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Approximate account of the materials
We finally accomplished our goal (November 2008) to get an overview of the account of the museum's materials. The main work is done, after two years of ambitously trying to reorganizing, document and archiving our materials which we have collected within the last 50 years.
The Numbers:
1. approx. 95.000 items 78er Schellackrecords, including special categories.
2. approx. 75.000 items 33 rpm records, including special categories..
3. approx. 5.000 Tapes
4. approx. 150 Pianorolls
5. approx. 2.500 Jazzbooks
6. Several hundred old thick Edisonrecords from 1910 - 1920
7. approx. 1.000 items 45er records
8. approx. 400 framed pictures
9. approx. 1.000 big radiovinyl records
10. approx. 4.500 Jazz-CDs
11. The complete 1.600 magnetic tapes and CDs of the 30 years lasting USA Radioshow "Jazz-Revisited"
12. Thousand other materials related to Jazz such as:
- photos, brochures, magazines, movies, old phonographs, Announcements, sheet music. Several volumes of "Storyville". A number of volulmes of "Mississippi Rag". Letter, all kinds of notification related to Jazz and many, many more.
13. approx. 500 obskur recordings, which a US-Freak donated the museum a long time ago. These recordings contain secret Jazz recordings which he has done without the knowlegdge of the musicians or hosts.
14. The extensive private volumes from the founder are not part of above account of materials. They will be added to the museum's account of materials within a mid-term perspective.
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