Adventures in Photographic Restoration
By Emmet Robinson
There was a time in America when we documented and preserved our special people, places and events with 35 mm color film slides.
Now, in the absence of projectors, millions of those slides remain unviewed, tucked away in boxes in closets, attics, basements or garages.
How many do you have?
And what will you do with them?
AUDIBILITIES
By Emmet Robinson King Street Recording Company
Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of – Video and Photo Too!
Since 1967
610-647-4341 www.kingstreetrecording.com kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Blog: www.emmetrobinson.com/wp/
Volume 76, Fall, 2020
The Absolute Truth About Photo Restoration
As an impatient nation, we’re always looking for faster ways of getting things done. In restoring and preserving vintage photos, for example, there are online services promising fast results at low prices. Why not use them? The answer lies in the details.
King Street Recording Company
is
Open for Business!
…well, almost.
Although we’re not having anyone in the studio to use the microphones right now, we’re happy to receive your vintage materials for digital preservation. Your materials might include:
• A tape of your high school valedictory speech
• A disk of your grandfather’s wartime experiences
• A video of your winning touchdown
• A cassette of your daughter’s first words
• A video of your son’s first steps
• Faded family photos
• A precious news clipping with damaged print
• A video of your daughter’s dance recital
• A video of your retirement party
• Wedding photos
• Photos, videos or slides of a fabulous vacation trip
AUDIBILITIES
By Emmet Robinson King Street Recording Company
Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of – Video and Photo Too!
Since 1967
Volume 75, Summer, 2020 610-647-4341
www.kingstreetrecording.com kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Blog: www.emmetrobinson.com/wp
https://emmetrobinson.com/Reading-Room/
What’s Next?
In capturing and reproducing sound, the first recording devices were strictly mechanical, probably beginning with Edison’s invention of the phonograph in 1877. A metal cylinder, wrapped with tinfoil, was the recording medium; volume and sound quality were extremely limited.
In the late 1880s, development of the wax cylinder proved a significant improvement. Although originally intended for business use, entertainment quickly became the major – and more profitable – interest.
Continue reading →Remember the old audiotapes, videos or photos you always wanted to do something with but kept putting off?
This is a good time to take action!
Here at King Street Recording Company, the door may be closed but…
the mailbox is open!
Regardless of the current lockdown, the Postal Service is still on duty. So far they’ve made safe delivery of materials from Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Hawaii.
Chances are they can handle your materials as well.
How to Live Forever
In the Hearts and Minds
of your Family and Friends
Here’s something to think about…
You’re having an interesting life. From earliest childhood until now, you’ve had a remarkable range of experiences – both the good kind and the regular kind.
Over your lifetime, you’ve known unbridled joy and devastating loss. There are personal and professional accomplishments you can look back on with pride. You can also recall tragic mistakes that taught you valuable life lessons. All of your experiences combine to make a fascinating story that will inform and entertain those who care about you.
Continue reading →Volume 73, Fall, 2019
BEING HEARD
A microphone enables a singer or musician to be heard ‘way back in the cheap seats at the rear of the hall. Microphones are transducers that convert mechanical energy (sound) into electrical energy. Microphones are generally shrouded in mystery regarding their design, characteristics and usage. Let’s try to make the topic more understandable.
Continue reading →The tiny mandolin is yet one more descendant of the lute family, with ancestors dating back to Mesopotamia three thousand years ago. Although roughly the size as a ukulele, the modern mandolin has a few interesting differences:
• For each single string on the ukulele, the mandolin has two, tuned in unison.
• Instead of gut or nylon, the mandolin is strung with steel.
• The abrasive nature of the steel strings requires the use of a pick rather than the fingers.
• The tuning is very different from that of the uke – more like that of the violin and viola. As a result, different chord formations are used.
by Emmet Robinson
What that alarming title actually refers to, of course, is capturing the life story of your grandmother – or any senior family member – with a professionally produced audio or video interview.
• The adventures and accomplishments, trials and tribulations, joys and regrets of your senior family members can be fascinating, meaningful – and educational!
• My grandmother was a tremendous positive influence on me, and the recordings I made of her warm, loving voice nearly fifty years ago remain among my treasures.
• Your grandmother, grandfather, parents, aunts and uncles can provide a treasure trove of personal and family history. You’ll learn things about them that might surprise you. For example…
Continue reading →