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Title: The New Yorker Special
Date(s): 1985
Contributor(s): National Endowment for the Humanities (Sponsor), New York State Council on the Arts (Sponsor), D'Aquisto, James (Narrator), Hall, Jim, 1930-2013 (Instrumentalist)
Description: Film celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto...
Show moreFilm celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto's guitars.
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Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC319
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Illustrated Catalogue of the Celebrated Geo. Bauer Mandolins and Guitars, Manufactured by Stewart & Bauer ...
Date(s): 1899
Creator: Stewart & Bauer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor(s): Bauer, George (associated name), Stewart, Samuel Swain, 1855-1898 (associated name), Stewart, Frederick S. (associated name)
Hagley ID: 20120329_Bauer_Mandolins
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Discovering Electronic Music
Date(s): 1977
Contributor(s): BFA Educational Media (Sponsor)
Description: A film that shows the physical basis of music and how it is created and altered by electronic means using synthesizers imitating musical instruments and computer-controlled music and composition created with a computer. Directed by Bernard Willets. Interviews with F.R. Moore from Bell Telephone Labs; Gerald Strang from UCLA; Copyright Bailey Film Associates.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC272
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Charles Blasius & Sons piano factory in Woodbury, New Jersey
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): Dillon, James L. (photographer), Charles Blasius & Sons (originator)
Collection ID: Charles Blasius & Sons piano factory photographs (Accession 2006.206)
Hagley ID: AVD_2006206_001
Collection: Charles Blasius & Sons piano factory photographs

Title: Synthesizer Demonstration
Date(s): 1952
Contributor(s): Radio Corporation of America. David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, N.J. (originator)
Description: Film begins with exterior David Sarnoff Research Labs in Princeton. Demonstration of synthesizer and how it works. Introduces Herbert Belar, engineer, and Dr. Harry F. Olsen, director of RCA's acoustical research center.
Collection ID: David Sarnoff Research Center records (Accession 2464.09)
Hagley ID: FILM_246409_FC07
Collection: David Sarnoff Research Center records

Title: Musical keyboard for computer
Date(s): 1982-30
Contributor(s): RCA Corporation (associated name), RCA Laboratories (associated name), Radio Corporation of America. News and Information Department (originator)
Description: Accompanying note: Nils O. Ny, Advanced Systems Research Laboratory, recently received a U.S. patent for a piano keyboard to be mounted above a computer's regular lettered and numbered keys. Pressure on one of the piano keys operates an alphanumeric key and records the musical note in the computer's memory. With the keyboard, a home computer will be able to record music and play it back.
Collection ID: RCA News and Information Department photographs (Accession 2464.68)
Hagley ID: AVD_246468_007_030_001
Collection: RCA News and Information Department photographs

Title: Last Meeting: One for the Books
Date(s): 1957-12
Contributor(s): Institute of Radio Engineers (originator)
Description: Clipping from the Institute of Radio Engineers' San Diego Bulletin.
Collection ID: Herbert Belar papers (Accession 2767)
Hagley ID: MSS_2767_002_013_011
Collection: Herbert Belar papers

Title: Demonstration of Synthesis of Music program
Date(s): 1957-10
Contributor(s): Belar, Herbert, 1901-1997 (associated name), Radio Corporation of America (associated name)
Description: Undated document outlining a demonstration of Belar's electronic synthesizer, possibly the October 21, 1957 demonstration held for the IRE Professional Group on Engineering Writing and Speech.
Collection ID: Herbert Belar papers (Accession 2767)
Hagley ID: MSS_2767_002_013_008
Collection: Herbert Belar papers

Title: Arthur V. Loughren to Herbert Belar (October 29, 1957)
Date(s): 1957-10-29
Contributor(s): Belar, Herbert, 1901-1997 (recipient), Loughren, Arthur V., 1902-1993 (correspondent), Radio Corporation of America (associated name)
Collection ID: Herbert Belar papers (Accession 2767)
Hagley ID: MSS_2767_002_013_009
Collection: Herbert Belar papers

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