I had thought that if I could copy anything useful to a tape I might be able to get the tape to you; but there simply is no useable result.

One of the things I was able tell from running the attempt was that there is nothing "bluegrass" about the intructions on the disk. The demonstrations of "pick actions" relative to "single string" vs "double string" strokes, and the differences between a "hammer-on" or "pull-off" vs a "slide" might be of interest, but the disk doesn't really give a clear enough sound to hear what's going on, and the professor's attempts to "do it while talking talking about it" don't come across well. Those techniques are pretty general mandolin, and not particularly specific to bluegrass.

So far as I can tell, there is no discussion or demonstration of the key bluegrass technique of "chunking," which is the real difference in mandolin technique between bluegrass and music. (Excuse me, ... between bluegrass and other music.)

I can appreciate the "obligation" to try to find this record, but I seriously doubt that you'll find anything that will be worth the effort (or expense) required. PM me an email addy and I'll send you a scan of the label, and/or of the whole record if you want. A print of the .jpg should "play" about as well as any "real" copy you're likely to find, and would be "functionally interchangeable" if you don't have a turntable. (Note that since the whole record is a dead-black background, a full size print of the 3.5 inch square label on most inkjet printers will use about $10 worth of ink. Inkjet printers with small ink cartridges may not be able to print the solid black 8 inch square "record." I did an "invert" to black on white to print the label for reference.)

The tunes on the record should mostly be fairly easy to find, if you wanted to compile a CD of those tunes. Another option might be to hit the Hal Leonard and/or Mel Bay catalogs and look for a "Bluegrass Mandolin video" or a similar "Bluegrass Mandolin" book that comes with a cassette tape. Both have had stuff of this sort, but what's in stock varies since most of the production is in small lots and re-stocking is erratic.

John