Savoy man puts unique spin on old vinyl records
By Kirby Pringle
Saturday July 22, 2006
Darrell Hoemann
Bob Siebrecht shows off some of the Beatles 45s he has turned into coasters. Siebrecht gives many of the coasters away to family and friends, but he sometimes sells them on eBay.
Frank Sinatra was used to having drinks inside of him, not on top of him.
But in the world of Bob Siebrecht, Sinatra – or rather his records – make the perfect coaster. Siebrecht, a longtime teacher in the Department of Human and Community Development in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois, turns old vinyl LPs and 45 singles into unique coasters. Sinatra happens to be one of his best-sellers.
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