All items are offered at auction; the minimum bid for each is shown at the end of its listing. Deadline for receipt of bids is Monday, May 9th, 2011 (actually, FAXes and E-mails arriving by 9:00 a.m. CDT Tuesday the 10th will still work).
Shipping and packing charges (with insurance) for U.S. orders are added at the rate of $7.50 for the first 3 LP's, tapes, or CD’s, and $.50 for each additional. Orders including books or 78's will have shipping charges computed individually, since larger boxes, more packing material, and greater weights are involved. Similarly, shipments of CD’s alone will cost a little less. Rates for foreign shipments by insured air mail (surface mail is no longer available as of May 2007) now $18.00 for the first LP or tape, and $4.00 for each additional. Canadian insured air mail rates are $18.00 (1st 3 items); $3.00 (each additional).
AAM = Academy of Ancient Music
ASCR = Accademia Santa Cecilia, Rome
ASMF = Acad, St. Martin-in-the-Fields
ACO = Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch
BPS = Boston Pops
BSO = Boston Symphony Orchestra
BSOO = Berlin State Opera Orch
BVRS = Bavarian Radio Orchestra
CO = Cleveland Orchestra
CPO = Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
CSO = Chicago Symphony Orchestra
DSO = Detroit Symphony Orchestra
ECO = English Chamber Orchestra
ERSO = Eastman-Rochester Sym Orch
EWE = Eastman Wind Ensemble
LAPO = Los Angeles Philharmonic
LPO = London Philharmonic Orchestra
LSO = London Symphony Orchestra
MMF = Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Mpls = Minneapolis or Minnesota Orch
NDR = North German Radio Orch
NPO = New Philharmonia Orchestra
NYP = New York Philharmonic
ORTF = French National Radio-TV Orch
OSR = Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
PCO = Paris Conservatory Orchestra
Phila = Philadelphia Orchestra
PO = Philharmonia Orchestra
PSO = Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
PSOL = Philharmonic Sym Orch, London
ROHCG = Royal Opera, Covent Garden
RPO = Royal Philharmonic
SFSO = San Francisco Symphony Orch
SWDR = Southwest German Radio Orch
VPO = Vienna Philharmonic
VSO = Vienna Symphony
VSOO = Vienna State Opera Orchestra
bbl = bubble
beg = beginning
bl cov = blank cover
blem = blemish
c/c = cover punched or cut on corner or edge
ch = chamber
cho = choir or chorus
cov dam = cover damage
dig = digital
drm = digitally remastered
ens = ensemble
exc = excerpts
fr = from
inc = includes
lgt or lt = light
mod = moderate
nse = noise
occ = occasional
op = opera
ov = overture
pres - pressing
rec = recorded
scr = scratch
sd = side
sec = seconds
snd = sound
s/s = 1-in sticker neatly around lower spine
sur = surface
tk = tick
* = recording is in true stereo
+ = recording is in electronic stereo
For pressing codes [in brackets] in audio-
phile sections, see header for that section.
A few other sections have their
own abbreviations; some are repeated here:
D = Dolby (tapes)
BC = Barclay Crocker issue (tapes)
NL = no libretto (opera/choral repertoire)