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There is an art to keeping records
clean, and although most everyone would
agree that they should be kept clean and
stored properly, most of us probably
don't do a very thorough job of it.
Polyvinyl chloride, the substance
records are made of, is highly static
prone. When a f -cord is static-charaed it
will attract more dust in its grooves, and
this, in turn, increases the wear and
hissing noises on the record.
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The most common care methods used
by record collector are to avoid touching
the grooves, keep the discs in covers and
store them vertically, rather closely. Most
people try to clean off the stylus with a
finger after a record has been played, and
if they find soma dust on their finger,
they consider they have done a good job.
Not so. The reasons are three fold: 1)
Only part of the dust on a record comes
off on a needle, and mpst of the dust left
on the disc gets packed in deeper. And it
is true that most record cleaning gadgets
and solutions not only do little or no
good, they may be worse than using
nothing. 2) A high compliance, low mass
stylus is easily damaged, and 3) When you
brush the stylus with your forefinger, you
are probably leaving some body oil
behind, which can make dust stick to the
stylus.
The best way to counteract dust on
your stylus, is to install an inexpensive
needle cleaning brush. Elpa makes a good
one, but others will do the job as well.
Static, dust, tobacco smoke and
fingerprints are a record's biggest
enemies. High humidity can combat
static, the worst offender, but one can't
always have that, so Cecil Watts, an
Englishman, developed the Dust Bug and
Record Preener, also marketed by Elpa.
Both of these work well and are
recommended highly.
After Watts died, a microbiologist
named Bruce Maier, developed an
antistatic, antimicrobial fluid with a farge
brush applicator. Thu system is called the
Discwasher and costs $12.95, not s high
price to pay when you consider how
much you have invested in records.
Discs should always be kept in jackets
when not in use. They should be stored
vertically or horizontally fairly tightly to
discourage warping. The only problem
with horizontal storage ir, that after a
while, records can slip out of the neat
stack and once they are left that way, it's
only a matter of a few weeks before they
become warped.
A few other pointers. Always us a
diamond needle in good shape and a
stylus brush after each playing. Keep
your dustcover on, and clean it often
with a damp cloth. Use a Discwasher,
Dust Bug or Preener every time you play
a record. I won't guarantee your records
will be absolutely dust free, but thsy will
sound better and last years longer.
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Pianist Misha Dichter will appear in
concert Friday night in Kimball
Recital Hail.
New breed pianist
in concert Friday
By Dennis EUermeier
Misha Dichter, said by Newsweek to be "the
best of a new breed of pianists," will appear in
concert in Kimball Recital Hall this Friday at 8
p.m.
The 28-year-old pianist has performed with
many major orchestras in the U.S. and has
mads concert tours of Japan, Europe, Central
and South America and the Caribbean.
In addition, Dichter won a Silver Medal
second place) at the 1966 Tchaikovsky'
Competition ih Moscow. He has toured the
Soviet Union twice, by invitation of the Soviet
Ministry of Culture.
Friday's concert will include two Beethoven
sonatas, Debussy's "Suite Bergamasque" and
"Symphonic Etudes" by Schumann. Dichter
will also appear in an informal session at
Sandoz Hall at 8 p.m. on Thursday.
This concert is the fourth in the Performing
Arts Series, which was largely sold out. Some
stags seating is still available.
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Mozart's masterpiece 'The Marriage of Figaro" will be
staged by the Omaha Opera Co. Thursday and Saturday in
the Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall.
The opera is an adult comedy portraying the conflict of
human emotions, according to Min Rimmerman, director of
public relations for the Omaha Opera. She said the story
involves a couple who wants to be married and a wife
whose husband is "playing around." Political and historical
overtones complicate the, plot, she said.
The title role will be sung by Norman Treigle and the
part of Countess Almaviva by Carol Neblett, of whom
Newsweek magazine commented in a recent review,
"Neblett sang beautifully with a deep velvet voice as
voluptuous as her body."
Emily Mc Knight, assistant professor of voice at UNL,
will be singing the role of Barbarina. McKnight, a graduate
of the University of Southern California, has studied opera
Sn Munich and Berlin.
Tickets from $2-$3.75 aro available at the Brandeis
Ticket twice in downtown umar.a or at the door, j
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