX 77406 1/4 track, 2 track and 4 track formats. Tape speeds from 713.383.8029 15/16 IPS to 30 IPS as well as Stenorette dictation [email protected] (Email) recordings. We also provide transfer services for (Preservation Transfer) Audograph Disc (CLV), 16, 33.3, 45 and 78 rpm records as well as micro cassette, cassette and DAT. Creative Transfer of discs of all speeds up to 20" in diameter; Audio Works also provides restoration of audio used in analog tapes up to 10.5" reels. film and video production, as well as surveillance tapes. Bill Elledge Cube-Tec International GmbH 1020 Monte Vista Dr. Anne-Conway-Strasse Riverside, CA 92507-5945 28359 Bremen 909.787.3737 Germany (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) +49 (0) - 421 - 20144 - 0 Encore Consultants +49 (0) - 421 - 20144 - 948 (FAX) c/o Marina A. and Victor Ledin [email protected] (Email) 44 Pleasant Lane http://www.Cube-Tec.com (Web) San Rafael, CA 94901-5063 (Equipment & Supplies) 415.453.7919 Cube-Tec International offers a suite of products for 415.454.1673 (FAX) audio preservation and restoration and the management [email protected] (Email) of storage systems. These include (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & Quadriga, a leading archive solution for digitization of a Training) variety of media types, transferring single carrier sound archives into digital storage systems, with a strong emphasis on audio quality and metadata accuracy; and AudioCube, an integrated audio workstation, offering the most comprehensive selection of professional audio production and restoration tools ever assembled in a single platform.

4 Tom Fine DAT, and MiniDisc. We have a wide range of noise Tom Fine Custom Recording reduction systems including five types of Dolby as well 158 Overlook Drive as , Telcom, Nakamichi, and Sanyo. We can digitize Brewster, NY 10509 up to 16 tracks at 96/24. We can resolve some types of 914.588.9551 pilot and timecode tapes for speed-accurate transfers for [email protected] (Email) film and video projects. We use a variety of post- (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) processing tools, including iZotope RX3 Advanced. We have also run several successful audio restoration I specialize in magnetic and grooved-disk analog media, seminars and can schedule additional ones as interest transferring to digital with high-resolution PCM dictates. capabilities. Every task is done by me personally so I can assure consistent and excellent quality. With plenty Historic Masters, Ltd. of experience working for institutional and archival c/o Roger Beardsley clients, I understand your needs, deadlines and funding 16 Highfield Rd. pressures. Formats handled: analog reel tape (1/2" and North Thoresby 1/4"; speeds from 30 IPS down and all common track Lincolnshire DN36 5RT configurations); cassette and microcassette tape; all United Kingdom grooved-disk formats; DATs; Sony PCM-F1 (EIAJ) 44.0.1472-840236 digital. Call or e-mail and we can discuss your project. 44.0.1472-841105 (FAX)

[email protected] (Email) David Giovannoni http://www.historicmasters.org (Web) Derwood, MD (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) 301.869.1501 [email protected] (Email) A record company that issues sets of vinyl 78s pressed http://www.dgio.net/sound.asp (Web) directly from original metal parts held in the EMI Archive. (Preservation Transfer; Consulting & Training) Hollywood Vaults, Inc. Cylinder transfers to digital by Grammy winning 742 Seward Street using best practices in state-of-the-art, Archéophone- Hollywood CA 90038 equipped studio. All formats, all periods. On-site training 800.569.5336 and consulting also offered. Clients include record, radio, 323.461.6479 (FAX) and producers; institutions and individuals. [email protected] (Email)

http://www.hollywoodvaults.com (Web) H. Duane Goldman (Storage Services) Lagniappe Chemicals, Ltd. P.O. Box 37066 Providing preservation-quality, off-site storage for film, St. Louis, MO 63141-1566 tape, photos & digital media. Climate controlled, high- 314.205.1388 security, disaster-proof storage w/24 hour access to 314.205.1388 (FAX) private, individual vaults. State-of-the-art facilities in [email protected] (Email) Hollywood and ten stories underground in Pennsylvania. http://www.discdoc.com (Web) (Equipment & Supplies) Donald H. Holmes 1782 Manor Dr. Purveyor of Disc Doctor's Miracle Record Cleaner, Vista, CA 92084-3014 Stylus Cleaner, and CD Cleaner and Polishing Brush. 760.945.7017

760.945.7019 (FAX) Richard L. Hess (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & 14845-6 Yonge Street - Suite 124 Training) Aurora, ON L4G 6H8

Canada Clark Johnsen [email protected] (Email, preferred) The Listening Studio 647.479.2800 15 Nira Ave. 877.TAPE.FIX (827.3349, toll-free USA & Canada) Boston, MA 02130 877.684.8829 (FAX, toll-free USA & Canada) 617.423.4590 http://www.richardhess.com/tape (Web) [email protected] (Email) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & (Restoration; Consulting & Training) Training)

Richard L. Hess specializes in digitizing a wide range of tape formats. Transfer capabilities include almost all analog tape formats up to one-inch wide including cassettes and cartridges. We also transfer PCM-F1, 5

Ira H. Kemp Mahern Archival Preservation Cylinder Systems, Inc. Christian Rutledge, Manager 160 West End Ave. Apt. 17N 2051 West Vernal Pike New York, NY 10023-5610 Bloomington, IN 47404 212.877.4843 812.320.2437 212.873.3559 (FAX) [email protected] (Email) [email protected] (Email) http://www.mahernarchival.com/ (Web) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & Training) Training)

Mahern Archival Preservation offers expert, full-service Michael F. Khanchalian restoration, on-site evaluation and assessment services, 320 Melrose Ave. and cataloging and database support. Restoration Monrovia, CA 91016-1648 services include physical restoration (baking, cleaning, 626.793.0279 re-housing, etc.) and sonic restoration (noise reduction, [email protected] (Email) , editing, etc.). Our experience and (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) commitment to quality make us the right choice to Known internationally as ‘The Cylinder Doctor.’ service all your audio preservation needs. Specializing in restoration of broken and cracked wax cylinders for collectors, museums and national libraries MasterDigital Corporation worldwide. c/o Parker Dinkins 600 N. Carrollton Ave. Bruce Leslie New Orleans, LA 70119 c/o Pro Recording Service 504.486.8171 13709 Mapleleaf Drive 504.486.8979 (FAX) Cleveland, OH 44125 [email protected] (Email) 216.662.1435 http://www.masterdigital.com (Web) 216.662.1435 (FAX) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & (Restoration; Preservation Transfer) Training)

MasterDigital is a leading provider of audio restoration, Kevin L. Mack preservation transfer, Consulting & Training services. 565 Skiff St. Formats include a wide variety of obsolete tape (up to 14 North Haven, CT 06473-3013 inches in diameter) and phonograph disc (up to 20 203.230.1051 inches in diameter) formats, including negative metal 203.230.2273 (FAX) parts. We offer the Vadlyd MD12 Mk3 78RPM and RIAA (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Equipment & Phono in the US and Canada. Supplies)

Masterdisk The Magic Shop c/o Marcos Sueiro Steve Rosenthal & Jessica Thompson 545 W 45th Street 49 Crosby St New York, NY 10036 New York, NY 10012 212.541.5022 212.226.7035 212.581.4093 (FAX) [email protected] (Email) marcos @masterdisk.com (Email) http://www.magics hopny.com/ (Web) http://www.masterdisk.com/audio-restoration/ (Web) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) Training) Masterdisk has been "mastering your favorite records The GRAMMY Award-winning archiving and restoration since 1973," and our state of the art facilities include top specialists at The Magic Shop offer full service of the line playback decks and converters in a pristine mastering, remastering, restoration and preservation of monitoring environment. We can create everything from historic, archival or problematic audio recordings, and wave files to acetate discs (if you want to go back to archival quality analog‐to‐digital/ digital‐to‐digital vinyl), from "flat" transfers to restored masters. transfers and reformatting. Our archiving team can provide individualized assessment of materials and facilitate with budgeting, funding, identifying appropriate repositories, and producing commercial and non- commercial pathways to preserving and sharing audio archives.

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The MediaPreserve MemNor Audio Archiving Services Robert Strauss, Vice President Bjergsted Terrasse 5 111 Thomson Park Drive N-4007 Stavanger Cranberry, PA 16066 Norway 800.416.2665 +47 -51 83 40 60 (GMT+1) [email protected] (Email) +47 -51 83 40 71 (FAX) http://www.themediapreserve.com (Web) [email protected] (Email) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & Training) The MediaPreserve provides premiere audio, video, and film reformatting. We own a comprehensive collection of MemNor offers quality archiving services, including audio, video, and film equipment, expertly modified to preservation transfers, access and browsing copies, access and reformat any historical or modern media. restoration, migration, digital asset management, storage, Consulting & Training. Media , Inc. 221 Boston Post Road East, Suite 470 Millennia Music and Media Systems Marlborough, MA 01752-3527 4600 Missouri Flat Rd. 508.480.9338 Placerville, CA 95667 508.480.9544 (FAX) 530.647.0750 [email protected] (Email) [email protected] (Email) (Preservation Transfer; Consulting & Training) http://www.mil-media.com (Web) (Equipment & Supplies) Media Sciences, Inc. offers CD and DVD testing services that enable archivists to qualify media and Makers of the LOC Analog Legacy mastering grade drives for preservation purposes and to avoid marginal phono preamplifier for professional restoration and or out-of-spec recordings that have diminished archival archiving. Select EQ curves for any recording ever lives. Web site offers technical papers, FAQs and links pressed. In use around the world and in the National to assist the archivist. Library of Canada.

Media Transfer Service, LLC Karl F. Miller, DMA John Schroth 8204 Landsman Dr. Rochester, NY Austin, TX 78736-3140 585.248.4908 512.301.2027 [email protected] (Email) [email protected] (Email) mediatransferservice.com (Web) [email protected] (Email) (Preservation Transfer, Restoration, Disaster Recovery) (Preservation Transfer)

With over 25 years of audiovisual production and Offering preservation transfer of ¼-inch analog tapes, conversion experience, MTS provides high-level analog cassettes, microcassettes, wire recordings and digitization of many consumer and professional audio, discs. videotape and still image formats. We also provide high quality reference-grade conversion of amateur gauge Kurt R. Nauck III motion picture film formats both sound and silent. We Nauck’s Vintage Records provide audiovisual media enhancement for many 22004 Sherrod Lane formats. We also offer treatment and transfer of Spring, TX 77389 contaminated or damaged audiovisual media formats, 281.288.7826 tape baking services for both audio and video tape and 425.930.6862 (FAX) audio/video transcription services. Proud members of [email protected] (Email) AMIA, AES, and ARSC. http://www.78rpm.com (Web) (Equipment & Supplies)

In addition to trade in cylinders and 78 rpm discs, Nuack’s Vintage Records offers variable speed turntables, The Archeophone cylinder player, Disc-O-File record sleeves, music books and discographies, custom cartridges and styli, and preamps and equalizers for playback of vintage recordings.

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Graham Newton Proven experience in consulting with and helping 39 Groveland Cr. private, corporate, non- profit, governmental and Don Mills, ON M3A 3C4 educational organizations of all sizes maintain their Canada collections through successfully reformatting and 416.444.3444 restoring historical audio content. [email protected] (Email) http://www.audio-resoration.com (Web) Patrych Sound Studios (Restoration; Preservation Transfer; Equipment & c/o Joseph Patrych Supplies) 2410 Tiebout Ave. Bronx, NY 10458 Preservation and restoration of recordings for 718.367.5385 commercial and private clients worldwide, including 718.367.0945 (FAX) cassettes, open reels, instantaneous discs, 78’s, 45’s [email protected] (Email) and LP’s. Offering Keith Monks Record Cleaning http://www.patrych.com (Web) Machines and parts. (Preservation Transfer; Restoration)

Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) Recording engineer and producer offering live and studio Bill Veillette, Executive Director recording services, editing and mastering services, and 100 Brickstone Square restoration services. Andover, MA 01810 978.470.1010 Pomeroy Audio [email protected] (Email) c/o Doug Pomeroy http://www.nedcc.org (Web) 193 Baltic St. (Preservation Transfer) Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.855.2650 NEDCC offers digital reformatting of grooved media [email protected] (Email) collections using IRENE, the technology developed by (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Training) collaboration with the . IRENE uses digital imaging to safely retrieve sound for recordings on Former Columbia Records engineer and recipient of grooved media without endangering the original carriers. three Grammy nominations for audio restoration, has The “touchless” technology can also enable damaged more than thirty years professional experience recordings, such as broken cylinders and discs to be transferring and restoring audio from magnetic tapes, digitally reassembled. metal parts and discs of all types. Clients include Mosaic, Bear Family, Hep, BMG, many others. Services Mark Obert-Thorn include consulting. 126 Green Tree Tavern Rd. North Wales, PA 19454-1242 Post Haste Sound 215.793.9340 c/o Brian Bartelt 215.793.9775 (FAX) 2700 S. La Cienega Blvd. [email protected] (Email) Los Angeles, CA 90034 (Preservation Transfer, Restoration, Consulting & 310.425.8840 Training) 213.840.6440 (Cell) [email protected] (Email) Producer and audio restoration engineer specializing in www.posthastesound.com (Web) commercial reissues of recordings from (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Disaster Recovery) 78s, 45s and LPs. Artistic consultant for releases of historical recordings. Since 2003 Post Haste Sound has specialized in the digital migration of large quantities of content for Osiris Studios institutional and commercial clients who require high- c/o Michael Graves quality restoration and preservation of their precious 2763 Pioneer Ct. masters. Post Haste's skilled craftsmen utilize the latest Atlanta, GA 30341 technologies to optimize the sound from the most fragile 404.992.9820 or obsolete formats, while maintaining the integrity of the 770.457.1109 (FAX) originals. Digital migration from such dated sources as [email protected] (Email) ¼", 16mm and 35mm opticals & mag, DASH, and 2" 24 http://www.osirisstudio.com (Web) track receive special treatment. A boutique facility, Post (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & Haste offers individualized service with fast turnaround Training; Disaster Recovery) and competitive pricing. Interested parties are invited to call Post Haste for a tour of our facility and discuss their Grammy Award winning specializing in upcoming projects. preservation, audio restoration, and mastering services. 8

James R. Powell, Jr. 418.694.0449 Gramophone Adventures 418.694.1621 (FAX) P.O. Box 1701 [email protected] (Email) Portage, MI 49081 http://www.stilcasing.com (Web) 269.327.8340 (Equipment & Supplies) [email protected] (Email) Being for the preservation of film works, audio tapes or (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) , STIL Casing Solution has a solution for each medium. The products of the company are the result of Charles A. Richardson many years of research and experiments in the field with Richardson Records the help of archivists and preservation technicians. At 1938 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd. the end, we have been able to put together a state of the Annapolis, MD 21401-6248 art preservation system for all media. STIL Casing 410.757.3733 Solutions’ clientele is in constant growth, now over 350 [email protected] (Email) clients in 23 countries. The clientele consists of major (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Equipment & film studios, universities, film labs and post-production Supplies) services as well as private or public institutions, government agencies, national, international or Jon Samuels multinational corporations 422 West 147th St. New York, NY 10031-4801 Sirensound Digital 212.234.8704 c/o Paul Turney [email protected] (Email) Somerford House (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & 22 Somerford Road Training) Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1TW Specializing in transfer of discs up to 16 inches recorded England, United Kingdom at any speed, with any playback curve, including vertical (0044) 1285 642289 cut discs and metal parts. Able to transfer ¼-inch open [email protected] (Email) reel tapes, 1 and 2 tracks; ½-inch open reel tapes, 3 and http://www.sirensound.com (Web) 4 tracks, recorded at any speed, any playback curve. (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & Able to transfer Dolby A and DBX 150 encoded tapes, Training) cassettes 17/8 thru 3 3/4 ips, Dolby B and C encoded tapes, DAT, CDR, 1630 and DVD-R. Available for Smolian Sound Studios consulting. c/o Steve Smolian 1 Wormans Mill Ct. Ste. 4 Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc. Frederick, MD 21701-3020 c/o Seth B. Winner 301.694.5134 2055 Whalen Ave. 301.694.5179 (FAX) Merrick, NY 11566-5320 [email protected] (Email) 516.771.0028 http://www.soundsaver.com (Web) 516.771.0031 (FAX) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Consulting & [email protected] (Email) Training) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration; Equipment & Specializing in preservation and restoration of recordings Supplies; Consulting & Training; Disaster Recovery) on discs, dictation belts, wires, analog tapes, and other Recording engineer specializing in preservation and formats. Available for consultation on preservation restoration of historic and unique live recordings. projects, studio design and technician training. Equipped to manage ¼-inch reel-to-reel tapes recorded from 1 7/8 ips to 30 ips; lateral and vertical cut lacquer discs and pressings up to 20-inches; metal parts and Matthew Sohn molds. U.S. representative for the Keith Monks record Chicago, IL cleaning machine. Clients include BMG, Sony, Pavilion, [email protected] (Email) , N.Y. Philharmonic Opera, (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) Minnesota Orchestra. Consulting services available I am a freelance audio preservation technician in the upon request. Chicago area. I am equipped to transfer: ¼-inch Reel to Reel (Mono, ½ track & ¼ track); Cassettes (Mono, STiL Casing Solution stereo & 4-track); Grooved discs in all formats up to 12"; Mr. Frederic Lapointe DAT (); Microcassette; Hi- 8 (DA-38) 76 St. Paul Street, Suite 301 multi-track audio tapes. I also offer restoration, editing Québec, QC G1K 3V9 and production work, CD duplication and live multi-track Canada (or stereo) audio recording services. Clients and previous employers include Chicago Symphony

9 Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and 7-inch reels. Please feel free to contact me directly House & Archives, Chicago Public Library, WFMT or visit our website for more information. Radio. References and equipment list upon request. Vox Melba Mastering Labs Soundcurrent Mastering t/a Fifth Continent Australia Pty Ltd. c/o Seva D.L. Ball 594 Blende Street 1801 S Hills Drive Broken Hill NSW 2880 Knoxville, TN 37920 Australia 865.470.7797 61.08.8088.7366 [email protected] (Email) 61.08.8088.7388 (FAX) http://www.soundcurrent.com (Web) [email protected] (Email) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration) (Preservation Transfer; Restoration)

Offering preservation and restoration services of stereo Vox Melba Mastering Labs is the only Australian and mono analog tapes of 1/4" and 1/2" widths. Dolby A, company specializing in the preservation transfer and B, C, SR; dbx I and II; Weiss and Manley converters; sonic restoration of audio recordings. We are equipped Studer preview A80; Technics RS1500. to transfer and manage the following formats: cassettes, R-DAT, 1/4-inch 2-track and 4-track (3-3/4-, 7-1/2-, 15- Michael N. Stosich ips), 35mm full-coat magnetic (for Cinerama, Esoteric Sound CineMiracle and Kinopanorama widescreen formats), flat 4813 Wallbank Ave. discs (all speeds and sizes up to 16-inches) and Downers Grove, IL 60515-3405 cylinders (celluloid 2- and 4-minute; wax cylinders at a 630.865.5403 later date). Our equipment includes the ELP Laser 630.960.9137 (FAX) Turntable and modified Edison multi-speed cylinder [email protected] (Email) player with Stanton 500-AL MK II and hand-polished http://www.esotericsound.com (Web) styli. Restoration includes DC-6 and , (Equipment & Supplies) with Cedar to be added in 2007. J S R Lasher, the co- owner, has over 3-decades experience behind him as a Specializing in audio products for archival sound executive and producer. Clients include reproduction, including Rek-O-Kut turntables, Esoteric Didgeridoo Records and Intrada Records. Sound and noise reduction equipment, phono cartridges and custom styli, and record cleaning Hal Wagner supplies. Indigo Sound

352 Newton Street Gene Tognacci Waltham, MA 02453 11535 Meadow Lake Drive 774.287.4252 Houston, TX 77077 [email protected] (Email) 281.496.2358 http://indigosound.weebly.com/ (Web) 218.597.8018 (FAX) (Restoration) [email protected] (Email) (Preservation Transfer) For 30 years Indigo Sound has been providing state-of- the-art audio restoration. Our main focus is to provide Specializing in low cost transfer of vintage home you with the highest quality restoration for your transfer, recordings to . Able to transfer all discs up ranging from solving a simple issue like removing light to and including 16- inch transcription discs recorded at broadband noise, to complex work addressing issues 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm. Also able to transfer 1/4-inch each requiring a different strategy. We choose software magnetic tape on up to 10-inch reels, as well as and hardware solutions to address the unique aspects of cassettes and mini-cassettes of all speeds, recorded in each transfer and will deliver the final product in the 1/4 track and 1/2 track format. media format you require. While addressing the issues in

a transfer, we strive for the highest sound quality for the Tuscan Corporation final restoration. In conjunction with restoration work we Luann Schneider provide for film, music, museum, theatre 888.457.5811 and exhibits; audio mixing and editing in mono, stereo, 847.458.7281 (FAX) 5.1 and up; location recording for special effects, Foley [email protected] (Email) and special effects creation. To support that we use http://www.tuscancorp.com (Web) Adobe Premier Pro CC for video editing and producing (Equipment & Supplies) DVD and Blu-Ray media, as well as Quvis Wraptor 3.0 Tuscan Corporation manufactures ProVent Audio software, DCP player and 4K video monitor for DCP containers for ¼-inch tape. Our containers are molded production. from inert polypropylene and vented for archival storage. They are available in two sizes to accommodate 5-inch ***** 10

This directory was compiled by the ARSC Technical Connecticut Committee and Nathan Georgitis for information Kevin L. Mack purposes only. No endorsements are intended or implied. Corrections, additions or deletions should Europe be addressed to: George Brock-Nannestad Cube-Tec International GmbH ARSC Historic Masters, Ltd. c/o Nathan Georgitis MemNor Audio Archiving Services 1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 Georgia [email protected] Osiris Studio

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Australia Indiana Vox Melba Mastering Labs Mahern Archival Preservation

California Louisiana Adolph Thal Audio Engineering (ATAE) MasterDigital Corporation The Audio Archive, Inc. Audio Mechanics Maryland Bay Area Video Coalition Airshow, Inc. Bill Elledge The Cutting Corporation Corey Bailey Audio Engineering David Giovannoni Encore Consultants Charles A. Richardson, Richardson Records Hollywood Vaults, Inc. Smolian Sound Studios Donald H. Holmes Michael F. Khanchalian Massachusetts Millennia Music and Media Systems Paul B. Adams Post Haste Sound Creative Audio Works Clark Johnsen Canada Media Sciences, Inc. Gary Barclay Northeast Document Conservation Center Richard L. Hess Hal Wagner, Indigo Sound Graham Newton STiL Casing Solution Michigan James R. Powell, Jr. Colorado Airshow Inc. Missouri H. Duane Goldman

New York Audio Transformation, LLC AudioVisual Preservation Solutions Peter Dilg Tom Fine Ira H. Kemp, Cylinder Systems, Inc. The Magic Shop Recording Studio Masterdisk Media Transfer Service, LLC Patrych Sound Studios Pomeroy Audio Jon Samuels Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc.

11 North Carolina Preservation Transfer (cont.) Bluefield Mastering, Inc. The MediaPreserve Media Sciences, Inc. Ohio Media Transfer Service, LLC Bruce Leslie, Pro Recording Service MemNor Audio Archiving Services Karl F. Miller Pennsylvania Graham Newton ATR Services, Inc. Northeast Document Conservation Center The MediaPreserve Mark Obert-Thorn Mark Obert-Thorn Osiris Studio Safe Sound Archive Patrych Sound Studios Pomeroy Audio Tennessee Post Haste Sound BMS/Chace, LLC James R. Powell, Jr. Soundcurrent Mastering Charles A. Richardson Safe Sound Archive Texas Joe Salerno Double Prime Jon Samuels Karl F. Miller Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc. Kurt R. and Diane Nauck III Smolian Sound Studios Joe Salerno Matthew Sohn Gene Tognacci Soundcurrent Mastering Gene Tognacci Virginia Vox Melba Mastering Labs Airshow Mastering Restoration GOODS AND SERVICES INDEX Airshow, Inc. The Audio Archive, Inc. Preservation Transfer Audio Mechanics Airshow, Inc. Audio Transformation, LLC The Audio Archive, Inc. AudioVisual Preservation Solutions Audio Mechanics Bluefield Mastering, Inc. Audio Transformation, LLC BMS/Chace, LLC AudioVisual Preservation Solutions Chicago Audio Works, Inc. Gary Barclay Corey Bailey Audio Engineering Bay Area Video Coalition Creative Audio Works Bluefield Mastering, Inc. George Brock-Nannestad BMS/Chace, LLC The Cutting Corporation George Brock-Nannestad Peter Dilg Chicago Audio Works, Inc. Bill Elledge Corey Bailey Audio Engineering Encore Consultants Creative Audio Works Tom Fine The Cutting Corporation Richard L. Hess Peter Dilg Historic Masters, Ltd. Double Prime Donald H. Holmes David Giovannoni Clark Johnsen Bill Elledge Ira H. Kemp Encore Consultants Michael F. Khanchalian Tom Fine Bruce Leslie Richard L. Hess Kevin L. Mack Historic Masters, Ltd. The Magic Shop Recording Studio Donald H. Holmes Mahern Archival Preservation Ira H. Kemp MasterDigital Corporation Michael F. Khanchalian Masterdisk Bruce Leslie The MediaPreserve Kevin L. Mack Media Transfer Service, LLC The Magic Shop Recording Studio MemNor Audio Archiving Services Mahern Archival Preservation Graham Newton MasterDigital Corporation Mark Obert-Thorn Masterdisk Osiris Studio 12 Restoration (cont.) Consulting & Training (cont.) Patrych Sound Studios Clark Johnsen Pomeroy Audio Ira H. Kemp Post Haste Sound The Magic Shop Recording Studio James R. Powell, Jr. Mahern Archival Preservation Charles A. Richardson Media Sciences, Inc. Safe Sound Archive MemNor Audio Archiving Services Jon Samuels Graham Newton Matthew Sohn Mark Obert-Thorn Hal Wagner, Indigo Sound Osiris Studio Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc. Safe Sound Archive Smolian Sound Studios Jon Samuels Soundcurrent Mastering Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc. Vox Melba Mastering Labs Smolian Sound Studios

Disaster Recovery Storage Services The Audio Archive, Inc. Hollywood Vaults, Inc. George Brock-Nannestad Richard L. Hess Media Transfer Service, LLC Osiris Studio Post Haste Sound Safe Sound Archive Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc.

Equipment & Supplies Adolph Thal Audio Engineering ATR Services, Inc. Cube-Tec International GmbH George Brock-Nannestad Peter Dilg H. Duane Goldman Kevin L. Mack Millennia Music and Media Systems Kurt R. and Diane Nauck III Charles A. Richardson Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc. STiL Casing Solution Michael N. Stosich Tuscan Corporation

Consulting & Training Adolph Thal Audio Engineering Airshow, Inc. ATR Services, Inc. The Audio Archive, Inc. Audio Mechanics AudioVisual Preservation Solutions Bay Area Video Coalition Bluefield Mastering, Inc. BMS/Chace, LLC George Brock-Nannestad Corey Bailey Audio Engineering Encore Consultants Tom Fine David Giovannoni Richard L. Hess Donald H. Holmes

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