Joel Philip Myers talks about O. J. Gabbert’s cullet. Interview with Joel Philip Myers by Paul Hollister, June 11, 1983 (Rakow title: Joel Philip Myers interview [sound recording] / with Paul Hollister, BIB ID: 168435) Clip length: 01:19.

Joel Philip Myers [JPM]: Oh, the cullet. The cullet is from the West Virginia glass specialty company in West Virginia which is a normal soda lime crystal. Not crystal—soda lime clear glass used in the manufacture of—

Paul Hollister [PH]: Revealed [inaudible] the name?

JPM: Gabbert was the name of the cullet dealer. He was the—he’s the man that supplied—he must have supply more—he must have supply 90 percent of the glass studios in the country with glass.

PH: G-A-B-E-R-T?

JPM: G-A-B-B-E-R-T. Everybody knows Mr. Gabbert. I mean, he is sitting on the—we all begin to be apprehensive when we think about, ‘What—who’s going to replace him when he retires?’ But he’s been—I’ve been buying glass from him for over 10 years.

PH: Hmm.

JPM: And every year I pay more and more money for the glass, but—[inaudible] so much easier to deal with, just ordering the glass, you don’t have to and mix it up [buzzing sound] especially in [inaudible] situation. It’s really difficult—