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From: thearlin@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Thearling)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Restoration
Keywords: loudspeaker, speaker, bibliography
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Date: 19 Jul 88 14:08:23 GMT
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>In article (Paul Gallagher) writes:
>Here's a question maybe someone out there can answer:
>Why isn't it possible to completely restore a recording: for example, 
>to removeall extraneous noise (hiss, clicks, coughs)
>

I recall seeing something on TV (PBS?) about the recording restoration
lab at the New York Public Library.  They have loads of equipment to
do just this.  From what I remember, they spend most of their time
restoring old cylinder and 78 recordings.

kurt

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