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What Does The Boardshear Say?

January 3, 2014 Beth Doyle

Conservation is a very visual endeavor. We match colors of fabric for book covers, we blend acrylics to tone repair tissues and we take images of our work both before and after repair. But have you ever wondered what our work sounds like?

Here are Soundcloud clips from the lab. Which is your favorite?




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