tn - "taped number," usually a piece of masking tape w/number written on it, less often a piece of paper scotch taped to jacket (late 40s/early 50s LPs). Masking tape can usually be removed, but often the ink bled through or the tape leaves a sticky residue ("Goo Gone" will take care of that). These all come from a large collection in which the owner set up his own card catalog system, numbering his LPs rather than sorting by name or label..



• ASMF - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
• BP, BPO - Berlin Philharmonic (Orch.)
• BSO - Boston Symphony Orch.
• COA - Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
• CO - Cleveland Orch.
• CSO - Chicago Symphony Orch.
• ERSO - Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orch
• EWE - Eastman Wind Ensemble.
• LAPO - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orch.
• LO - Louisville Orch.
• LPO - London Philharmonic Orch.
• LSO - London Symphony Orch.
• NWDR - Northwest German Radio
• NYP - New York Philharmonic
• OSR - L'Orch. de la Suisse Romande
• PO - Philadelphia Orch.
• -PO - as suffix, Philharmonic Orch.
• PSO - Pittsburgh Symphony Orch.
• PSONY - Philharmonic Symphony Orch. of New York
• RPO - Royal Philharmonic Orch.
• -RSO - as a suffix, Radio Symphony Orch.
• SLSO - St. Louis Symphony Orch.
• -SO - Symphony Orch.
• VP, VPO - Vienna Philharmonic Orch.
• VSO - Vienna Symphony Orch.
• VSOO - Vienna State Opera Orch.

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