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Manual cardboard cutter machine, so called papszera
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About the sound
The sound of cutting paper sheets on manual cardboard cutter machine. The sound of the machine was recorded in the Printing Museum in Cieszyn (Poland).
It is a manual bookbinding device used for cutting binder board into so called cover boards which, while covered with fabric, constituted the covers of book blocks. The manufacturer and year of manufacture of the recorded machine remain unknown.
Sound recordist: Monika Widzicka
Photographer: Piotr Leszczyński
Video recordist: Piotr Leszczyński
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