On 4/7/06, Scott, Kim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I own an Edison phonograph player…..one of those hand crank devices that > plays records that look like a black plastic toilet paper tube. Ten years > ago when it began to malfunction, I thought that I would never get to hear > it again. Just last month, when the mood struck, I went shopping on the > internet for parts, records, etc. and was AMAZED at how much is out there. > Not just surplus old parts, but actually newly manufactured parts for this > rather esoteric niche market. lots of the major manufacturers are getting out of the business because they demand that exists cannot support their manufacturing systems. However a smaller business can take on the job of producing the parts and still make a profit. Just take a look at the automobile parts business. People who want to restore a car are able to find parts that have been made by small vendors. for example not too far from west of Richmond in a small locality there exists a machine shop that produces Ford Mustang parts. Ford can't afford to make the parts but this shop can. there is still a demand for microfilm (in all its forms), it will continue to be manufactured, but not by the major film manufacturers. peterk -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA Richmond, Va A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>