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Dear Friends - We have a collection of about 100 Reel-to-Reel audio tapes from the 1970’s that need to be digitized. They are field recordings of Sikh devotional music called Gurubani Kirtan. We would love to share this collection, as so many people would love to hear these recordings of famous musicians, many of whom are deceased.
They probably have not been played at all since being recorded and if some were played it would not have been more than once or twice. I would like to have a US firm that specializes in historical preservation do the digitization so that they are handled carefully and with expertise.
Can any of you make a recommendation? Thank you kindly. May Peace Prevail.

Gurufateh Khalsa
Sikh Dharma Museum Collection
Espanola, NM
Gurufateh@icloud.com

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MICHELE F. PACIFICO
Archival Facilities Consultant
PO Box 1490, Jackson WY 83001
301-908-8720
martinpacifico@comcast.net
www.pacificoarchivalconsulting.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-09-2024 09:01 AM
From: Gurufateh Khalsa
Subject: Digitizing Reel-to-Reel audio tapes?

Dear Friends - We have a collection of about 100 Reel-to-Reel audio tapes from the 1970's that need to be digitized. They are field recordings of Sikh devotional music called Gurubani Kirtan. We would love to share this collection, as so many people would love to hear these recordings of famous musicians, many of whom are deceased.
They probably have not been played at all since being recorded and if some were played it would not have been more than once or twice. I would like to have a US firm that specializes in historical preservation do the digitization so that they are handled carefully and with expertise.
Can any of you make a recommendation? Thank you kindly. May Peace Prevail.

Gurufateh Khalsa
Sikh Dharma Museum Collection
Espanola, NM
Gurufateh@icloud.com

Great list. Thank you. I am familiar with Graphic Audio here in the Washington DC metro area. They handle National Archives transfers.

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Tod Hopkins
Hoptod LLC
443-472-5978
todhopkins@me.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-10-2024 08:46 AM
From: Michele Pacifico
Subject: Digitizing Reel-to-Reel audio tapes?

Here is list of Audio Preservation Companies: https://www.arsc-audio.org/audiopreservation.html

Best, Michele Pacifico 

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MICHELE F. PACIFICO
Archival Facilities Consultant
PO Box 1490, Jackson WY 83001
301-908-8720
martinpacifico@comcast.net
www.pacificoarchivalconsulting.com

Original Message:
Sent: 01-09-2024 09:01 AM
From: Gurufateh Khalsa
Subject: Digitizing Reel-to-Reel audio tapes?

Dear Friends - We have a collection of about 100 Reel-to-Reel audio tapes from the 1970's that need to be digitized. They are field recordings of Sikh devotional music called Gurubani Kirtan. We would love to share this collection, as so many people would love to hear these recordings of famous musicians, many of whom are deceased.
They probably have not been played at all since being recorded and if some were played it would not have been more than once or twice. I would like to have a US firm that specializes in historical preservation do the digitization so that they are handled carefully and with expertise.
Can any of you make a recommendation? Thank you kindly. May Peace Prevail.

Gurufateh Khalsa
Sikh Dharma Museum Collection
Espanola, NM
Gurufateh@icloud.com

We used George Blood and were very happy. They are based in Philadelphia. We had to ship to them because we are in Florida. We had all sorts of random types of media and they were able to transfer almost everything (some of the film we sent was beyond repair). 

https://www.georgeblood.com

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April Brown
Registrar
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
Winter Park FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-09-2024 09:01 AM
From: Gurufateh Khalsa
Subject: Digitizing Reel-to-Reel audio tapes?

Dear Friends - We have a collection of about 100 Reel-to-Reel audio tapes from the 1970's that need to be digitized. They are field recordings of Sikh devotional music called Gurubani Kirtan. We would love to share this collection, as so many people would love to hear these recordings of famous musicians, many of whom are deceased.
They probably have not been played at all since being recorded and if some were played it would not have been more than once or twice. I would like to have a US firm that specializes in historical preservation do the digitization so that they are handled carefully and with expertise.
Can any of you make a recommendation? Thank you kindly. May Peace Prevail.

Gurufateh Khalsa
Sikh Dharma Museum Collection
Espanola, NM
Gurufateh@icloud.com

Original Message:
Sent: 1/9/2024 9:02:00 AM
From: Gurufateh Khalsa
Subject: Digitizing Reel-to-Reel audio tapes?

Dear Friends - We have a collection of about 100 Reel-to-Reel audio tapes from the 1970’s that need to be digitized. They are field recordings of Sikh devotional music called Gurubani Kirtan. We would love to share this collection, as so many people would love to hear these recordings of famous musicians, many of whom are deceased.
They probably have not been played at all since being recorded and if some were played it would not have been more than once or twice. I would like to have a US firm that specializes in historical preservation do the digitization so that they are handled carefully and with expertise.
Can any of you make a recommendation? Thank you kindly. May Peace Prevail.

Gurufateh Khalsa
Sikh Dharma Museum Collection
Espanola, NM
Gurufateh@icloud.com

I recently used Memnon when I headed the archives at The Riverside Church. They digitized over 3,500 of our magnetic reel-to-reel audio tapes from the 60s and 70s and we were very pleased with their work. Additionally, when we sent out a RFP, George Blood was also a very strong contender.

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Diane Russo
Archives & Collections Management Consultant
New York, NY

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Original Message:
Sent: 01-09-2024 09:01 AM
From: Gurufateh Khalsa
Subject: Digitizing Reel-to-Reel audio tapes?

Dear Friends - We have a collection of about 100 Reel-to-Reel audio tapes from the 1970's that need to be digitized. They are field recordings of Sikh devotional music called Gurubani Kirtan. We would love to share this collection, as so many people would love to hear these recordings of famous musicians, many of whom are deceased.
They probably have not been played at all since being recorded and if some were played it would not have been more than once or twice. I would like to have a US firm that specializes in historical preservation do the digitization so that they are handled carefully and with expertise.
Can any of you make a recommendation? Thank you kindly. May Peace Prevail.

Gurufateh Khalsa
Sikh Dharma Museum Collection
Espanola, NM
Gurufateh@icloud.com