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Floor plan of the Haus des Rundfunks

Floor plan of the buildings differentiation by color the different programs. 1:100 Size: 100,5 x 166,9 cm  [...]

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Letter from von Hornbostel to Schünemann

Prussian Phonographic Commission, 1916, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lautarchiv, HZK, Sign. Pn. 1003 / 5

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Berlin Funk-Stunde station, display at international radio exhibition, 1931 [or Grosse  [...]

Berlin Funk-Stunde station, display at the international radio exhibition, 1931 [or Grosse Deutsche Funkausstellung], (Bundesarchiv, Berlin, Bild 102-12189).  [...]

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Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin

Haus des Rundfunks (Broadcasting House), Berlin (Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F005427-0045 / CC-BY-SA 3.0)  [...]

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Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin-Charlottenburg Ausführungsprojekt, großer Lichthof, perspektivische Ansicht aus dem  [...]

Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin-Charlottenburg Ausführungsprojekt, großer Lichthof, perspektivische Ansicht aus dem 1. OG 1:100. Bleistift auf Transparent 71 x 43,3 cm.

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Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin-Charlottenburg Perspektivische Ansicht Saal 1 (von Inv.Nr. 4926)

Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin-Charlottenburg Perspektivische Ansicht Saal 1 (von Inv.Nr. 4926). Kreide und Buntstift über Lichtpause 80,9 x 123,8 cm.

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Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin-Charlottenburg Saal 1, Großer Sendesaal in Bauteil 1

Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin-Charlottenburg Saal 1, Großer Sendesaal in Bauteil 1. Foto auf Papier 17,5 x 22,4 cm.

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Power amplifier at the National Bureau of Standards’ radio station

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The subjective effects of first reflections in concert Halls – The  [...]

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Appunn’s “tenor” tonometer

(The following description is from a “Description of Appunn’s Tonnemeters,” by Alexander J. Ellis, F.R.S., &c.; MS in the Western Galleries of the South Kensington Museum,  [...]

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Carl Stumpf: Phonographic recordings of vowels

This page is headed “Program with von Hornbostel and Wertheimer” and dated May 4/5, 1916. It lists pitches and instruments: Bottle Forks (first forks mounted on wood, then unmounted  [...]

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Funkentelegraphie für Flugzeuge

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Photographic registration of sounds

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Sound waves: their shape and speed

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Songs of wild birds

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Animal Language

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Übungsbuch für Stotternde

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Löschstrahler im Olympiastadion

Lautsprecher, ein sogenannter Löschstrahler, auf der Haupttribüne des Olympiastadions vor den Rundfunksprecherkabinen, 1936. Picture courtesy of Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, Historisches Archiv, Signature: AEG FS 044-3-01, B 26791.  [...]

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Internationales Zentralblatt für Experimentelle Phonetik VOX, Vol. 27

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Tone-Limit Apparatus

Tone-limit apparatus, for high notes of high pitch. Made by G. Appunn & Sons.   This apparatus was designed for determining the highest vibration-frequency which is recognized by the ear as  [...]

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Funk: die Wochenschrift des Funkwesens, 1931, Heft 14-26

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 2, Seite B

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 2, Seite A

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 1, Seite B

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 1, Seite A

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl] [Untitled manuscript] [Envelope] 11

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_2730,66_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_8192_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_9216_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_10240_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_10922,66_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_12288_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_15360_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_16384_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_18432_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_20480_vps_1867-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_21845,33_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Tone-Limit-Apparatus_1_24576_vps_1876-469

Recorded at the Acoustics Collection Storage Room, Science Museum Blythe House, London W14, on July 17, 2013, by Dr. Aleksander Kolkowski (Research Associate, Royal College of  [...]

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Gott grüsse das ehrsame Handwerk – Schallplatte

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More songs of wild birds

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Animal Language – recording one, IA 9010-I and IB 9013-I

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Animal Language – recording two, African Record (Day) 9136-I and (Night)  [...]

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Ribbon speakers installed on the roof of the Propylaea, Königsplatz

Large ribbon speakers on the roof of the Propylaea on the west side of Königsplatz, Munich, at the opening of the Deutsches Museum at its new  [...]

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Gravesaner Blätter, Heft 29

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Schallplatte Heft 18: Glockengeläute Jerusalemer Kirchen – A

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Schallplatte Heft 17: Pierre Schaeffer, Paris – B

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Schallplatte Heft 17: Pierre Schaeffer, Paris – A

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Schallplatte Heft 14: Das Residualton und Formantton– B

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Schallplatte Heft 14: Das Residualton und Formantton– A

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Schallplatte Heft 13: Das Teiltonspektrum einer Glocke – B

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Schallplatte Heft 13: Das Teiltonspektrum einer Glocke – A

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Schallplatte Heft 11/12: Tonlagenregler und Informationswandler – B

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Schallplatte Heft 11/12: Tonlagenregler und Informationswandler – A

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Schallplatte Heft 6: Dr. André Moles (Paris): Experimente mit dem Alibis-Terzfilter  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 6 of the Gravesaner Blätter.  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 6: Dr. André Moles (Paris): Experimente mit dem Alibis-Terzfilter  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 6 of the Gravesaner Blätter.  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 5: Nachhallexperimente des holländisches Staatsradios – B

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Schallplatte Heft 5: Nachhallexperimente des holländisches Staatsradios – A

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Schallplatte Heft 4: Klangumwandlungen durch Frequenzumsetzung – B

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Schallplatte Heft 4: Klangumwandlungen durch Frequenzumsetzung – A

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Gravesaner Blätter – Recordings

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Schallplatte Heft 18: Syrischer und armenischer Gottesdienst – B

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Schallplatte Heft 19/20: Ähnlichkeitsklassen bei Schallsignalen – A

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Schallplatte Heft 19/20: 9 Klänge im Jahre 1942 eingeschmolzener altösterreichischer Kirchenglocken  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 21: Die Bedeutung der Lautstärkeempfindung, ihre Messung und Beurteilung  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 21 of the Gravesaner Blätter.

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Schallplatte Heft 21: Die Bedeutung der Lautstärkeempfindung, ihre Messung und Beurteilung  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 21 of the Gravesaner Blätter.

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Schallplatte Heft 22: Akustische Kuriosa – A

Record: “Akustische Kuriosa”, Gravesaner Blätter, ML 271, Side A

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Schallplatte Heft 22: Akustische Kuriosa – B

Record: “Akustische Kuriosa”, Gravesaner Blätter, ML 271, Side B

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Harvard Sentences list no. 24

For more information about the Harvard Sentences see https://soundandscience.de/node/2242.  [...]

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Auditec PAL Lists Sample

Sample provided by Auditec™. A full version of the recording can be downloaded here: https://auditec.com/2015/09/02/pal-lists/. “The PAL (acronym for Psycho-Acoustic Labratory) Lists 1-4 were recorded and spoken by  [...]

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Auditec Spondees List Sample (Adult Version)

The sample has been provided by Auditec™. For more versions of spondees see https://auditec.com/2015/09/30/spondees/. Picture: Ira Hirsh, The Measurement of Hearing (New York: McGraw Hill, 1952), Appendix B.  [...]

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Auditec Spondees List Sample (Child Version)

The sample of the recording has kindly been provided by Auditec™. For more information see https://auditec.com/2015/08/04/spondees-child-spondees/. Picture: Ira Hirsh, The Measurement of Hearing (New York: McGraw Hill, 1952), Appendix B.  [...]

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“Getting Through“ Album by the Zenith Radio Corporation

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1957: Series-B-5-Rhythm

The audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from 1957 long-playing album produced by the Psychological Corporation. This album  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1957: Series-B-6-Memory

This audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from a 1957 long-playing album produced by the Psychological Corporation. This  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1957: Series-B-4-Timbre

This audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from a 1957 long-playing album produced by the Psychological Corporation. This  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1957: Series-B-3-Time

This audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from a 1957 long-playing album produced by the Psychological Corporation. This  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1957: Series-B-2-Loudness

This audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from a 1957 long-playing album produced by the Psychological Corporation. This  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1957: Series-B-1-Pitch

This audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from a 1957 long-playing album produced by the Psychological Corporation. This  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1939: Series-A-6-Memory

The audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from three 1939 78 rpm records album produced by the Psychological  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1939: Series-A-5-Rhythm

The audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from three 1939 78 rpm records album produced by the Psychological  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1939: Series-A-4-Timbre

The audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from three 1939 78 rpm records album produced by the Psychological  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1939: Series-A-3-Time

The audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from three 1939 78 rpm records album produced by the Psychological  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1939: Series-A-2-Loudness

The audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from three 1939 78 rpm records album produced by the Psychological  [...]

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Seashore Measures of Musical Talents 1939: Series-A-1-Pitch

The audio file is a digitized version of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talents, taken from three 1939 78 rpm records album produced by the Psychological  [...]

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Seashore Records

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 23/24, 1962: Anwendung elektronischer Musik für den Film  [...]

Schallplatte 1 Heft 23/24, 1962: “Anwendung elektronischer Musik für den Film von Oskar Sala” ML 308 A/B B-Seite: 2. Teil  [...]

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Rough cut pieces and rough ground pieces

The first picture shows the shaped rough cuts for grinding the wood pieces and the second picture shows the rough ground wood pieces to avoid cracking  [...]

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Cut pieces of Jack wood logs

Roughly cut wood pieces from the jack wood log. The wood is still kept on the open area before getting into rough crafting.  [...]

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Repair and Maintenance of older drum

Craftsman Antony setting up the older drum for repair work. Craftspeople make new instruments, but repair and maintenance of the drum require a lot of attention  [...]

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Long Jackwood-log at rest

Jackfruit trees at the material stage: Wood logs are just kept in the open area for drying; outside the workshop space to dry out the water  [...]

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Ueber eine neue Methode das Aluminium und einige andere einfache Körper  [...]

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II. Ueber die physischen Eigenschaften des Aluminiums

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Felling mahogany

This lithograph shows two black slaves cutting mahogany trees with axes while a third person, probably their overseer, is resting on a fallen trunk next to  [...]

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Square piano by Clementi & Co, Deutsches Museum, Munich

The instrument is signed “New Patent / Muzio Clementi & Co. / Cheapside London” on an oval cartouche surrounded by painted floral motifs in the middle  [...]

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Five pages (one crossed out) of the Totenklage (tâmbi song)

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Académie des Sciences (Paris): Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie  [...]

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Violin with aluminum body (MIR2033)

Violin body made of sheet aluminum with silver and copper plating; neck, fingerboard, bridge and chinrest made of wood. Dimensions L. 35.1 cm, w. top 15.9 cm, bottom  [...]

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Song of a Thrush (45057-B)

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Gefiederte Meistersänger

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Songs of British Birds No.2

Published in collaboration with the BBC The illustrations of a Green Woodpecker and a Song Thrush on the sleeve are reproduced from Roger Peterson’s “A Field Guide  [...]

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Songs of British Birds No.1

Published in collaboration with the BBC The illustrations of a Green Woodpecker and a Song Thrush on the sleeve are reproduced from Roger Peterson’s “A Field Guide  [...]

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Audio Preservationist Carl Haber, 2013 MacArthur Fellow | MacArthur Foundation

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Subject File from the Archives of the Languages of the World,  [...]

President’s Office Record from Indiana University, ca. 1954. “Archives of the Languages of the World, circa 1954” file, Indiana University President’s Office records, Collection C213.30, Indiana University  [...]

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Tubatulabal Sound Recording

Tubatalabal recording made by J. P. Harrington. For more on the Smithsonian’s “Indigenous Voices” project in 2019, the UN’s Year of Indigenous Languages, see https://www.si.edu/spotlight/native-voices  [...]

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Video: Native American Voices: Language – The Heart of Our Culture

“Language: The Heart of Our Culture raises issues about the endangered status of Native American languages today. Highlighting the work of Tlingit linguists Nora and Richard  [...]

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On the Pneumatic Action

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Voice-controlled Writing Machine

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A writing machine that responds to the voice

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The Logograph

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Voiceprint identification (manual)

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Kultur und Schallplatte

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Vom akustischen Porträt

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Whispered vowels: Experimental cylinder from the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv

Recorded sounds for phonographic experiments. This is one of five recordings made in 1916 for an experiment that explored changes in sound quality with different recording and  [...]

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Flüsterelemente in semitischen Sprachen

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Das psychologische Institut

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Graphie du Son (1857)

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Brevet d’Invention (1857)/ Certificat d’Addition (1859)

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Principes de Phonoautographie

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La Science Vol. 3, no. 27, 1857

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Le Problème de La Parole s’Écrivant Elle-Même (1878)

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Inscription Automatique des Sons de l’Air au Moyen d’une Oreille Artificielle  [...]

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M. Scott’s Procedures for the Graphic Fixation of the Voice (1857);  [...]

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For Science, Broadcasting, and Conservation

After World War II, wildlife recordists and bioacousticians took advantage of advances in electronics and acoustics to collect, store, and analyze recordings of animal vocalizations, leading  [...]

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Archiving Endangerment, Endangered Archives

Under the salvage paradigm of Americanist anthropology during the early twentieth century, researchers gathered up all the evidence of groups under study—probing subjective experience, fixing elusive  [...]

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Vocal Features

This article considers machine methods used in the collection, processing, and application of vocal recordings for speaker identification and speech recognition between 1908 and 1970. The  [...]

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Radio Documents

This article investigates the relationship between broadcasting, sound archiving, and the rise of radio studies through the case of Germany’s first radio studies institute, led by  [...]

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Archival Traces of Applied Research

This article discusses gramophone recordings made in the 1920s at the Lautabteilung (“sound department”) of the Prussian State Library, under the direction of the language teacher  [...]

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Listening to More Than Sounds

This paper examines the “Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv,” founded in after 1900 as part of the Institute of Psychology, University of Berlin. The Phonogramm-Archiv was connected to the  [...]

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Enigmatic Proofs

The world’s oldest sound recordings are the phonautograms created between 1853 and 1860 by Parisian typographer Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville for visual study rather than playback.  [...]

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Listening to the Archive: Introduction

“Listening to the Archive: Sound Data in the Humanities and Sciences,” a Special Issue of Technology and Culture (2019), shows how new technologies for recording and archiving sounds impacted on scientific  [...]

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Die Loango-Expedition ausgesandt von der Deutschen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung Aequatorial-Africas

Pechüel-Loesche’s printed account of Kautschukmelodie and the music of the Bafióti/Bavili.  [...]

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Recording of Wendish spinning song “The Lily”

Erich v. Hornbostel, Recording of Wendish spinning song “The Lily,” (sung by Christine Marak, March 3, 1907), in: Susanne Ziegler, Die Wachszylinder des Berliner Phonogramm-Archivs. (Berlin:  [...]

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Phonographische Methoden

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Musik der Makuschi, Taulipdng und Yekuand

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Über die Bedeutung des Phonographen für vergleichende Musikwissenschaft

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Recording of Macuxi women singing while producing manioc beer (1911)

Theodor Koch-Grünberg’s recording of Macuxi women singing while producing manioc beer (1911). Track 17 from: Walzenaufnahmen aus Brasilien (1911–1913): Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv; Historische Klangdokumente, ed. Lars-Christian Koch and  [...]

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Harvard Sentences list no. 4

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Sound Recording of a W-22 Word List – 2C

Extract from Mara Mills in Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality ​​: “An example of a speech-hearing test based on ‘phonetically balanced’ (PB) lists of common monosyllabic words, representing  [...]

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Sound Recording of a W-22 Word List – 2 D

Extract from Mara Mills in Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality ​​: “An example of a speech-hearing test based on ‘phonetically balanced’ (PB) lists of common monosyllabic words, representing  [...]

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Sound Recording of a W-22 Word List – 1D

Extract from Mara Mills in Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality ​​: “An example of a speech-hearing test based on ‘phonetically balanced’ (PB) lists of common monosyllabic words, representing  [...]

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“Getting Through“ Album Track 7, Side B

The entire album can be found under the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vqY7cJpwRs&t=16s Image courtesy of Zenith Electronics LLC  [...]

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Sound Recording of a W-22 Word List – 1C

Extract from Mara Mills in Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality ​​: “An example of a speech-hearing test based on ‘phonetically balanced’ (PB) lists of common monosyllabic words, representing  [...]

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“Getting Through“ Album Track 4, Side A

The entire album can be found under the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vqY7cJpwRs&t=16s Image courtesy of Zenith Electronics LLC  [...]

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Shellac: A Story of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

This illustrated pamphlet gives us a poetically inflected account of shellac and its long history, from its early days and traditional usages in India to its  [...]

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“Getting Through“ Album, Track 6, Side B

The entire album can be found under the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vqY7cJpwRs&t=16s Image courtesy of Zenith Electronics LLC  [...]

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“Getting Through“ Album, Track 3, Side A

The full album can be found on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vqY7cJpwRs&t=16s. Image courtesy of Zenith Electronics LLC  [...]

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Hermann Snellen’s Optotypes

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“Getting Through“ Album Track 1, Side A

The entire album can be found under the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vqY7cJpwRs&t=16s Image courtesy of Zenith Electronics LLC  [...]

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“Getting Through“ Album, Track 8, Side B

The entire album can be found under the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vqY7cJpwRs&t=16s Image courtesy of Zenith Electronics LLC  [...]

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How Shellac Records Are Made

This promotional video from the US firm RCA Victor shows us the different steps of manufacturing a shellac-based gramophone disc in the early 1940s.  [...]

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“Home Notes” Vol. 1

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The Making of the Voice Highways

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Bell Telephone News, Vol. 6 No. 3

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Allgemeine Theorie der Musik auf den Rhythmus der Klangwellenpulse gegründet

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Beschreibung einer Lochsirene für die gleichzeitige Erregung mehrerer Töne

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Sur la Sirène, nouvelle machine d’acoustique destinée à mesurer les vibrations  [...]

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Ueber Combinationstöne

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Ueber die Sirene

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Ueber die Definition des Tones

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Beobachtungen über einige Bedingungen der Entstehung von Tönen

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Über die Natur der Musik

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Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits

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Über die Grenzen der Tonwahrnehmung

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Das absolute Tonbewußtsein und die Musik

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Das absolute Tonbewußtsein und die Musik

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Die systematische Ausbildung des musikalischen Gehörs

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Vergleichende Gehörprüfungen an 100 Individuen mittelst Stimmgabeln, Uhr und Flüstersprache

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Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa

This text presents Stanley’s account of the African slave trade with the intention of encouraging abolitionist support.

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Ivory, the Pearl of the Forest

In this text, Moore outlines the role of the ivory trade in the production of pianos and addresses its historical links with slavery.  [...]

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Neue Beiträge zu einer Lehre von den Tonvorstellungen

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Experimentelle und erkenntnistheoretische Musikerziehung

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Track: “Solo Whale,” Humpback Whale Album

The recording has been provided by the Naval History and Heritage Command. A digital version of the album can be purchased under the following link: https://shop.whale.org/products/songs-of-the-humpback-whale-digital-download. Here you can find more  [...]

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Track: “Distant Whale,” Humpback Whale Album

The recording has been provided by the Naval History and Heritage Command. A digital version of the album can be purchased under the following link: https://shop.whale.org/products/songs-of-the-humpback-whale-digital-download. Here you can find more  [...]

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Songs of the Humpback Whale

A digital version of the album can be purchased under: https://shop.whale.org/products/songs-of-the-humpback-whale-digital-download. More information and details about the history of the Songs of the Humpback Whale album can be found under  [...]

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Bryant’s Phonographic Acoumeter

Bryant’s phonographic acoumeter (in soundproof box for restriction of volume to tubes). The main valve is C, the malingerer’s valve is rotating unit D.  [...]

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August Lucae’s Phonometer

August Lucae’s phonometer, which attempted to measure expiration as an estimate of intensity. Read more: https://thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0029-1193676  [...]

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List of Impacts of Hearing Impairments

Visual analogy for the impacts of varied hearing impairments upon speech. C. C. Bunch, Clinical Audiometry, 143.  [...]

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“Getting Through“ Album Track 5, Side B

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“Getting Through“ Album, Track 2, Side A

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Picture of a Recording of an Auditory Test No. W-22

Picture taken from a recording in the personal collection of Mara Mills.

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WE 4-Type Audiometer Hearing Test Chart

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Harvard Psycho-Acoustic Lab Word List

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Articulation Test Record

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Consonants and Vowels for Random CVC Selection

Consonants and Vowels for Random CVC Selection. Source: H. Fletcher and J. C. Steinberg, “Articulation Testing Methods,” 830.  [...]

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“Acoustically complete” Sentences for Telephone Testing

“Acoustically complete” sentences for telephone testing. Source: Popular Mechanics (February 1941): 2A.   [...]

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Telephone Clarity Test Questions List

Sentence list initially used to test telephone transmitters. Listeners were asked to correctly respond to the questions as evidence of telephone clarity, but researchers soon realized  [...]

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Geschichte der Ohrenheilkunde, Vol. 2

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Geschichte der Ohrenheilkunde, Vol. 1

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Ueber die Empfindlichkeit des Gehörorgans

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Inquiries into human faculty and its development

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De Pulsu, Resorptione, Auditu, et Tactu. Annotationes Anatomicae et Physiologicae

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Beiträge zur Physiologie des menschlichen Ohres

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On Sounds Inaudible by Certain Ears

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Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality

Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality shows how new forms of testing contributed not only to new understandings of hearing but to completely new ways of  [...]

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Listening to the Archive: Introduction

“Listening to the Archive: Sound Data in the Humanities and Sciences,” a Special Issue of Technology and Culture (2019), shows how new technologies for recording and archiving sounds impacted on scientific  [...]

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Testing the Underwater Ear

World War II fueled technologies for underwater listening, such as hydrophones, and Cold War antisubmarine strategies further rendered the oceans audible, noisy even. This novel ability  [...]

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Auditory Thresholds and Animal Control

Animal hearing has long served as a model for understanding human hearing. Yet conversely, animal hearing can only be imagined through human hearing. This chapter shows  [...]

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Testing Spatial Hearing

The concept of Kunstkopf (artificial head) recording emerged in the 1930s, but it was not until the 1960s that three German research groups started to build new dummy  [...]

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Digital Models of Analog Signal Processors

Many music technologists have sought to reproduce the sonic signature of analog audio devices—amplifiers, compressors, signal processors, instruments—in the software domain. Assessing the effectiveness of the  [...]

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Opelt’s Siren

Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt (1794–1863) proposed a revolutionary music theory based on the recursive features of human hearing. Opelt based his theory on a recent invention, Charles  [...]

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The CAETS Cross-Cultural Hearing Tests

The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits (CAETS), led by zoologist and anthropologist Alfred C. Haddon, was a key endeavor in British anthropology’s formative years. This  [...]

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Testing of a Hundred Listeners

In 1901, the Berlin psychologist Otto Abraham published a lengthy study on what he called “das absolute Tonbewußtsein” (absolute tone consciousness), claiming that musical ability is  [...]

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Testing Hearing: An Introduction

This introduction frames Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality by showing how the modern cultural practices of hearing and testing have emerged from a long interrelationship. Since  [...]

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Bird Songs of Southeastern Minnesota

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Nu Wood…

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Acoustical correction

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Asbestospray

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Sounds of Nature Vol. 8

From the Federation of Ontario Naturalists Sounds of Nature series with recordings by Donald J. Borror and William W. H. Gunn. In association with the Cornell  [...]

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The Wrens

Featuring recording by BEN B. COFFREY JR. and others by Charles Hartshorne, Paul Schwartz, William Gunn, Michael Gochfield, Luis Baptista, Richard Bradley, John Arvin, John Fitzpatrick,  [...]

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Voices of the Loon

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Songs and Calls of Our Native Birds No. 3

Digitized from a shellac record, at 78 rpm

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Tuning Fork Set

Description This set of tuning forks located in the Physics Department of the University of Alberta. They are described in the university legers as “Beat Boxes.” The Parisian  [...]

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Cherry Bowl Resonance

Description This is a variation of Savart’s  resonance bell where the bell is sounded and the resonator is moved back and forth to resonate with specific frequencies.  [...]

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Jun Zhong (均钟)

Description In the 1970s, a peculiar five-stringed instrument was unearthed from the early Warring States period tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Suizhou, Hubei（湖北随州）. Evidence points  [...]

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Opelt’s Siren Disk

Description The earliest siren is attributed to Charles Cagniard de la Tour in 1819 (See the entry for Cagniard de la Tour Siren) Polyphonic sirens, with concentric  [...]

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Cagniard de la Tour- type Siren

Description This type of siren was invented by Charles Cagniard, originally developed to measure the number of vibrations of a body in a given time. Cagniard’s siren  [...]

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Sonometer

Description The Sonometer is a musical and scientific instrument with ancient roots, commonly employed in demonstrations of acoustics to show the effect of length, tension, diameter, and  [...]

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Casavant organ demonstrator

Description This is a demonstration pipe organ made by a well-known Quebec company, Casavant Frères. It was most likely obtained by the Physics department around 1925, when  [...]

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Le Istitutioni harmoniche

Link: https://archive.org/details/leistitutionihar00zarl/page/200/mode/2up  [...]

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First rehearsal with vocal ensemble and Arciorgano

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Descrizione dell’arciograno

Loose paper in large sheet format, printed on one side only, without any superscription, but with the following date at the bottom: In Venetia, after Nicolo  [...]

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L’antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica, con la dichiaratione : et  [...]

Links to Bibliothèque nationale de France: http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb372573305 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k582234.image#    [...]

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Organ at the Frauenkirche in Bressanone (Brixen), Italy

Seventeenth-century Daniel Herz Organ at Frauenkirche in Bressanone / Brixen. The upper keyboard contains 17 notes per octave (except for the lowest octave, which contains 10  [...]

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Chain of pure major 3rds & Quarter-tone between D♯ and E♭

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The history of the Royal Society of London. Volume 1 –  [...]

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Testing Hearing with Speech

If to measure is to “assign numerals to events,” queried audiologist Ira Hirsh in 1952, “what are the observable events in hearing?” In the newly professionalized  [...]

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Akustische Briefe für Musiker und Musikfreunde

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Das absolute Tonbewußtsein

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Amplification studio, Rundfunkversuchsstelle

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Tonometrische Untersuchungen an einem deutschen Volkslied

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Principes d’Acoustique et de Musique ou Systeme General des Intervalles des  [...]

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Del suono de’ tremori armonici e dell’udito

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Dr. Wallis’s letter to the publisher, concerning a new musical discovery;  [...]

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Mémoires sur différens sujets de mathématiques

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Sylva sylvarum or, A natural history, in ten centuries

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Bristol and Berry List of Test Words

Bristol and Berry (Lexington School) list of test words. Source: Douglas MacFarlan, “Speech Hearing Tests,” 72.  [...]

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Card for Phonograph Hearing Test

Card accompanying phonograph hearing test for children ages 2–4 (who were asked to point to the image that matched a recorded word). Source: Douglas MacFarlan, “Speech  [...]

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Western Electric 4C Audiometer

Western Electric 4C Audiometer (pamphlet for the 1937 “C” model). Courtesy: AT&T Archives and History Center.  [...]

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An Economic Production Scheme

Stages of quality control: Screening parts and products to remove “defects” and improve production processes. Source: W. A. Shewhart, Economic Control, 28.  [...]

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Musurgia universalis. Tomus I (Liber I-VII)

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The history of the Royal Society of London. Volume 4

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The history of the Royal Society of London. Volume 3

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The history of the Royal Society of London. Volume 1

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The history of the Royal Society of London. Volume 2

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Early twentieth-century telephone periodicals

This collection, assembled by media historian Matthew Hockenberry, contains a selection of telephone journals and associated materials from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Examining the Bell  [...]

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Carl Stumpf Research on Tone Psychology

In the first two decades of the twentieth century, psychologist Carl Stumpf and his colleagues at the Institute of Psychology in Berlin made the phonograph into a research  [...]

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Animal sound recordings

This set consists of digitized sound recordings of animal sound (mostly birds), which were produced and published for purposes of popular entertainment, teaching, hunting, and scientific  [...]

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Aural Speed Reading

Mara Mills and Jonathan Sterne, “Aural Speed Reading: Some Historical Bookmarks,” PMLA 135, no. 2 (March 2020). This essay is a contribution to the growing taxonomy of  [...]

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 23/24, 1962: Anwendung elektronischer Musik für den Film  [...]

Schallplatte 1 Heft 23/24, 1962: “Anwendung elektronischer Musik für den Film von Oskar Sala” ML 308 A/B B-Seite: 2. Teil  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 23/24, 1962: Klangbeispiele mit dem Computer (Digitalrechner) –  [...]

Heft 23/24 VI. Jahrgang 1962: Schallplatte 2: “Klangbeispiele mit dem Computer (Digitalrechner)” ML 309 A/B A-Seite: 1. Teil  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 23/24, 1962: Klangbeispiele mit dem Computer (Digitalrechner) –  [...]

Heft 23/24 VI. Jahrgang 1962: Schallplatte 2: “Klangbeispiele mit dem Compiuter (Digitalrechner)” ML 309 A/B B-Seite: 2. Teil  [...]

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 26, 1965: Jannis Xenakis ST/4 – 1.080262

Schallplatte 1, Heft 26, 1965: “Jannis Xenakis – ST/4 – 1.080262” EPML 372 A/B

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: Computer Music – A

Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: EP ML 372A Seite 1: “Computer Music” Seite 2: “Masquerades”  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: Computer Music – B

Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: EP ML 372A/B Seite 1: “Computer Music” Seite 2: “Masquerades”  [...]

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, 1965: Raumakustische Modellversuche – A

Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, November 1965: “Raumakustische Modellversuche” EPML 47 (7 PAL 2711/12-ST) Sprache / Musik / Flatterecho Ultrason-Aufnahme v. Prof. Spandöck, Labor für Akustik, techn. Physik, technische  [...]

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, 1965: Raumakustische Modellversuche – B

Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, November 1965: “Raumakustische Modellversuche” EPML 47 (7 PAL 2711/12-ST) Sprache / Musik / Flatterecho Ultrason-Aufnahme v. Prof. Spandöck, Labor für Akustik, techn. Physik, technische  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28: Soleil Rogeux F.B. Mâche – A

Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28, 1965: A-Seite:“Soleil Rougeux, F. B. Mâche” EPML 48 (7 PAL 2869-ST) See also: http://keestazelaar.com/share/gravesaner-blatter/  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28: Tautologos 1, Lucien Ferrari – B

Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28, 1965: Recording 2 Side B: “Tautologos 1, Lucien Ferrari” EPML 48 (7 PAL 2870-ST) See also: http://keestazelaar.com/share/gravesaner-blatter/  [...]

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U.S. Patent 2,922,999

Filed: April 17, 1956 Patented: January 26, 1960

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U.S. Patent 3,058,103

Filed: September 10, 1958 Patented: October 09, 1962

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U.S. Patent 3,138,138

Filed: November 08, 1961 Patented: June 23, 1964

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U.S. Patent 3,557,899

Filed: January 10, 1967 Patented: January 26,1971

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U.S. Patent 3,157,153

Filed: October 10, 1962 Patented: November 17, 1964

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Untersuchungen über die sogenannten ‘Knochenleitungen’ und deren Verhältnis zur Schallfortpflanzung durch  [...]

See also: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ShsBAAAAYAAJ/page/n311/mode/2up  [...]

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Demonstration der continuierlichen Tonreihe in ihrer neuen von Dr. Edelmann verbesserten  [...]

See also: https://archive.org/details/zeitschriftfrhr32unkngoog/page/n90/mode/2up  [...]

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Untersuchungsmethodik der akustischen Funktionen des Ohres

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Herrmann Scherchen (Gravesano): Anwendung elektroakustischer Musik für den Film von Oskar  [...]

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Herrmann Scherchen (Gravesano): Anwendung elektroakustischer Musik für den Film von Oskar  [...]

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First experimental Kunstkopf

First Berlin Kunstkopf mounted on transport case, circa 1969. From left: Ralf Kürer, holding the front of a KU80 and the front of a preproduction model, Henning  [...]

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Advertisment: “The Delta Head”

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Measuring ear signals

Measuring ear signals with a probe microphone, circa 1972.

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The “Originalkopf”

The “Originalkopf” microphone array, circa 1975.

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Kunstkopf

Kunstkopf by Peter Laws and Hans-Joachim Platte with Originalkopf microphone array, circa 1976.

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Patentanmeldung in USA

Patentanmeldung in USA, 1971: Verfahren zur hörrichtigen Aufnahme und Wiedergabe von Schallereignissen und Vorrichtung zu seiner Durchführung.

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Offenlegungsschrift 1927 401

Offenlegungsschrift 1927 401 des deutschen Patentamts, 1970: Verfahren zur hörrichtigen Aufnahme und Wiedergabe von Schallereignissen und Vorrichtung zu seiner Durchführung.  [...]

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Offenlegungsschrift 2023 377

Offenlegungsschrift 2023 377 des deutschen Patentamts, 1971: Verfahren zur räumlichen Wiedergabe von Schallsignalen mittels Lautsprecher und Vorrichtung zu seiner Durchführung.

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John Cage: “Imaginary Landscape No. 1” (1939)

Conductor: Rainer Riehn “Victor Frequency Record 84522A: Play on a single turntable provided with a clutch for change of speed.” Excerpt from Mills and Sterne, “Aural Speed Reading”: “Whereas the  [...]

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VSC Variable Speech Control

For explanations please see the brochure “Announcing the Varispeech Machine”: Brochure: Announcing the Varispeech Machine  [...]

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Demonstration of “chipmunk speech” by Variable Speech Control (VSC)

Demonstration of “chipmunk speech” by Variable Speech Control (VSC), c. 1975. VSC was one of several companies to market a tape playback device with time compression  [...]

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Recording: Demonstration of the JAWS screen reader

Shafeka Hashash demonstrates the JAWS screen reader at its 60% speed setting. Explanation: Quote from: https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/ “JAWS, Job Access With Speech, is the world’s most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose  [...]

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Brochure: Announcing the Varispeech Machine

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Recording: George Bernard Shaw, Spoken English and Broken English – One

George Bernard Shaw, Spoken English and Broken English (London: Linguaphone, 1927). Second of Two 78 RPM records  [...]

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Recording: George Bernard Shaw, Spoken English and Broken English – Two

George Bernard Shaw, Spoken English and Broken English (London: Linguaphone, 1927). Second of Two 78 RPM records  [...]

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Image: Readers sharing a talking book, c. 1930s

Readers sharing a talking book, c. 1930s.  [...]

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Varispeech demonstration by Francis Lee, c. 1972

Francis Lee demonstrating his Varispeech time compression and expansion tape recorder, c. 1972.   Excerpt from Mills and Sterne, “Aural Speed Reading”: “In the early 1970s, Harvey Lauer became one  [...]

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Victor Picture Disc: Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” by The Philadelphia  [...]

One of Robert Irwin’s inspirations as he planned the first AFB Talking Book recordings was a 1932 Picture Disc of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” with  [...]

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Gravesaner Blätter Jahrgang II, Heft 6

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Gravesaner Blätter Jahrgang VI, Heft 21

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero  [...]

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Gravesaner Blätter, Jahrgang VII, Heft 25

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero  [...]

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Gravesaner Blätter Jahrgang V, Heft 19/20

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Gravesaner Blätter Jahrgang V, Heft 22

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Gravesaner Blätter, Jahrgang VII, Heft 26

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero  [...]

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“Handwerkskarte” of Anton Marian Springer

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Notebook of A. M. Springer

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Carlos Palombini: Der Essay über Radio und Kino: Ästhetik und Technik  [...]

Cover by: Pierre Schaeffer, Essay über Radio und Kino: Ästhetik und Technik der Staffelkünste [1941-42], edited by Sophie Brunet and Carlos Palombini , Paris, Allia, 2010. Cover by:  [...]

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A vocal quartet in the hall

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A la recherche du parleur inconnu. Amateurs et professionnels. Comoedia newspaper,  [...]

In July, 1942, following a classified advertisement in newspapers, many actors and singers (amateurs or experienced) applied for a training program. Around twenty of them were  [...]

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Images of the «openwind studio» (unidentified newspaper), November 19, 1942

Images of the «openwind studio». «Parler au micro est un art», unidentified newspaper, November 19, 1942.

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Jacques Copeau: Notes sur le métier de comédien, « Extraits des  [...]

Explanatory note: The notes Copeau wrote during the stage were published twice (first partially, then in full), under two different titles: « L’interprétation des textes. 1° Extraits des Remarques sur la  [...]

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Advertising for Western Electric non-directional mike

Further description of the microphone was done by the Harvard University. Link: http://waywiser.fas.harvard.edu/objects/17456/western-electric-model-630a-eightball-microphone;jsessionid=9F78F2805EECC90D33A12AD9759C647B?ctx=884dcf36-8145-42e8-b6cd-b104b0342d1d&idx=4  [...]

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José Bernhart: “Traité de prise de son, Paris, Eyrolles”, 1949. Selected  [...]

Table of contents Selected pages from José Bernhart, Traité de prise de son, Paris, Eyrolles, 1949. Page 3: « Écoute dirigée – écoute intelligente », p. 23-25 „Directed listening –  [...]

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Brevet n°1021500: “Procédé pour la reproduction stéréophonique des sons”

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André Veinstein, „Vom Raum der Präsenz in der Radio-Kino-Fernsehtechnik zur Theaterinszenierung“,  [...]

André Veinstein, „Vom Raum der Präsenz in der Radio-, Kino- und Fernsehtechnik zur Theaterinszenierung“, von José Bernhart [Rezension des Artikels veröffentlicht in La Revue du Son , Nr.  [...]

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Choral recording in the courtyard

Choral recording in the courtyard

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Rehersal in the courtyard

Rehearsal (Pierre Schaeffer on the right).

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Courtyard of the Hôtel des ducs de Bourgogne, Beaune, today Burgundy  [...]

Courtyard of the Burgundy Wine Museum, former Hôtel des ducs de Bourgogne, Beaune.

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Jacques Copeau and the trainees

Jacques Copeau and the trainees in the hall.

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Raoul Falaise, chief engineer, recording in the makeshift booth

Raoul Falaise, chief engineer, recording, Beaune, 1942.  [...]

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The trainee-actors Olivier Hussenot and Jean Léonard using the „boule noire“  [...]

The trainee-actors Olivier Hussenot and Jean Léonard using the „boule noire“ (Western Electric model 630). Broadcast “Le temps retrouvé”, June 21, 1952, where Schaeffers live comments about one of the Beaune recordings can be  [...]

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Cahiers d’Études de Radio-Télévision, 9-10, Littérature et Radio, 1956. Cover

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Gravesaner Blätter, Heft 27/28

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Exemplary Günter Tembrock protocol on fox behavior

View of an exemplary daily protocol of the lab animal’s behavior feat. notes on sound recording (1957).

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Jonathan Sterne, The Software Passes the Test When the User Fails  [...]

Field recordings: – Stanford Memorial Church (2011, demonstration of the church’s acoustic responses to different noise bursts by audio engineer Jonathan Abel; Center for Computer Research in Music  [...]

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Karl Barth: “Aber seid getrost”

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Tuning Fork

For purchase context: David Pantalony, “Americans in Europe: The Purchasing Trip of Ira and Charles Young in 1853,” Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, no. 76 (2003), 23-27.  [...]

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Tonometer – Bezold’s Continuous Series of Tuning Forks

The otologist Friedrich Bezold designed this series of tuning forks for testing hearing through a continuous series of sounds. The acoustical maker and physicist Max Thomas Edelmann’s  [...]

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Model of Inner ear

https://portal.wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de/SciCollection/4461?hit=15

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Epistola de Scypho vitreo per certum humanae vocis sonum rupto ad  [...]

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Stentor hyaloklastes sive De Scypho Vitreo per certum humanae vocis sonum  [...]

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De auditu: liber unus

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Brief over het breecken van een glase roemer

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Nuovi ritrovamenti

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Koenig Sound Analyser

Koenig’s flame analyzer was, next to the Koenig sound synthesizer, one of the clearest expressions of Hermann von Helmholtz’s theory that complex sounds were made up  [...]

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Röntgentonfilm der Sprache

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Johann Heinrich Scheibler

The silk manufacturer Johann Heinrich Scheibler invented a method to tune keyboards with unprecedented accuracy, applying principles that he had developed in his textile factory. His  [...]

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Harmonie universelle, contenant la théorie et la pratique de la musique

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Mit Kamera und Lautplatte durch England

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Questions harmoniques

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Les préludes de l’harmonie universelle

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Traité de l’harmonie universelle, Vol. 2

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Traité de l’harmonie universelle, Vol. 1

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With Camera and Record, Disc 3, Side B: “Fleet Street –  [...]

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With Camera and Record, Disc 3, Side A: “Fleet Street”

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Mit Kamera und Lautplatte durch England

English title: With Camera and Record throughout England Contents: Paddington Station-London, D1 At Paddington Station – Conversation, D1 A Railway Excursion, D2 Fleet Street, D3 Fleet Street – Conversation, D3 The London Underground  [...]

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Ueber die höchsten hörbaren und unhörbaren Töne, part 1

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Battements et sons résulants de deux mouvements vibratoires produits simultanément dans  [...]

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Über Klänge mit ungleichförmigen Wellen

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Catalogue des appareils d’acoustique construits par Rudolph Koenig

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Quelques expériences d’acoustique

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Recherches sur les vibrations d’un diapason normal (Untersuchungen über die Schwingungen  [...]

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Über die Beobachtung der Luftschwingungen in Orgelpfeifen

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Beschreibung eines Stosstöneapparates für Vorlesungsversuche

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Auswahl französischer Poesie und Prosa

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Ueber den Ursprung der Stösse und Stosstöne bei harmonischen Intervallen

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Auswahl englischer Prosa und Poesie

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Untersuchungen über die Schwingungen einer Normalstimmgabel

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Unter fremden Völkern

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Berlin: Otto Stollberg, Verlag für Politik und Wirtschaft

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On the simultaneous sounding of two notes

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Stimmgabel mit veränderlichem Tone

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Über den Zusammenklang zweier Töne

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On Manometric Flames

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Der Kriegsgefangenen Haltung und Schicksal in Deutschland

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Apparat zur Messung der Geschwindigkeit des Schalls

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Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen)

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Organisation der Lautabteilung an der Preussischen Staatsbibliothek Berlin

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The reading room of the Preußische Staatsbibliothek (Prussian State Library) in  [...]

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Die Lautabteilung

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Denkschrift über die Errichtung eines „Deutschen Lautamtes“ in Berlin

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Sprech- und Lehrproben

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Nachrichten von einigen theils wirklichen, theils vielleicht nur angeblichen neuen Erfindungen

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Ueber das Fehlerhafte und Willkührliche in der alten griechischen Musik

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Ueber vortheilhafte Einrichtung eines Locals für gute Wirkung des Schalles

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Nachrichten von neueren Untersuchungen der Stimm- und Singwerkzeuge

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Nachricht von einer neuen Art von Blasinstrument

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Traité d’acoustique

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Die Akustik

Die Akustik was written by Ernst Chladni in 1801, and is the first comprehensive work on acoustics to appear in German. The first part dealt with  [...]

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Entdeckungen über die Theorie des Klanges

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Über die Bedeutung des Phonographen für vergleichende Musikwissenschaft

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Über vergleichende akustische und musikpsychologische Untersuchungen

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Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni

Chladni was a physicist whose work focused on experimental acoustics. He invented the “Chladni figure” and various instruments. Until his death, he continued to travel and  [...]

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Phonographierte Indianermelodien aus British Columbia

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Phonographierte türkische Melodien

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Phonographierte indische Melodien

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On the musical scales of various nations

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On the sensitiveness of the ear to pitch and change of  [...]

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Studien über das Tonsystem und die Musik der Japaner

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On musical duodenes

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On the temperament of musical instruments with fixed tones

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On the physical constitution and relations of musical chords

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On the conditions, extent, and realization of a perfect musical scale  [...]

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The essentials of phonetics

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A plea for phonotypy and phonography

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The alphabet of nature

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Erich Moritz von Hornbostel

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl] [Folder] Hauptversuche mit von Hornbostel und Wertheimer  [...]

Externer Link: http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/library/data/lit38891  [...]

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Pierre Schaeffer

Son of a musician and a voice teacher, Pierre Schaeffer received a Catholic education, practiced theater as a boy scout, and learned to play the cello  [...]

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Internationales Zentralblatt für experimentelle Phonetik VOX, Vol. 32

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Internationales Zentralblatt für Experimentelle Phonetik VOX, Vol. 31

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Internationales Zentralblatt für Experimentelle Phonetik VOX, Vol. 28-30

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Internationales Zentralblatt für Experimentelle Phonetik VOX, Vol. 25-26

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Internationales Zentralblatt für Experimentelle Phonetik VOX, Vol. 24

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Internationales Zentralblatt für Experimentelle Phonetik VOX, Vol. 23

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Sigmund Exner

Sigmund Exner is known for his work in comparative physiology and his studies of perception psychology from a physiological standpoint. He conducted important research on the localization of behavioral functionality  [...]

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Marin Mersenne

Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), a theologist, philosopher, mathematician, and music theorist, was an important propagator of the “new science” in seventeenth-century France. In his most important acoustical  [...]

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Max Kohl

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Jules Antoine Lissajous

Jules Antoine Lissajous was a high-school teacher, then held prestigious administrative posts in the education system of various parts of France. He had trained in physics,  [...]

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Johann Friedrich Kaufmann

Inventor of the trumpet automaton, several musical automata, and the harmonichord. Clockmaker, instrument maker and musician in Dresden. Founder of the cabinet of acoustics in Dresden.  [...]

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Medizinisch-pädagogische Monatsschrift für die gesamte Sprachheilkunde, Vol. 22

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Medizinisch-pädagogische Monatsschrift für die gesamte Sprachheilkunde, Vol. 21

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Medizinisch-pädagogische Monatsschrift für die gesamte Sprachheilkunde, Vol. 20

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Medizinisch-pädagogische Monatsschrift für die gesamte Sprachheilkunde, Vol. 19

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Medizinisch-pädagogische Monatsschrift für die gesamte Sprachheilkunde, Vol. 18

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Medizinisch-pädagogische Monatsschrift für die gesamte Sprachheilkunde, Vol. 17

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Symphonion music box

First produced in 1886 by a company in Leipzig, the Symphonion music box was a commercially successful model of a music box with exchangeable disks. Despite  [...]

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Theremin

This picture shows a theremin (also known as a termenvox), an electronic musical instrument invented by Leon Theremin (Russian name: Lev Termen) in the early 1920s.  [...]

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording Aut 66

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording Aut 65

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording PK 1695

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8-track tape

The 8-track tape cartridge consists of a case holding a spool of magnetic tape. As a medium for the reproduction of sound, it was popular in  [...]

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording PK 1679

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 1187

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 1186

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 731

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 637

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Roland SH-09 analog synthesizer

The SH-09 synthesizer is a musical instrument capable of generating and modifying electronic signals, thus enabling a wide range of possible sounds. It belongs to the  [...]

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 636

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 567

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Philips cartridge

This picture shows a large cartridge holding magnetic tape. It is described on the front as “Philips Functional Music Tempo T151.” Much larger than the consumer-oriented  [...]

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 566

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 565

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Publicatie No. 67 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 62 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 61 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 58 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 56a van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 56 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 55 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 52 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 45a van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 43 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 41 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 40 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 30 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 29 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 28 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 27 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 26 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 25 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 24 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 23 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 22 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 21 der Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 20 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 19 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 18 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 17 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 16 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 15 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 14 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 13 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 12 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 11 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 10 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 9 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 8 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 7 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 6 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 5 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 4 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 3 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 2 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Publicatie No. 1 van de Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Index: Publicaties van de Geluidstichting (1934-1960)

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The Webster Chicago wire recorder

This set of pictures shows the Webster Chicago wire recorder (model 80-1) and related accessories, including a microphone, a collection of reels from different sources, and  [...]

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Minifon P55 portable wire recorder

This picture shows the Minifon P55 portable recorder, produced by the Protona company in Hamburg, Germany. It belongs to the same group of electromagnetic wire recorders  [...]

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Personal information forms from the Lautarchiv collection

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MN-61 wire recorder

This picture shows the Soviet military wire recorder MN-61. It belongs to the same group of electromagnetic wire recorders as the Webster Chicago recorder and the Minifon P55. As  [...]

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Metronome

The authoritative musicological encyclopedia Grove Music Online defines the metronome as an “apparatus for establishing musical tempo” and “the clockwork-driven double-pendulum device perhaps invented about 1812 by Diederich  [...]

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Federation of Acoustical Societies of Europe (FASE): Agreement

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Cassette eraser

A device used to quickly and efficiently delete any signals stored on a compact cassette, including sound and sonically encoded computer-readable information. Its working principle is  [...]

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Invitation FASE to the Founder-Member-Societies (NAG)

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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FASE (Federation of Acoustical Societies of Europe): Appendix 1

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Minutes of the 1st Meeting of the Council of Federation of  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Dictaphone dictation machine

The Dictaphone dictation machine is a recording device that resembles the Edison phonograph in its use of wax cylinders as the recording medium. It differs from  [...]

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Addresses of Acoustical Societies and Commissions. Prepared by the Secretary of  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Addresses of Acoustical Societies and Commissions

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Kymograph

The kymograph could create visual representations of measurements carried out over a certain period of time, and played an important role in physiology, acoustics, and other  [...]

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Letter Fritz Ingerslev to Acoustical Societies and Commissions

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Letter Felix Kolmer to Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap, 05.06.1970

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Letter Felix Kolmer to Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap, 01.06.1970

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Tuning forks owned by the Media Archaeological Fundus

This picture shows a tuning fork, a mechanical device traditionally used to create a stable reference frequency. When the tuning fork is set in motion by  [...]

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Statuten der Internationalen Vereinigung gegen den Lärm

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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NAG ICA (International Commission for Acoustics)

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Internationale Vereinigung gegen den Lärm

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The Tefifon tape player

The Tefifon is an audio player that uses cartridges containing plastic tape with a vertical arrangement of grooves representing sound. It is a branch of analog  [...]

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Speak & Spell toy computer

The Texas Instruments toy computer Speak & Spell is a learning aid for spelling. After its introduction in 1978, the toy’s success prompted the production of  [...]

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Korg MS-10 analog synthesizer

The Korg MS-10 analog synthesizer is a musical instrument capable of generating and modifying electronic signals, enabling a broad range of possible sounds. Produced by the Korg  [...]

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Copicat tape echo

The Watkins Electric Music (WEM) Copicat tape echo creates audible repetitions of sounds by using an endless tape loop. As an electronic effect for rock musicians,  [...]

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Media Archaeological Fundus

The Media Archaeological Fundus (Medienarchäologischer Fundus, or MAF) is a collection of teaching and working materials held at the media theory department of the Humboldt-Universität zu  [...]

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Hand-drawn circuit of a singing and speaking arc for the Istituto  [...]

Printed information: “Ditta Alberto dall’Eco (Ing. Giorgio Santarelli, Successore) Firenze 10 – Via Giotto – 10 Officina di strumenti di precisione Medaglia d’oro di 1° Grado all’Espositizione Internazionale d’Elettricità di Como deposito di materiali  [...]

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Der elektrische Lichtbogen

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Der sprechende Flammenbogen und die Telephonie ohne Draht vermittelst Lichtstrahlen

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Der sprechende elektrische Flammenbogen und die Versuche, denselben praktisch zu verwerten

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On rapid variations in the current through the direct-current arc

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Apparatus for singing- and speaking-arc experiments from the Max Kohl catalog

Source: Max Kohl A.G. : Physical Apparatus. Price List No. 50, Vols. II and III. Chemnitz, n.d. [1911], p. 1058.   Description on p. 1057: “Complete Apparatus for Experiments  [...]

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Max Kohl AG

In 1876, the school dropout and trained mechanic Max Hans Robert Kohl founded a workshop for precision mechanics. The company soon grew, and two years later  [...]

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Stimmeinstellungszeichen

The Stimmeinstellungszeichen, literally “voice disposition indicators,” are metal shapes about 10 cm in diameter. Polished brass wire is bent to form abstract curves and lines. The linguist Eduard  [...]

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Experimentelle Überprüfung der Rutz-Sieversschen Typenlehre

Schulte, Hans: “Experimentelle Überprüfung der Rutz-Sieversschen Typenlehre an der Universität Bonn”, in: Archiv für die gesamte Psychologie, vol. 70 issue 1-2, section 119-208, 1929.  [...]

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Der musikalische Rhythmus als Erkenntnisquelle

Reprint of the first edition (Stuttgart: Ichthys Verlag, 1928)

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Experimentelle Überprüfung der Rutz-Sieversschen Typenlehre an der Universität Bonn, 1929

Image from Journal Article: Schulte, Hans: “Experimentelle Überprüfung der Rutz-Sieversschen Typenlehre an der Universität Bonn”, in: Archiv für die gesamte Psychologie, vol. 70 issue 1-2, section 119-208,  [...]

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Becking curves

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Demonstrationen zur Lehre von den klanglichen Konstanten in Rede und Musik

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Neues zu den Rutzschen Reaktionen

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Eduard Sievers und die Sprachmelodie

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Ziele und Wege der Schallanalyse. Zwei Vorträge

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Rhythmisch-melodische Studien. Vorträge und Aufsätze

Content / Inhalt 1. Zu Wernhers Marienliedern(1893). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  [...]

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Song of a Nightingale, No. 2 (45057-A)

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Canary and Thrush Duet (45058-B)

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Song of a Sprosser (45058-A)

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Magnemite magnetic tape recorder

In 1952, the Amplifier Corporation of America launched one of the first clockwork-driven tape recorders, ushering in a new era of battery-operated, small, and lightweight portable  [...]

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Parabolic microphone

The parabolic microphone uses a parabolic reflector to collect and focus sound waves onto a receiver, ensuring great directional sensitivity along the axis to which the  [...]

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WE Record – Actual Live Crow Recording, Side A

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WE Record – Actual Live Crow Recording, Side B

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A & F Goose Calling, Side A

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A & F Goose Calling, Side B

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Olt Hunting Manual

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1972

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1971

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1970_additional note_Bijvoegsel van de Nederlandse Staatscourant  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1970_additional note _Wij Juliana, bij de  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1970

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1969

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarboek 1968

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Concept voor het nieuwe huishoudelijk reglement_[1967]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1967v

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1966

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1965

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1964

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1963_additional note

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Jaarverslag 1963

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Huishoudelijk-Reglement (1963)

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP_Statuten (1962)

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_NEDERLANDS AKOESTISCH GENOOTSCHAP (Geluidstichting)_Jaarverslag 1962

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_GELUIDSTICHTING_Twee-jaarlijks verslag 1960–1961

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_GELUIDSTICHTING_Twee-jaarlijks verslag 1958–1959

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Twee-jaarlijks verslag van de Geluidstichting over 1956 en 1957_additional  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Verklaring (1958)

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Twee-jaarlijks verslag van de Geluidstichting over 1956 en 1957

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgements: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) at this Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Twee-jaarlijks verslag van de Geluidstichting over 1954 en 1955_  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Twee-jaarlijks verslag van de Geluidstichting over 1954 en 1955

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Twee-jaarlijks verslag van de Geluidstichting over (1951) 1952 en  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgements: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) at this Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Jaarverslag over 1948 van de secretaris–penningmeester van de Geluidstichting  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Jaarverslag [van de Geluidstichting] over 1942

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Jaarverslag van de Geluidstichting over 1941

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Jaarverslag van de Geluidstichting over 1940

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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MIT Choral Society concert poster, Freie Universität Berlin, 1962

This poster advertises an MIT Choral Society concert that took place at the Freie Universität Berlin on July 3, 1962. The poster forms part of a  [...]

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Program cassettes

This picture shows compact cassettes storing computer-readable information (programs and data) encoded as audio signals. This kind of storage was popular in home computing in the  [...]

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Kay Sona-Graph

This photograph shows the sound spectrograph produced by the Kay Electric Company. The device made it possible to create visual representations of the spectrum of audio  [...]

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Handmade paper waterfall plot: Mississippi

This photograph shows a three-dimensional representation of sound using paper. The spectrum (frequencies from low to high) is represented by an arrangement of single strips of  [...]

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Handmade paper waterfall plot: Beethoven’s 8th symphony

This photograph shows a three-dimensional representation of sound using paper. The spectrum (frequencies from low to high) is represented by an arrangement of single strips of  [...]

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Brüel & Kjær 2304 level recorder

These pictures show the measuring device Type 2304 produced by the Danish company Brüel & Kjær. Level recorders like this one made it possible to create  [...]

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Random Noise Generator Type 1390-B

This picture shows the Random Noise Generator Type 1390-B produced by the General Radio Company in West Concord, MA. A random noise generator is a device  [...]

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Sony PCM 3324S digital 24-track tape recorder

These pictures show the multitrack reel-to-reel tape machine Sony PCM 3324S. It can store up to twenty-four channels of sound, facilitating the extensive editing and mixing  [...]

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35 mm 4-track tape

These pictures show an audio tape modeled on the technology traditionally employed in film. As in professional 35 mm wide film, the tape is perforated on  [...]

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Historical Devices Owned by the Audio Communication Group, Technische Universität Berlin

The holdings of the Audio Communication Group of the Technische Universität Berlin (TU) go back to the 1950s and 1960s. This is a considerable length of  [...]

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Stilte 1938, 1(1) May

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Tonometer

A tonometer consists of a series of steel cylinders that resonate at specific frequencies upon being struck with a metal hammer. They are used as standards  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports]_Jaarverslag van de Geluidstichting over 1938

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslag van de Geluidstichting over 1937

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslag der Geluidstichting over 1936

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Large Savart toothed wheel from the Physiology of Hearing collection, Charité

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Jaarverslag 1935 der Geluidstichting

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Jaarverslagen [annual reports] van de Geluidstichting en het Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap

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Helmholtz’s double siren

In 1862, the German scientist Herman Helmholtz invented another important acoustic instrument, the double siren. The new instrument combined two Dove Sirens, which were positioned to  [...]

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58_ Notulen van de 4e vergadering van de Commissie voor de  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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57_Résumé van de bespreking van de leden Ir. G.L. Tegelberg, Voorzitter,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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56_Concept statuten [Draft Regulations] Geluidsstichting [Sound Foundation], 1933

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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55_Brief [Letter] Ir. W.A. Slinkers [Secretaris Comité van voorbereiding van de  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Helmholtz resonator

Helmholtz described in his 1862 [sic] book, On the Sensations of Tone, an apparatus able to pick out specific frequencies from a sound. The Helmholtz resonator, as it  [...]

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54_Notulen van de 2e vergadering van de Commissie voor de bestudeering  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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53_Notulen van de 3e vergadering van de Commissie voor de bestudeering  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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52_Brief [Letter] A.D Fokker en C. Zwikker aan N. Moens, 01.11.1933

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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51_Brief [Letter] A.D Fokker, N. Moens en C. Zwikker aan het  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Schriften über musikalische und physikalische Tonmessung und Orgelstimmung und deren Anwendung  [...]

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50_Brief [Letter] N. Moens aan [to] Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker, 04.11.1933

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Ueber mathematische Stimmung, Temperaturen und Orgelstimmung nach Vibrations-Differenzen oder Stößen

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49_Beknopt verslag van de lezing van J.F. van der Luur op  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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48_Balans Loonmeetdienst der Geluidstiching, 31.12.1934

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Der physikalische und musikalische Tonmesser

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47_Notariële akte van oprichting van de Geluidstichting, 12.10.1934

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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46_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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45_Brief [Letter] Ir. W.A. Slinkers, secretaris van het Comité ter voorbereiding  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Theorie der Luftschwingungen in Röhren mit offenen Enden

Original Publication: Journal für die reine und angewandte Physik 57, no. 1 (1860): 1-72.

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44_“Oprichting van de Geluidstichting,” 30.07.[1934]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen, 1st ed.

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Helmholtz lecture notebook “Mathematische Akustik”

Notebook (title: “Mathematische Akustik”) associated with lecture by Hermann von Helmholtz at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. 114 pages. Inscription on the inside of the book cover: “Winter  [...]

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Helmholtz lecture notebook “Akustik”

Notebook (title: “Akustik”) associated with lecture by Hermann von Helmholtz at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. Originally 94 pages, one sheet ripped out. Author not specified.  [...]

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43_Notulen van de 7e vergadering van de Commissie voor de bestudeering  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Alexander John Ellis

Alexander John Ellis was born Alexander John Sharpe on June 14, 1814, in Hoxton, Middlesex, and died in London on October 28, 1890. He studied mathematics  [...]

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42_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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41_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz, later von Helmholtz, was born in Potsdam in 1821, the son of Caroline Penne and high school principal August Ferdinand Julius Helmholtz.  [...]

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40_Brief [Letter] Ir. W.A. Slinkers aan [to] [Onbekend/Unknown], 26.04.1934

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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39_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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38_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the  [...]

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37_Brief [Letter] [Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker] aan [to] Prof. Dr. A.D.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Professor Gruetzmacher (Braunschweig): Das Teilspektrum der Glocke – Side B

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Professor Gruetzmacher (Braunschweig): Das Teilspektrum der Glocke – Side A

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Dansk Billed Central Kongensvej 18. C. 5376. IV. I. C. A.  [...]

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Fahrbares Untergestell für Temporegler

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Wirbelstrom-Drehmomentmesser für kleine Drehmomente

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Beitrag zur Übertragung oder Aufzeichnung eines breiten Nachrichtenbandes

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Gedruckte Schaltungen für Neuartige Fernhörer und zur Steuerung von Erdsatelliten

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Lässt sich das Restgehör für tiefe Frequenzen dazu verwenden, dass durch  [...]

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Über Aufbau und Zweck des Informationswandlers

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Zeitraffung und –dehnung bei der Tonbandwiedergabe

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Ein Verfahren zur Sprachbandkompression

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Zeitlupe für Sprache und Musik

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Notes about the transmission of news – Side B

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Notes about the transmission of news – Side A

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Explanation of the electrical information storage – Side B

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Explanation of the electrical information storage – Side A

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Demonstrations of the „Tonlagenwandler“ – Side B

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Demonstrations of the „Tonlagenwandler“ – Side A

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Professor Meyer-­Eppler (Universität Bonn): Residualton und Formantton. Side B

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Professor Meyer-­Eppler (Universität Bonn): Residualton und Formantton. Side A

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Schallplatte Heft 10: Fritz Enkel (WOR/Köln): Psycho-­ und Elektroakustik der Schallbildsynthese.  [...]

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Springer am 10.07.1956

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Portrait of Anton Marian Springer

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Thyssen-Haus, Düsseldorf 15.10.60

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“3.8.64, For Schneider …”

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Gravesano, Mai 1956

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Staatliche Ingenieurschule Kiel

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Internat. E. A. Kampen Den Haag, Schiepol (Flughafen Amsterdam), 21. Juni  [...]

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The Jingle Mill, 201 West 49th Street, New York 19. N.Y.  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 2/3: Hermann Scherchen (Gravesano): Der Einfluß des Mikrophons auf  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 2/3: Hermann Scherchen (Gravesano): Der Einfluß des Mikrophons auf  [...]

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36_Brief [Ir.] W.A. Slinkers aan[to] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg, 03.08.1934

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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35_Brief [Letter] B.E. Theinert aan [to] Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker, 29.08.1933

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Hermann Scherchen (Gravesano): Nachhallexperimente des holländischen Staatsradios – Side B

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34_Brief [Letter] B.E. Theinert aan [to] Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker, 02.09.1933

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Hermann Scherchen (Gravesano): Nachhallexperimente des holländischen Staatsradios – Side A

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33_Notulen [over het oprichten van een Geluidstichting] [Proceedings about the formation  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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32_Brief [Letter] B.E. Theinert aan [to] Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker, 03.08.1933

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Herrmann Scherchen (Gravesano): Anwendung elektronischer Musik für den Film von Oskar  [...]

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31_“Stichting ‘Acousta’, Raad van Beheer” [Geen datum]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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30_Brief [Letter] B.E. Theinert, directeur Acousta aan de Beheerder van het  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Herrmann Scherchen (Gravesano): Anwendung elektronischer Musik für den Film von Oskar  [...]

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29_Notulen [over het oprichten van een stichting, voorlopig naam Stichting Acousta],  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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28_“Proces-verbaal omtrent … het oprichten van een Geluidstichting,” [23.03.1933]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgements: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) at this Sound &  [...]

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27_“Notulen van verschillende besprekingen, gevoerd inzake plannen tot het in leven  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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The Jingle Mill, 201 West 49th Street, New York 19. N.Y.  [...]

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26_“Toelichting bij het in het leven roepen van een Geluidstiching” [1934]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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25_Brief [Letter] Mr. D. Oppenheimer-Belinfante, secretaris-penningmeester Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Huisvrouwen aan  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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24_Brief [Letter] Ir. A. Dubois et al., Comité van Voorbereiding van  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 1: Hermann Scherchen (Gravesano): Ein akustischer Zeitraffer – Side  [...]

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23_Brief [Letter] Technisch-Economisch Genootschap aan [to] Ir. W.A. Slinkers, secretaris Comité  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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22_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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21_Notulen van de 5e vergadering van de Commissie voor de bestudeering  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 1: Hermann Scherchen (Gravesano): Ein akustischer Zeitraffer – Side  [...]

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19_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 7/8: Dr. André Moles (Paris): Experimente mit dem Alibis-Terzfilter  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 7/8 of the Gravesaner Blätter.  [...]

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20_Brief [Letter] Z [Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker][Secretaris Geluidstichting/Secretary Sound Foundation] aan  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgements: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) at this Sound &  [...]

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18_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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17_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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16_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker [Voorzitter Geluidstichting, Chair Sound Foundation]  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 7/8: Dr. André Moles (Paris): Experimente mit dem Alibis-Terzfilter  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 7/8 of the Gravesaner Blätter.  [...]

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15_Brief [Letter] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg aan [to] Ir. Wouter Cool, Algemeen  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 10: Fritz Enkel (WOR/Köln): Psycho-­ und Elektroakustik der Schallbildsynthese.  [...]

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Recordings from the estate of Hermann Scherchen: 4. AVM-31 6332/12

Signatur AVM-31 6332/12. “Band 12: Fortsetzung des Vortrages Newman Guttman. Musical sounds from Digital Computers (Mit Musikbeispiel)” https://archiv.adk.de/objekt/2927492  [...]

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Recordings from the estate of Hermann Scherchen: 3. AVM-31_6332_8-1-2

Signatur: AVM-31 6332/8. Band 8: Vorführung Dr. Anton M. Springer. Tonlagenregler, Einleitung von Dr. Charles Hatay, anschl. Diskussion.  [...]

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Recordings from the estate of Hermann Scherchen: 2. AVM-31_6332_2_1_1

Band 2: Vortrag Dr. Anton Springer: “Vom akustischen Wandler zum Erdsatelliten”. Anschließend Diskussion. https://archiv.adk.de/objekt/2459532  [...]

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Certificate by the Acoustical Society of America 1. Oktober 1956

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United States of America Patent Nr. 2,719,879

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14_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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13_Brief [Letter] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg aan [to] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Lizenzvertrag zwischen A. M. Springer und der Firma Eltro

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12_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Anstellungsvertrag Anton Marian Springers bei Eltro GmbH

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Schreiben über die Einrichtung einer Verkaufsstelle für Elektro- und Radioartikel

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11_Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker aan [to] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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10_Brief [Letter] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg aan [to] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Material from the private estate of Anton Marian Springer

The collection was digitized by Fabian Voigtschild, Jonathan Sterne, and Mara Mills. The set features a collection of material from the papers of sound engineer Anton Springers.  [...]

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09_Brief [Letter] Ir. G.L. Tegelberg aan [to] Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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08_Brief [Letter] ADF [Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker] [Voorzitter Geluidstichting] aan Ir.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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07_Brief [Letter] T [Ir. G.L. Tegelberg] [Voorzitter Comité van voorbereiding van  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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06_Brief [Letter] Mr. F.E. Spat, N.V. Philip’s Gloeilampenfabrieken aan Comité van  [...]

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05_[Verslag] van de “1. Oprichting” [van de Geluidstichting] [1934/1935] [[Report] on  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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04_Notulen 5, Spoedvergadering Raad van Bestuur der Geluidstiching,17.04.1935

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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03_Notulen 1, Vergadering Raad van Bestuur der Geluidstiching, 12.10.1934

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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02_Notulen van de “vergadering … ter voorbereiding van de oprichting van  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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01_Commissie van Bijstand [Organisaties en leden]

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Geluidstichting corr. 1933-1934 oprichting [Sound Foundation, corr. 1933-1934 formation]

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H.J.L. Struycken

H. J. L. Struycken was a Dutch otolaryngologist, phonetician, and acoustician. After studying medicine in Groningen, in 1893 he started working at the Voorburg psychiatric hospital  [...]

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Set of 8 Large Demonstration Tuning Forks

This specific array of precision tuning forks are highly-specialized experimental forks that relate directly to Koenig’s long-standing disagreement with Helmholtz on the nature of combination tones.  [...]

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Helmholtz Synthesizer

The sound synthesiser was Helmholtz’s clearest instrumental expression of his theory of timbre, or sound quality. Whereas his spherical resonators dissected compound sounds (vowels or musical  [...]

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Wagner Motive

Intonationsprobe. Prof. E[dinger, Frankfurt]: Wagner-Motive. (Experimentalwalzen, No. 20).  [...]

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Intonationsprobe Prof. E

Intonationsprobe. Prof. E[dinger, Frankfurt]: 1. Kommt ein Vogel geflogen, 2. Hier sind wir versammelt.  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Discurso Don Lucio Delgado (Part I)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Discurso Don Lucio Delgado (Part II)

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Double Siren

The double siren was one of Koenig’s more popular instruments. It consisted of two “polyphonic” or “multivoiced” sirens with more than one series of holes, and  [...]

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Koenig Analyser

Description: 14 universal resonators supported by a cast iron frame. The resonators can be adjusted by sliding them outward, range from UT2 (base C) to UT5 and  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Versuchswalze

Experimental subject: Carl Stumpf (?). Intonation test, Reiterlied from “Wallenstein” (Friedrich Schiller, musical version: Christian Jakob Zahn), sung and whistled.  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 3 (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 2 (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 1 (Part II) (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 1 (Part I) (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 5 (Part II) (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 5 (Part I) (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 4 (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 3

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 2 (May 1916)

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Koenig Acoustical Collection

The University of Toronto acoustics collection consists of a comprehensive series of instruments made in the Parisian workshop of Rudolph Koenig (1832–1901). Koenig was both an innovative instrument  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 1 (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Experimentalwalzen (Part III) (August 1, 1914)

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Experimental record: Carl Stumpf, Experimentalwalzen (Part II) (August 1, 1914)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Experimentalwalzen (Part I) (August 1, 1914)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Gibbon No. 3 (April 16, 1912)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Gibbon No. 2 (April 16, 1912)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Gibbon No. 1 (April 16, 1912)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokalaufnahmen Dr. Pfungst (April 4, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don VII (February 19, 1911)

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Telefunken Pilzlautsprecher (Mushroom Speaker)

Loudspeaker housing of a Telefunken Pilzlautsprecher (Mushroom Speaker), which was a loudspeaker used for Nazi party rallies and other public events in Germany in the 1930s.  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don VI (February 19, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don V (February 19, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don IV (April 2, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don III (February 18, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don II (February 18, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don I (February 18, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don IV (December 21, 1910)

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Gravesaner Blätter Jahrgang VI, Heft 23-24

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don III (December 21, 1910)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don I (December 21, 1910)

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Hornbostel Intonationsprobe 14

Intonationsprobe. [Erich M. von] Hornbostel auf E-Dur: 1. Deutschland, 2. [?], 3. Deutschland tief, 4. idem hoch. Phonograph cylinder. (The recording was made during studies by Otto  [...]

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Hornbostel Intonationsprobe 13 (September 11, 1907)

Ansage am Anfang nennt anderes Aufnahmedatum ( “7.Dezember” ). Informationen auf der Dosenunterseite: “Inton.probe 13 Hornb. 11.Sept. 07” (mit Bleistift geschrieben), “Hornbostel Deutschland ges. u. gepf.”  [...]

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Experimental cylinders from the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv (ca. 1907–1916)

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Lautarchiv

What is today known as the Lautarchiv (“sound archive”), based at the Humboldt University, Berlin, contains the remaining traces of almost a century’s endeavors in sound  [...]

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Medizinisch-pädagogische Monatsschrift für die gesammte Sprachheilkunde, Vol. 16

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Folder] Phonograph … Klangquellen, [Envelope] 17 [Part  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Folder] Versuchsprotokolle (Phonogr. Vokale), [Envelope] 17 [Part  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 17, Phonogr. Versuche

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Folder] Hauptversuche mit v Hb u Wertheimer,  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Folder] Vorversuche mit v. Hb., [Envelope] 17  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Folder] v Allesch, [Envelope] 17 [Part 1]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: [Envelope] 14 [Part 12]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: Ue, [Envelope] 14 [Part 11]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: U c1, [Envelope] 14 [Part  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: Oe, [Envelope] 14 [Part 9]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: O, [Envelope] 14 [Part 8]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: I, [Envelope] 14 [Part 7]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: E c1, [Envelope] 14 [Part  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: Ae c1, [Envelope] 14 [Part  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]: A c1, [Envelope] 14 [Part  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder], [Envelope] 14 [Part 3]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] Die Vokale bei d. Synthese zu  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 14, Unwiss[entliche] Versuche [Part 1]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 12, Klang-Synthese

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Folder] 11a, [Zur Analyse der Konsonanten]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 11 [Part 5]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 11, [Flüstertöne] [Part 4]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 11, [zu Ue] [Part 3]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 11, [A] [Part 2]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 11 [Part 1]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 8. Bibliothek Vokale [Part 3]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Notebook], [Envelope] 8. Bibliothek Vokale, [Part 2]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 8. Bibliothek Vokale [Part 1].

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Stumpf Papers: n.n., Die Eigentöne der Vocale in der russischen Sprache.  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 6. Formantentabellen

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Untitled folder]. [Envelope] 5. Diagramme zu den  [...]

Includes a letter from Felix Stumpf.  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Stumpf, Carl], [Envelope] 5. Diagramme zu den Resonanzversuchen (Vokale)

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Stumpf Papers: [Carl Stumpf], [Envelope] 4. Tafeln des Interferenz-Aufbau’s f. gesungene  [...]

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Stumpf Papers: [Carl Stumpf], [Envelope] 1

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Stumpf Papers from the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv

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Kranteknipsel, overdruk: [v.G.], “Bij de hernieuwde Anti-Lawaai-Actie,” De Auto (Officieel orgaan  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Kranteknipsel [niet compleet]: [Artikel over stiltemaand in Breda], De Kampioen (Officieel  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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“Voorkomt onnoodig lawaai” [Platte tekst van het voorgaand pamphlet]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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“De Auto”, 29.05.1935 [Draft publication]. [The Car, 29.05.1935, [Draft Publication]]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Ontwerp voor een “Vragenlijst” voor de scholen, ter gelegenheid van de  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Beknopt Schema voor een Anti-Lawaai-Week te ‘s Gravenhage [1935]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Notulen van de vergadering … ter voorbereiding van de in het  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Notulen van de vergadering van het Werkcomité voor de te ‘s  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Schema Anti-Lawaai-Week [1935, met informatie over publiciteit]. [Schedule Noise Abatement Week  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Algemeen Comité ter Voorbereiding der te ‘s-Gravenhage van 23 t/m 28  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Telstaat Rijkswaterstaat, Directie Wegenverbetering, Verkeerswaarnemingen 1935

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Brief [Letter] N.V. Ned. Mij. Voor Cinematografie Filmfabriek Polygoon aan de  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Brief [Letter] Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) [Naam onleesbaar] aan Mr. H.J.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Brief [Letter] Dr. J. de Boer aan Prof. Dr. A.D. Fokker  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Brief [Letter] met rapport over verkeerstellingen, burgemeester van Eijgelshoven aan [Geluidstichting],  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Results Paul E. Sabine, Riverbank Laboratories, Geneva, III, 15.07.1927

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Acoustisch Technisch Advies Bureau “Acousta,” Rapport Betreffende het onderzoek van: Acoustische  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Notitie over “Acoustical Value,” op briefpapier Wijngaarden & Co’s Handelmaatschappij, [No  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Brief [Letter] Jan Gast Auto-verlichting [Naam onleesbaar] aan Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Brief [Letter] Jan Gast Auto-verlichting [Naam onleesbaar] aan Prof. Dr. C.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Sound Waves. International Telephone Journal, Vol. 13, 1906-1907

Including: Sound Waves, Vol. 13, No. 01, 12/1906 Sound Waves, Vol. 13, No. 02, 01/1907 Sound Waves, Vol. 13, No. 03, 02/1907 Sound Waves, Vol. 13, No. 04, 03/1907 Sound Waves,  [...]

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Sound Waves. International Telephone Journal (1900-1910)

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Wilhelm Doegen having tea with English prisoners of war

Height x width: 11,9 x 16,6 cm (Photo) Photograph probably taken at a POW-camp during World War I in Quedlinburg  [...]

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Große Deutsche Funkausstellung und Phonoschau Berlin 1930 – site plan, detail

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Große Deutsche Funkausstellung und Phonoschau Berlin 1930 – site plan

Height x width: 43 x 55 cm

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Katalog der Lautbibliothek

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Certificate of the registration of a trademark for the „Doegen-Lauthalter“

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Patent certificate for the “Doegen-Lauthalter”

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Adriaan Daniël Fokker

Adriaan Daniël Fokker was a prominent Dutch theoretical physicist. He is known in theoretical physics for the Fokker-Planck equation and his work on the theory of  [...]

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Brief [Letter] met acceptatie van de uitnodiging, G.J.J. Both, directeur N.V.  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Uitnodiging Koninklijke Nederlandsche Automobiel Club voor Anti-Lawaai Congres, 24.10.1934. [Invitation Royal  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Programma “Anti-Lawaai Congres 1934,” Delft, 08.11.1934 [“Program Anti-Noise Conference 1934,” Delft,  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Anti Lawaai Actie 3 [Noise Abatement Campaign 3]

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Program sheet for Wilhelm Doegen’s lecture “Stimmen der Völker in Liedern”

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Technical drawing of the “Doegen-Lauthalter” (blueprint)

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Event poster for Wilhelm Doegen’s lecture “Stimmen der Völker in Liedern”

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Admission ticket for Wilhelm Doegen’s lecture “Stimmen der Völker in Liedern”

Lecture held on January 22, 1925, at Neues Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin

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Affidavit concerning Wilhelm Doegen’s attitude towards Jews

Height x width: 29,7 x 21 cm Recorded by Leopold Ganz Certificated by Ernst Heinrich  [...]

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Max Osswald Photographs

Gathered by historian of architecture Sabine von Fischer, this set consists of sound photographs taken by Franz Max Osswald, the founder of the first laboratory for the  [...]

collections

Life of Wilhelm Doegen

Height x width: 29,7 x 21 cm Year: 1951

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Inventory report of the Institut für Lautforschung

Height x width: 29,5 x 21 cm

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Wilhelm Doegen’s tax return

Height x width: 29,4 x 21,2 cm Date: 1935

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List of Doegen’s publications and achievements

Height x width: 29,7 x 20,8 cm  [...]

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Photographic study of sound propagation within convex and concave

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Contact sheet of photographic sound studies

ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Image archive / foto: Osswald, Franz Max / Ans_10391-011  [...]

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Photographic study of sound propagation in a cupola space

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Photographic study of sound propagation for an auditorium of variable size  [...]

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Notulen van de derde vergadering van de Commissie voor Lawaaibestrijding

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Statuten van den Nederlandschen Bond ter Bestryding van Geluidshinder in Nederland

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Acoustics laboratory, E.T.H. Zürich: Oscillation chart of the adjacent reverberation room

ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Image archive, Inventory-number: Ans_10391-100  [...]

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Notulen van de tweede vergadering van de Commissie voor Lawaaibestrijding

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Notulen van de eerste vergadering van de Commissie voor Lawaaibestrijding

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Acoustics laboratory, E.T.H. Zürich

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Brief Wing-Commander T.R. Cave-Browne-Cave aan Secretary Geluidstichting

Brief Professor of Engineering: Wing-Commander T.R. Cave-Browne-Cave, University College Southampton aan [Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker], secretaris Geluidstichting Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of  [...]

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Photographic study of sound propagation in Semper’s Stadthaus Winterthur auditorium

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Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker aan Wing-Commander T.R. Cave-Browne-Cave, University  [...]

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Photographic study of sound propagation for rooms with wood coffering

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Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker aan directeur-generaal der Posterijen

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Brief [Letter] Prof. Dr. C. Zwikker aan Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep

Explanatory Note and Acknowledgments: The archival documents concerning the history of the Geluidstichting (Sound Foundation) and Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap (Dutch Society for Acoustics) in the “Sound &  [...]

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Cornelis Zwikker

Cornelis Zwikker was a Dutch physicist and one of the initiators of the Dutch Sound Foundation. After studying chemistry, mathematics, and physics in Amsterdam, he worked  [...]

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The actor Alexander Moissi during a voice recording

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Recording of the drum language of the Duala from Cameroon in  [...]

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Recording of the drum language of the Duala from Cameroon in  [...]

Height x width: 14 x 11,2 cm (Photo) Caption: “Trommelsprache – Laut-Aufnahme eines Duala Negers [sic!] in der Lautabt. d. Preuss. Staatsbibliothek 1921 – rechts: Prof. Heepe  [...]

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Manuscript: “Zur Geschichte des Lautarchivs”

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Résumé, Wilhelm Doegen, 1910

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Wilhelm Doegen at his record player

Height x width: 17,8 x 12,9 cm Photographer: Karlheinz Holzhausen Caption: “Wilh Doegen 80 Jahre alt”  [...]

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