Guide to the records of the Musical Acoustics Research Library (MARL)
M1711
Musical Acoustics Research Library (MARL)
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Andrea Castillo
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
August 2011
Title: Musical Acoustics Research Library (MARL)
Identifier/Call Number: M1711
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Physical Description:
59.39 Linear feet
(138 manuscript boxes, 3 card boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1956-2007
Abstract: The MARL collection is dedicated to the study of all aspects of musical acoustics. The collection, established in 1996, came
about through the joint effort of the representatives of the Catgut Acoustical Society (CAS), founded by Carleen M. Hutchins
and devoted to the study of violin making; Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music Acoustics (CCRMA), and Virginia
Benade, the widow of the wind instrument acoustician Arthur Benade. MARL consists of the research materials from acousticians
around the world who were dedicated to studying different aspects of violin making, which make up the Catgut Acoustical Society
papers, and the archives of three prominent wind instrument acousticians of our time, John Backus, John W. Coltman, and especially
Arthur H. Benade, which deal not only wiht wind instruments, but also room acoustics, and the interplay between acoustical
physics and the mechanisms of auditory processing. The collection consists of papers, photographs, media, digital materials,
wood samples, clarinet mouth pieces, and lab equipment
Physical Location: Special Collections materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections,
see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
creator:
Backus, John, 1911-1988
creator:
Benade, Arthur H.
creator:
Catgut Acoustical Society.
creator:
Coltman, John Wesley, 1915-
creator:
Hutchins, Carleen Maley
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Access to Collection
Open for research. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Most unpublished materials in this collection have been digitized, except for personal correspondence which has not. The digital
surrogates may be accessed via the links that accompany the description in the container list.
Arrangement Note
The collection is organized in four main series: Series 1: Catgut Acoustical Society Collection (including John Backus papers);
Series 2: John W. Coltman Collection; Series 3: Arthur H. Benade Collection; Series 4: John Backus Collection.
The original holdings of the Arthur H. Benade Collection increased during the last two years (2009- 2011) since new materials
were donated by Arthur Benade's widow, Virginia Benade. Gaps in the numerical order of boxes is due to materials that were
added to the collection at later dates.
Scope and Content
The MARL collection includes: correspondence, published and unpublished papers, detailed laboratory notebooks, photographs,
meeting reports, miscellaneous writings, slides, sound recordings of acoustical experiments, samples of woods and varnishes,
various designs of violin bridges, and a collection of different wind instruments’ mouth pieces.
Processing note
Records were processed with help from Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford Institute for
Creativity and the Arts (SiCA) and the Violin Society of America. Collection was processed by Andrea Castillo, August 2011.
Preferred Citation
Musical Acoustics Research Library Collection, M1711. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Backhaus, Hermann, 1885-1958
Bate, Philip
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Bodley Bessaraboff, Nicholas
Bucur, Voichita
C.F.Martin Co.
Condax, Louis M.
Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection.
Fox, Sidney
Fryxell, Robert Edward
Groupe d' Acoustique Musicale.
Hartmann, William M.
Jameson, George
Jansson, Erik V.
Kent, Earle L. (Earle Lewis), 1910-
Leipp, Emile
Lottermoser, Werner, 1909-
McClain, Ernest G.
McIntyre, Michael
Meinel, Hermann, 1904-1977
Pasqualini, Gioacchino, 1902-
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata, Sir, 1888-1970
Roederer, Juan G., 1929-
Rosenberg, Ellis
Saunders, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963
Schaeftlein, Jürg
Schelleng, John C., 1892-1979
Schumacher, Robert T. (Robert Thornton), 1930-
Shankland, Robert S., 1908-
Stetson, Karl A., 1937-
Sundberg, Johan, 1936-
Vogt, Walter W.
Weinreich, Gabriel
Worman, Walter Elliott
Young, Robert W.
Auditory processing
Music --Acoustics and physics.
Musical instrument building
Musical instrument makers
Room acoustics
Stringed instruments
Wind instruments.
Series 1. Catgut Acoustical Society Collection
1963-2007
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Physical Description:
24.186 Linear feet
Box 1, Folder 1
Abbott, John A. - Correspondence A1333-101
1962-1990
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Abbott, John A., ~1921-1990
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: (1962-1990) between CMH and John & wife Doris. Miscellaneous: Newspaper obit.
Biographical/Historical note
John Abbott, a chemical engineer, known for his role in development of food freeze-drying processes, introduced himself to
CMH after reading her first article in Scientific American. As an active amateur violin maker, he subsequently obtained her
advice on plate tuning & the use of willow for liners in the instruments he was constructing. He and his wife, Doris, were
good friends of the bowmaker, John Bollander, with the result that his interests shifted to research on bows. This activity
led to the articles included herein, final preparations for which were assisted by his son as he raced against time in his
fight against terminal cancer.
Box 1, Folder 2
Abbott, John A. - Technical Ms. A1333-102
1954-1990
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Manuscripts regarding papers on John Bollander; includes correspondence regarding publication in CASJ and to Bollander
from Abbotts. Topics: Bow dynamics; Bollander, John; Mahogony for frogs
Box 1, Folder 3
Abbott, R. B. - Response Measurement and Harmonic Analysis of Violin Tones A1335-101
1935
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Abbott, R. B.
Scope and Contents note
Technical: A 1935 JASA paper on violin tones. Topics: response measurement; Harmonic analysis
Biographical/Historical note
R.B. Abbott worked during the l930s on methods of testing violins and published at least one paper, included here. He went
to F.A. Saunders to discuss his methods and ideas, but Saunders did not wish to collaborate.
Box 1, Folder 4
Abild, Robert - Correspondence A1485
1971-1984
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Abild, Robert
Topics: restoring violins, violas, cellos, and basses
Box 1, Folder 5
Ågren, Carl Hugo - Miscellaneous A2775-101
1966-1982
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Ågren, Carl Hugo
Biographical/Historical note
A Swedish engineer who has worked with the instruments of the viol family for many years. He developed and made a slightly
enlarged version of the treble viol. In the process of this he worked with K.A. Stetson on the interferometric holograms of
the viol plates, braces and all, photos of which are in the file. See the JASA paper on this. He also developed a moire method
of visualizing the arching contours of viol and violin plates which can be quite helpful in getting the arches symmetrical.
See CASNL article on this.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence; Biographical sketch; Interview with Agren, 1969
Box 1, Folder 6
Ågren, Carl Hugo - Correspondence A2775-102
1966-1982
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: (1966-1982) mainly with CMH.
Box 1, Folder 7
Ågren, Carl Hugo - Technical A2775-103
1969-1976
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 8 papers from 1969-1976; 4 papers, 3 drafts, and 1 magazine article (1969). Topics: Hologram interferometry | Electronic
plate tuning | Technology and viols | Resonance measurement
Box 1, Folder 8
Allen, Mildred - Correspondence A4270-101
1963-1986
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Allen, Mildred, 1894-1990
Biographical/Historical note
A Professor of physics at Mount Holyoke College who, in her retirement acted as secretary to F.A. Saunders who had moved to
South Hadley for his retirement years. When Saunders died she collected all his research equipment and turned it over to the
CAS. Through 1986 she continued her interest and membership in the CAS and always sent us a Christmas card of her beloved
collie.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: Christmas cards and letters to CMH 1963 - 1986. Technical: Paper from Am J of Physics, 1963, on conductivity
of Germanium crystal. Topics: Germanium crystal
Box 2, Folder 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Correspondence
1971-1975
Language of Material:
English
Biographical/Historical note
Members of the CAS participated in several symposia on musical acoustics at the annual meetings, 1971 and 1975 particularly.
The 1971 meeting was organized by A.H. Benade and included a demonstration concert of the Octet instruments. The 1975 meeting
was part of "Science for the Naked Eye" set up by Rolf Sinclair (NSF), which included a demonstration of the Octet by William
Berman, Chris and Michael Finckel and Diana Gannett Mizelle with CMH talking. Walter Sullivan attended and gave us a fine
write up in the New York Times which would have resulted in a NOVA TV show except that we did not have a full octet performance
group available. CMH was elected to the Nominating Committee for Physics B, and made a Fellow of the AAAS.
Correspondence on AAAS meetings
Correspondence: (1971-1975) primarily about the Dec. 1971 and Jan. 1975 AAAS meetings. Correspondents include: A.H. Benade,
William Berman, Norman Edge, Daniel W. Haines, CMH, Rolf M. Sinclair, Raymond J. Seeger and W. Dixon Ward.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American Association for the Advancement of Science. -- Archives
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Correspondence, 1971-1975
Box 2, Folder 2
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Miscellaneous
1971
Language of Material:
English
AAAS Philadelphia Meeting 1971
Miscellaneous: Dec. 1971 Meeting in Philadelphia. Program, notes, and handout. Session 1(A H Benade): Acoustics of Orchestral
Musical Instruments - draft of paper by CMH - "Violin Family Instruments" Session 2(W Dixon Ward): Musical Perception - draft
of paper by Boomsliter & Creel - "Toward a Theory of Melody".
Box 2, Folder 3
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Miscellaneous
1975
Language of Material:
English
AAAS New York Meeting 1975
Miscellaneous: Jan. 1975 Meeting in NYC: programs of sessions, abstracts, illustrations, conference brochures, full texts
of papers, news clipping, and notes about instruments from the New Violin Family to be taken to the meetings.
Box 2, Folder 4
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Correspondence
1975-1981
Language of Material:
English
Correspondence between AAAS and Hutchins
Correspondence: (1975-1981) between CMH and AAAS primarily with Rolf Sinclair regarding Nominating Committee for Physics Section
B. Also an invitation to speak at 1980 meeting in Chicago (declined). Miscellaneous: Review in Science (1985) by CMH of "The
Science of Musical Sound" by Pierce, J. R.
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Correspondence, 1975-1981
Box 2, Folder 5
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Miscellaneous
1977-1988
Language of Material:
English
AAAS Washington Meeting 1978
Miscellaneous: Conference brochures, programs, and handouts, etc. 1977-1988.
Box 2, Folder 6
American Society for the Advancement of Violin Making - Correspondence
1971-1975
Language of Material:
English
Biographical/Historical note
The idea for this society came from Dr Albert Kaplan, a retired psychologist, who had contacted a group of his friends, including
Mr Sidney Fox, an engineer with Bethlehem Steel and an avid chamber music player. It is reported that their initial meeting
was in the shop of William Moennig & Son. Fox, who had purchased one of Hutchins violas, wrote to her in 1971 at the Catgut
Acoustical Society suggesting that we meet with Kaplan to discuss the need for such a society. This meeting at 112 Essex Avenue
resulted in Fox and Hutchins making a survey of the violin making schools in both the USA and abroad. Hutchins felt that such
a school should be connected with a broader education than just violin making as is the case in both Cremona and Mittenwald.
Kaplan wanted a separate school. After several more discussions and efforts to locate possible sources of funds, Kaplan and
his group decided to found the American Society for the Advancement of Violin Making. The information in this file gives a
brief survey of this development and the subsequent change in name to the Violin Society of America.
Scope and Contents note
Corresp: (1971-1975) between CMH and Ray H Abrams, Eric Chapman, Edward Durnall, Sidney Fox, Albert J Kaplan and Elizabeth
McGilvray. The corresp is from the early years of the ASAVM before it changed name to Violin Society of America.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American Society for the Advancement of Violin Making. -- Archives
American Society for the Advancement of Violin Making - Correspondence, 1971-1975
Box 2, Folder 7
American Society for the Advancement of Violin Making - Miscellaneous
1975
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Flyers; business cards; brochures; announcements; book review by Nick Stamon on Goodkind, Herbert K. "Violin Iconography of
Antonio Stradivari."
American Society for the Advancement of Violin Making - Miscellaneous, 1975
Box 2, Folder 8
Anderson, Walter F. - Correspondence
1966-1972
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Anderson, Walter F., 1915-
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH 1966 - 1972; Newspaper clip on appointment as Dir. of Music Programs for NEA 1968; Vita; an NSF grant
proposal for violin making at Antioch College.
Biographical/Historical note
A pianist and organist (F.A.G.O.) and a composer with a wide experience in teaching music to various groups (see bio). He
was much interested in the work of the CAS and the development of the Octet instruments. At the time he worked with us he
was Director of Music at Antioch College. He participated in a grant proposal to N.S.F. with H.T.E. Hertzberg and H. von Gierke
for "Applying acoustical physics to the construction of stringed instruments" which was not funded. Subsequently Andy was
made Director of Music Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts (1968).
Anderson, Walter F. - Correspondence, 1966-1972
Box 2, Folder 9
Antioch College - Violin-Making School Proposal
1966
Language of Material:
English
Biographical/Historical note
In the early 1960s Edward Hertzberg came to 112 Essex as a result of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article by CMH. He became very
much interested in the research and developments in violin making that were going on and saw the need for further work along
these lines. In subsequent conversations with CMH, Hertzberg developed the idea that Antioch College would be a good place
for such a program which would give it a center and the possibility for some real funding which CMH was unable to get because
the foundations she had approached indicated that one person working in her own cellar was not a good risk. The resulting
grant proposal to the National Science Foundation is included here and indicates the scope and personnel involved. Hutchins
felt that the grant was overstated and too costly. Some of her reactions to a meeting with the group at Antioch are included
here. The grant was not funded. The CAS continued to pursue its own course at 112 Essex and in the next few years managed
to do the work projected in the grant without extra funding.
Scope and Contents note
Misc: unsuccessful grant proposal (1966) for the establishment of violin-making at Antioch College; magazine article on Antioch;
NY Times article on Sloan grant; CV and publications list for Henning Edgar von Gierke. Corresp: with CMH and Dean of Faculty
Albert B Stewart, Academic VP, Morris Keeton; Notes by CMH before and after meeting 11/30/66 in Yellow Springs. Topics: Grant
proposal; Violin school
Antioch College - Violin-Making School Proposal, 1966
Box 3, Folder 1
Applebaum, Samuel - Correspondence and Misc. A6480-101
1957-1976
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Applebaum, Samuel , 1904-
Biographical/Historical note
A famous string instrument pedagogue, known throughout the USA and abroad, who gave hundreds of string clinics, many of them
sponsored by the American String Teachers Association, largely for teachers and high school students. With the help of his
wife, Sada, Applebaum published manuals for string teachers and orchestra directors "Building Better Strings and Orchestras",
"Applebaum String Method", "The Best of Sevcik", etc. For a biography, see included article "Teacher's Teacher", American
String Teacher 1969. He is best known to musicians for the series of books "With the Artists" by Samuel and Sada Applebaum,
John Markert, N.Y. (Also, "The Way They Play"). The Applebaums lived in Maplewood, not far from Montclair. We saw quite a
bit of them and they were always most supportive and helpful in publicizing the CAS. Their son is Michael Tree of the Guarneri
Quartet.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: (1957-1976) with CMH. Some letters by his wife Sada. Miscellaneous: News clipping, ASTA magazine article,
& String Tones Tribute to Applebaum.
Box 3, Folder 2
Applebaum, Samuel - Publications A6480-102
1955-1965
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Publications: Tutors in string playing (5) and assorted publishers' flyers to works by Applebaum (one of the flyers is for
joint publication with his wife, Sada).
Applebaum, Samuel - Publications, 1955-1965
Box 3, Folder 3
Arns, Ulrich - Correspondence A7670-101
1957-1974
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Arns, Ulrich, 1925-
Biographical/Historical note
A student of Herman Backhaus in Karlsruhe who went on with research of vibration patterns in violin plates and finished instruments,
and published several papers, one of which is included here. He was especially interested in the concept that certain parts
of the violin top and back contributed to different tone ranges.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH (1974). 1 technical paper (1957) on objective testing of the violin.
Arns, Ulrich - Correspondence, 1957-1974
Box 3, Folder 4
Askenfelt, Anders G. - Correspondence, Misc. A8345-101
1982-2001
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Askenfelt, Anders
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between CMH, Anders Askenfelt, and Eric Jansson
Askenfelt, Anders G. - Correspondence, Misc., 1982-2001
Box 3, Folder 5
Askenfelt, Anders G. - Publications A8345-102
1979-1999
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 6
Babitz, Sol - Correspondence and Misc. B1140-101
1964-1968
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Babitz, Sol, 1911-
Biographical/Historical note
A fine cellist and an early proponent of the instruments of the viol family, who was especially interested in the renaissance,
baroque, and transition instruments of the violin family. See article in THE STRAD included here. He was fascinated with our
Octet instruments and wanted CMH to make him a violino piccolo with five strings (which did not happen).
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH 1964-65. Technical: From Strad, 1964?, "Identifying the Renaissance, Baroque and Transition Violins";
Miscellaneous: Flyer from Early Music Laboratory 1968; Recommendation for Guggenheim Fellowship by CMH 1964
Babitz, Sol - Correspondence and Misc. , 1964-1968
Box 3, Folder 7
Backhaus, Hermann - Correspondence B1260-101
1972-1973
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Backhaus, Hermann, 1885-1958
Biographical/Historical note
Worked in Germany for many years on the acoustics of the violin, first at Greifswald and later at the Technische Hochschule
in Karlsruhe. His unique contribution was the first mapping of the vibrational modes of the arched top and back of the violin,
vibrated with an automatic bowing device at main resonance frequencies. His most important conclusion was that a strong tendency
exists among the best instruments for the inward and outward motions of the top and back plates to be in phase over a large
area of the violin at some frequency near 700 Hz. At lower frequencies he found far more subdivisions to occur. Backhaus'
pioneering work together with that of his student, Hermann Meinel, has provided investigators with much basic information.
See Backhaus papers in Benchmark Papers in Acoustics, Volume 6, Dowden Hutchinson and Ross 1976.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: (3) about Backhaus (1972-1973); to & from Springer-Verlag and CMH; from Hermann Meinel to CMH (translated
by J.C. Schelleng)
Backhaus, Hermann - Correspondence, 1972-1973
Box 3, Folder 8
Backhaus, Hermann - Miscellaneous B1260-102
1958
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: (2) Obituary notice of Backhaus (1958); other miscellaneous biographical material.
Backhaus, Hermann - Miscellaneous, 1958
Box 3, Folder 9
Backhaus, Hermann - Technical B1260-103
1925-1938
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 9 papers from 1925-1938; some have abstracts. Topics: Bowed string | Wolf-tone | Radiation properties | Nodal patterns
| Violin acoustics
Gap in box numbering
For box 4 and folders 1-4 of box 5 see Series 4: John Backus Collection
Backhaus, Hermann - Technical, 1925-1938
Box 4, Folder 1
Backus John - Correspondence
1994
Backus John - Correspondence, 1994
Box 5, Folder 5
Barducci, Italo - Miscellaneous tk471fr1040
1948-1974
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Barducci, Italo, 1917-
Biographical/Historical note
Physicist working in many fields of acoustics at the Instituto di Acustics O.M. Corbino of the Italian National Research Council,
starting in 1943, whose findings are contained in 65 papers. His primary connection to musical acoustics is his collaboration
with G. Pasqualini on the first definitive study of wood for violins "Misura dell' attrito interno e della constanti elastiche
del legno" which can be found in Benchmark Papers in Acoustics v 5, Dowden Hutchinson and Ross 1975.
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: (4) Biog; Correspondence: between CMH and Barducci (2:1972-1974); Tech paper on wood with Pasqualini (partial
translation). See Tech Summary. Topics: wood.
Barducci, Italo - Miscellaneous, 1948-1974
Box 5, Folder 6
Barton, Edwin - Technical yh614xf5295
1910
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Barton , Edwin H. (Edwin Henry), b. 1858
Biographical/Historical note
Professor of Experimental Physics, University College, Nottingham whose paper with Thomas F. Ebblewhite "Vibration Curves
of Violin Bridge and Strings", Phil. Mag. 20 456 4 (1910) is one of the first such studies. Apparently C.V. Raman worked under
Ebblewhite before he went back to India and did his own research on the bowed string.
Scope and Contents note
Technical: "Vibration Curves of Violin Bridge and Strings" from Phil. Mag 20 pp.456-464, 1910 by Barton & T.F. Ebblewhite
Topics: Bridge motion | String motion
Barton, Edwin - Technical, 1910
Box 5, Folder 7
Beauchamp, James - Correspondence sb633nm9810
1968-1987
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Beauchamp , James W.
Biographical/Historical note
A research engineer-acoustician, originally in the Department of Speech at Stanford University, and since 1970 working at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who has done and continues to do analysis and synthesis of violin tones. Two
of his early papers are included here. His most recent one (at this writing) was given at ISMA '92 in Tokyo: "Investigation
of timbre using spectral modeling and interpolation."
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: between CMH and Beauchamp; also corresp referring Ronald B Standler to Beauchamp (1968-1987).
Beauchamp, James - Correspondence, 1968-1987
Box 5, Folder 8
Beauchamp, James - Technical gg669vb5990
1965-1974
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 3 papers from 1965-1974. Topics: Computer analysis | computer synthesis | Violin tones | Harmonic analysis
Beauchamp, James - Technical, 1965-1974
Box 6, Folder 1
Beldie, Ion Paul - Correspondence B4270-101
1965-1991
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Beldie, Ion Paul, 1935
Biographical/Historical note
Physicist, a native of Romania, MS from University of Bucharest, Doctor of Engineering under L. Cremer at the Heinreich Hertz
Institute, Berlin. Especially interested in wood technology and musical acoustics, Beldie's work includes studies on the Chladni
patterns in violin plates as well as the characteristics of resonance spruces related to the criteria needed for violins.
He also studied the low frequency radiation of the violin (see Benchmark Vols. 5 and 6 and CASNL).
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: between CMH and Beldie (1965-1991); from Kathie Hildebrand (cousin of Beldie) to CMH.
Beldie, Ion Paul - Correspondence, 1965-1991
Box 6, Folder 2
Beldie, Ion Paul - Miscellaneous B4270-102
1967
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: biog material on Beldie and N. Ghelmeziu.
Beldie, Ion Paul - Miscellaneous, 1967
Box 6, Folder 3
Beldie, Ion Paul - Technical
Language of Material:
English
Beldie, Ion Paul - Technical
Box 6, Folder 4
Bell Labs - Correspondence B4340-101
1961-1986
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between CMH and Joe Kohut, Ruth Schyu, Pierre M. Ruiz, Jean-Claude Risset, and Max Mathews
Bell Labs - Correspondence, 1961-1986
Box 6, Folder 5
Bell Labs - Miscellaneous B4340-102
1962-1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Bell Labs News for release. Voiceprint, unique as a fingerprint.
Box 6, Folder 6
Bell Labs - Technical B4340-103
1966-1969
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Papers (3): Jean-Claude Risset and Max V. Mathews. Analysis of Musical-Instrument Tones; Roger N. Shepard and J. Douglas Carroll.
Parametric Representation of Nonlinear Data Structures; Roger N. Shepard. Extracting Latent Structure from Behavioral Data;
Box 6, Folder 7
Benade, Arthur Henry - Correspondence B4560-101
1961-1987
Language of Material:
English
Biographical/Historical note
Professor at Case-Western Reserve for many years; Recipient of the Silver Medal of the Acoustical Society of America (1985)
for "Pioneering research on the acoustics of brass and woodwind instruments and for leadership of a generation of musical
acousticians" and the Gold Medal (1988) for "pioneering work in the science and art of musical acoustics, emphasizing the
interactions among performer, instrument and listener." He was Vice-President of the ASA 74-75. In addition to his many papers
in JASA, Art wrote two highly influential books: "Horns Strings and Harmony" (Dover, 1960) and "Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics."
(Oxford 1976) He was a long-time member of the CAS and President 1969-72, and responsible for much of the thinking and progress
in research of the Society. For many years he worked closely with J.C. Schelleng and C.M. Hutchins developing new theories
and concepts in violin acoustics. See bio. in CASJ and his full files as part of this archive.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: (1961-1987) Principally CMH and AHB. Includes papers by others as enclosures requesting comment by one or
other. (e.g. on vibrations of violin bridge by Rafferty and Lee); references to Nagavary (N1528) and Skudrzyk (S6295); copies
of letters to AHB from JCS.
Box 6, Folder 8
Benade, Arthur Henry - Miscellaneous B4560-102
1967-1988
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: AHB cv; book reviews by JCS of Benade's book
Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics from JASA 1977 and CASNL #26, 11/76; review in CASJ 1.7, 5/91, by G Weinreich of its republication by Dover Press; CAS records
as distributor; Programs from Case Institute Centennial. Exhibit of flutes from the collections of Dayton C Miller and Benade;
materials leading to election of AHB as fellow of ASA and recipient of both the ASA Silver and Gold Medal Awards; biographical
and obituary material; cards and communications from family of AHB - wife Virginia, son Martin, and daughter Judi.
Box 6, Folder 9
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical B4560-103.1
1959-1969
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Lists of publications and abstracts for AHB; 12 papers from 1959-1969. Topics: Woodwinds, room acoustics, pipe
organs; brass;
Box 7, Folder 1
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical B4560-103.2
1970-1986
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Lists of publications and abstracts for AHB; 15 papers from 1970-1986. Topics: Woodwinds, room acoustics, pipe
organs; brass;
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical, 1970-1986
Box 7, Folder 2
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical B4560-104
1963-1983
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 13 unpublished papers (1963-83). Topics: Violin acoustics; clarinets;
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical, 1963-1983
Box 7, Folder 3
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical B4560-105.1
1965-1972
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Course syllabus in musical acoustics from Case Western Reserve University 1965-72. Topics: Musical acoustics
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical, 1965-1972
Box 7, Folder 4
Benade, Arthur Henry Technical B4560-105.2
1972-1973
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Course syllabus in musical acoustics from Case Western Reserve University 1972-73. Topics: Musical acoustics
Benade, Arthur Henry Technical, 1972-1973
Box 7, Folder 5
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical B4560-106
1965
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Course notes from teaching in the Dept. of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, 1965.
Separated Materials note
Removed legal size materials to box 60. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dept. of Physics. Reference Nores on the Collection
and Treatment of Data. Kinetic Theory Notes Problems of Standing Wave Systems The Description of Wave Motion Wave - Energy
Transmission and Reflection Wave Reflections in Media of Finite Length
Box 7, Folder 6
Benade, Arthur Henry - Technical B4560-107
1946-1972
Language of Material:
English
Separated Materials note
Removed reel to reel tape to box 58
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous Technical File: Slides for paper 16 in file 103; tape recording of clarinets; summary report of tech meeting
at 112 Essex in Montclair; misc handwritten tech notes; viola analysis.
Separated Materials note
7 large-format slides removed to box 59.
Box 7, Folder 7
Bernstein, Martin - Miscellaneous B5314
1964-1974
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Bernstein, Martin , 1904-1999
Bernstein, Martin - Miscellaneous, 1964-1974
Box 8, Folder 1
Bladier, Benjamin - Correspondence B6325-101
1972-1975
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Bladier, Benjamin, 1908-1985/6
Biographical/Historical note
Author of numerous works in electrophysiology, the acoustics of music and musical instruments, architectural acoustics, and
the study of complex sounds. He holds the Diplome d'Etudes Superieures des Sciences Physiques, and was for many years Chef
de Service du Laboratoire d'Acoustique des salles du Centre des Recherches Physiques a Marseille. Three of his papers on the
bowed string and the bridge of the cello are in Benchmark Vols. 5 and 6.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: 1972-1975 with CMH; Biography draft by CMH; Technical: 6 papers out of 10 in Tech Summary - all in French,
1 translation. Topics: Cello | Vibrating strings
Box 8, Folder 2
Blatter, Donald - Correspondence B6450-101
1963-1973
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Blatter, Donald, d.1973
Biographical/Historical note
A design engineer for Baldwin Locomotives, who in retirement made string basses. He became interested in the basses of the
Violin Octet and was helpful in the early design and development of them. Without Blatter's generous assistance we would have
been another five years in getting the Octet basses on the road.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: 1963-1973 with CMH concerning mainly the construction of contrabasses. Included in the Correspondence are
various newspaper clippings, invoices and photos. Topics: Contrabass construction | Violin octet
Box 8, Folder 3
Blauert, Jens - Correspondence B6455-101
1976
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Blauert, Jens
Biographical/Historical note
Author of Räumliches Hören, 1974; Automatische Sprachein- und -ausgabe, 1985
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with CMH on writing an article for the CAS Newsletter. Topics: Stereophony systems; Loudspeaker simulating
earphone
Blauert, Jens - Correspondence, 1976
Box 8, Folder 4
Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Correspondence B6680-101
1966-1974
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Bessaraboff, Nicholas , 1894-1973
Biographical/Historical note
Nicholas Bessaraboff is the author of the definitive book "Ancient European Musical Instruments, An Organological Study of
the Instruments in the Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston" (October House 1964). When he first
heard all the Violin Octet instruments he became very excited and said that this was the treatment that the violin family
had needed for a long time. Marjorie Bram (MacPhillamy) taped an interview with Bessaraboff which is in the CAS Newsletter.
Bessaraboff originally came to the USA during the first world war as an agent for the Russian Government to purchase arms.
He was also a waldhorn player in the Russian Army Band. He stayed here and developed his long-time interest in early musical
instruments and helped to catalogue those in the above collection. During the second war he changed his name to Bodley. He
died in NYC in 1973. Wife: Virginia, Son: Nicholas, Daughter: Elizabeth.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: 1966-1974 involving Nicholas Bessaraboff Bodley, Elizabeth Blaker Bodley (daughter), David Boyden, Marjorie
Bram, R.E. Fryxell, CMH and James Pruett. Includes news clipping and some biographical material.
Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Correspondence, 1966-1974
Box 8, Folder 5
Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Correspondence B6680-102
1974-1987
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with Bodley family, mainly son, 1974-1987.
Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Correspondence, 1974-1987
Box 8, Folder 6
Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Miscellaneous B6680-103
1967
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Transcription of taped interview with Bessaraboff (Bodley) on 4/26/67. Participants in interview included Marjorie Bram, CMH
and Lewis Wilson. Also a considerably edited version of the transcription used as a basis for article in CAS Newsletter. The
published version of the interview. Biographical information addressed by Bessaraboff (Bodley) to Marjorie Bram. Dust jacket
of the Bessaraboff book. An article on Bessaraboff (Bodley) and his book. Newspaper notice of his death.
Box 8, Folder 7
Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Technical B6680-104
1946-1967
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: "The Auloi of Meroe", Amer. J of Archeology (1946); "Two Main Types of Arching",(1967), a translation of part of
book by Anatolii Ivanovich Leman - published in CASNL #8. Topics: Violin arching | Ancient wind instruments
Bodley, Nicholas Bessaraboff - Technical, 1946-1967
Box 8, Folder 8
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Correspondence B7248-101
1967-1990
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Boomsliter, Paul C., 1915-1989
Biographical/Historical note
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, SUNY Albany and Research Associate Professor,
Albany Medical College. PhD University of Wisconsin in 1942. Central nervous system identification of speech and other acoustical
stimuli, particularly interested in the patterning element in the perception of notes and musical sequences. With Warren Creel,
Paul developed a "chord organ" with several frequencies on each tone and got musicians to play different types of melodies,
picking out the tunings best suited to the character of the music. He did early work on the preprocessing of signals by the
brain and the effects of this on musical listening, and such findings as Saunders reported that, when having three violins
played behind a screen, it was always the second one played that was preferred by the listeners.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: (1967-1990) between Boomsliter and CMH until his death in 1989; afterward with his wife Pat. Miscellaneous:
Draft of obit by his daughter; cards & wedding announcement.
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Correspondence, 1967-1990
Box 8, Folder 9
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Technical B7248-102.1
1961-1962
Language of Material:
English
Separated Materials note
Removed cassette tape to box 58. Tape is part of Boomsliter's paper "Organization in Auditory Perception."
Scope and Contents note
Two papers: Boomsliter, Paul C "The long pattern hypothesis in harmony and hearing" ; Boomsliter, Paul C and Warren Creel.
"Organization in auditory perception."
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Technical, 1961-1962
Box 8, Folder 10
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Technical B7248-102.2
1963-1968
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Two papers: Boomsliter, Paul C. "Extended Reference: Am unrecognized dynamic in melody" ; Boomsliter, Paul C and Warren Creel.
"Rhythm and meaning"
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Technical, 1963-1968
Box 9, Folder 1
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Technical ht963cn2041
1968-1977
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 8 publications, drafts and a grant proposal. Most are co-authored with Warren Creel; Topics: auditory characteristics;
perception of English poetry meter; Housman's metrical rhythm and language
Boomsliter, Paul C. - Technical, 1968-1977
Box 9, Folder 2
Bordoni, Piero Giorgio - Technical zj514rq9946
1947-1954
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Bordoni, Piero Giorgio
Biographical/Historical note
A research physicist at the Instituto Nationale di Elettroacustica O.M. Corbino, Rome. Worked in the 1940s and developed an
electrostatic method of measuring the elasticity of solids. This method, basically the measurement of frequencies and coefficients
of resonance (log decrement) on vibrating strips of the material in question, was adapted by Barducci and Pasqualini in their
paper on "The Measurement of Internal Friction and Elastic Constants of Wood" - see Benchmark Vol. 5, p 410.
Scope and Contents note
Technical Papers: 1947 in Italian; 1954 jointly authored with M. Nuovo in French - both on electroacoustic methods to measure
elastic properties of solids. Topics: Electroacoustic methods | Elasticity of solids
Bordoni, Piero Giorgio - Technical, 1947-1954
Box 9, Folder 3
Bucur, Voichita - Correspondence mp201cy0578
1990-1999
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Bucur, Voichita
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with CMH on Bucur's research on analysis of wood.
Bucur, Voichita - Correspondence, 1990-1999
Box 9, Folder 4
Bucur, Voichita - Correspondence pb106my4436
1979-1989
Language of Material:
English
Bucur, Voichita - Correspondence, 1979-1989
Box 9, Folder 5
Bucur, Voichita - Miscellaneous fk844vj7142
1993-1999
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Bucur's biographical information; travel brochures for Nancy, France; publication for the exhibit "De l'Esquisse au Chantier,"
1999
Bucur, Voichita - Miscellaneous , 1993-1999
Box 9, Folder 6
Bucur, Voichita - Technical cc638dh6979
1990-1998
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Papers (7) on the acoustics of wood Topics: resonance of wood ; acoustic microscopy
Bucur, Voichita - Technical, 1990-1998
Box 10, Folder 1
Bucur, Voichita - Technical B9265-105
1990
Language of Material:
French
Scope and Contents note
Postdoctoral Research Paper: "Les Ultrasons et les Bois Approche Acoustique Mecanique et Biologique."
Bucur, Voichita - Technical, 1990
Box 10, Folder 2
Bucur, Voichita - Technical B9265-106
1985-1989
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical: eight papers on acoustics of wood by Bucur, one paper by Michel Carminati. Topics: anisotropy of violin resonance
; wood structure ; ultrasonic testing ; surface wave propagation ; acoustic invariants ; ultrasonic velocity, stiffness matrix,
and elastic constants ; densitometric analysis
Box 10, Folder 3
Bucur, Voichita - Technical B9265-107
1977-1984
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical: papers (8) on acoustics of wood. Topics: grain angle and ultrasonic velocity ; elastic constants ; aging of wood
; anatomical structure
Bucur, Voichita - Technical, 1977-1984
Box 10, Folder 4
Bucur, Voichita - Technical B9265-108
1960-1993
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Lists of Bucur's publications ; bibliography on wood species for musical instruments
Box 10, Folder 5
Butler, Norman - Correspondence B9860-101
1967-1987
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Butler, Norman
Biographical/Historical note
Norman Butler contacted CMH in 1967 and introduced himself as a cellist interested in joining the CAS and explaining his connection
with the violin family of instruments developed by Fred Dautrich. He had helped demonstrate these, and the file contains a
photo of his playing the "vilonia" in 1938. Over the next 20 years he visited CMH on occasion, and he also participated in
a concert in which he demonstrated a tenor from the Hutchins Violin Octet.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH - mainly on vilonia of Dautrich. Also, letter from son, Tim, to CMH expressing interest in a cello
and in learning violin making. Topics: Dautrich vilonia
Butler, Norman - Correspondence, 1967-1987
Box 10, Folder 6
Butler, Thomas G. - Correspondence B9870-101
1965-1975
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Butler, Thomas G.
Biographical/Historical note
Working at the Goddard Space Center in the early 1960s, Butler was the primary one to develop the program NASTRAN. He came
to the D.C. meeting of the CAS and expressed much enthusiasm for applying NASTRAN to a study of the violin. By 1971 his work
with NASTRAN had reached the point where he felt he could devote time to an investigation of not only the individual properties
of the soundpost, bassbar, bridge, purfling, f-holes, varnish and wood, but also of their functioning as a unit. Many conferences
with CMH helped him to get detailed measurements of the violin and all its parts and an understanding of some of the research
that had been done on the violin. By 1975 he was planning to go to the National Science Foundation for some funding for this
as well as using some of the award money he had gotten for the development of NASTRAN. Unfortunately a serious accident put
a stop to all this and he hasn't been heard from since.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: involving a Prof Bell (probably James Frederick Bell), Butler and CMH. Includes part of grant proposal by
Butler, with some comments by CMH and Schelling; also page of equations. Topics: NASTRAN Program | Violin analysis
Butler, Thomas G. - Correspondence, 1965-1975
Box 10, Folder 7
Castellengo, Michèle - Correspondence C3480-101
1977-1991
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Castellengo, Michèle
Biographical/Historical note
Acoustician and associate of Emile Leipp. Involved with GAM (G8825). Successor to Emile Leipp as Director of Laboratoire d'acoustique.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH (1977-1991).
Castellengo, Michèle - Correspondence, 1977-1991
Box 10, Folder 8
Castellengo, Michèle - Technical C3480-102.1
1976
Language of Material:
French
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Thesis (De Docteur de L'Universite), Contribution a l'etude experimentale des tuyaux a bouche, 1976, 2 vols (Vol.
1, text). Topics: Wind instruments | Flutes
Box 11, Folder 1
Castellengo, Michèle - Technical C3480-102.2
1976
Language of Material:
French
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Thesis (De Docteur de L'Universite), Contribution a l'etude experimentale des tuyaux a bouche, 1976, 2 vols (Vol.
2, figures). Topics: Wind instruments | Flutes
Castellengo, Michèle - Technical, 1976
Box 11, Folder 2
Catgut Acoustical Society - Newsletters 1 - 8 C3610-101
1964-1967
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Author Index to Newsletters and Journals 1964-1994 and Newsletters 1 - 8
Biographical/Historical note
Catgut Acoustical Society was founded in 1963 by Carleen M Hutchins, Frederick Saunders, John Schelling and Robert Fryxell.
The organization has published twice each year since 1964 its Newsletter and since 1964 a refereed Journal.
Box 11, Folder 3
Catgut Acoustical Society - Newsletters 9 - 16 C3610-102
1968-1971
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 4
Catgut Acoustical Society - Newsletters 17- 24 C3610-103
1972-1975
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 5
Catgut Acoustical Society - Newsletters 25- 32 C3610-104
1976-1979
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 6
Catgut Acoustical Society - Newsletters 33- 41 C3610-105
1980-1984
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 1
Catgut Acoustical Society - Journals 42 - 48 C3610-106
1984-1987
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 2
Catgut Acoustical Society - Journals, vol.1, 1 - 4 C3610-107.1
1988-1989
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 3
Catgut Acoustical Society - Journals, vol.1, 5 - 8 C3610-107.2
1990-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 4
Catgut Acoustical Society - Journals, vol.2, 1 - 5 C3610-108.1
1992-1994
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 5
Catgut Acoustical Society - Journals, vol.2, 6 - vol.3, 1 C3610-108.2
1994-1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 13, Folder 1
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Correspondence C5940-101
1983-1993
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Clark, Melville, Jr.
Biographical/Historical note
Received his PhD from Harvard in 1949 and has been working in musical acoustics one way or another ever since. A grant proposal
included here gives an idea of the breadth and depth of his commitment to this field. Many of his publications are in the
Audio Engineering Society Journal. Advised numerous students at MIT and holds many patents on electrical aspects of musical
instrument design.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: (1983-1993) with CMH including lists of tech papers shipped to CAS in Montclair and summarized herein. Miscellaneous:
A list of Clark's associates from 1957-1990.
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Correspondence, 1983-1993
Box 13, Folder 2
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical C5940-102.1
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Clark's proposal: Design Principles of a New Musical Instrument. Part I.
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical
Box 13, Folder 3
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Proposal C5940-102.2
1953
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Clark's proposal: Design Principles of a New Musical Instrument. Part I.
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Proposal, 1953
Box 13, Folder 4
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Proposal C5940-102.3
1953
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Clark's proposal: Design Principles of a New Musical Instrument. Part II.
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Proposal, 1953
Box 13, Folder 5
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical C5940-103
1959-1969
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 14 published papers. Topics: Electrical musical instruments.
Box 13, Folder 6
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Patents C5940-104.1
1960-1972
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Topics: Photoelectric devices; electrical instruments.
Box 14, Folder 1
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Patents C5940-104.2
1972-1976
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 2
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Patents C5940-104.3
1982-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 3
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Papers and BS Theses C5940-105.1
1958-1960
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Theses for which Clark was an advisor. Topics: Wind instruments; choral tone; harmonic analysis.
Box 14, Folder 4
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: BS Theses C5940-105.2
1960-1961
Language of Material:
English
Box 15, Folder 1
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: BS Theses C5940-105.3
1961
Language of Material:
English
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: BS Theses, 1961
Box 15, Folder 2
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: BS Theses C5940-105.3
1962
Language of Material:
English
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: BS Theses, 1962
Box 15, Folder 3
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: BS Theses C5940-105.4
1963
Language of Material:
English
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: BS Theses, 1963
Box 15, Folder 4
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Ph.D. Diss. Luce, David A. (Part I) C5940-106.1
1963
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Ph.D. theses, part I, for which Clark was an advisor. Topics: Instrument tones
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Ph.D. Diss. Luce, David A. (Part I), 1963
Box 16, Folder 1
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Ph.D. Diss. Luce, David A. (Part II) C5940-106.2
1963
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Ph.D. theses, part II, for which Clark was an advisor. Topics: Instrument tones
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Ph.D. Diss. Luce, David A. (Part II), 1963
Box 16, Folder 2
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Ph.D. Diss. Strong, William C5940-106.3
1963
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Ph.D. Diss for which Clark was an advisor. Topics: wind instrument tones
Clark, Melville, Jr. - Technical: Ph.D. Diss. Strong, William, 1963
Box 16, Folder 3
Catgut Musical Acoustic Research Library (CMARL) - Correspondence C6500-101
1992-1998
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence concerning attempts to establish a research library for the papers of the Catgut Acoustical Society: Catalogued
material begun on CCRMA web site.
Box 16, Folder 4
Catgut Musical Acoustic Research Library (CMARL) - Correspondence C6500-102
1990-1992
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence concerning attempts to establish a research library for the papers of the Catgut Acoustical Society: Donald
Engle's advice on fund raising; Agreement signed between CAS and CCRMA.
Box 16, Folder 5
Catgut Musical Acoustic Research Library (CMARL) - Correspondence C6500-103
1981-1990
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Catgut Musical Acoustic Research Library (CMARL) - Correspondence: Dealings with Stevens Institute of Technology; Appeal to
IBM, to governmental agencies, and to Yale and Birmingham University
Box 17, Folder 1
Catgut Musical Acoustic Research Library (CMARL) - Correspondence C6500-104
1992
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence concerning attempts to establish a research library for the papers of the Catgut Acoustical Society: CMARL
kit; Negotiations begun with CCRMA thru Max Mathews.
Box 17, Folder 2
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence: Miscellaneous C7450-101
1958-1968
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Condax, Louis M.
Biographical/Historical note
A research chemist whose early work was with Frederick Ives who developed the dye transfer process for color printing. Louis
subsequently went with Eastman Kodak and helped them apply the process to their color film. He was also a skilled violin maker
and became deeply involved in researching the early violin varnishes. He received a grant from the Mellon Foundation and went
to Europe to investigate evidences of the different varnishes used by the seventeenth and eighteenth century makers, particularly
in Northern Italy. The Condax notebooks are in the CAS file and contain a wealth of information which has been researched
by David Fix. Fix indicates that Condax developed many different varnish formulas, however, Fix has not as yet published his
findings (1992). The file includes not only Louis' notebooks but also correspondence and a copy of his report to the Mellon
Foundation. J. Michelman was highly critical of this work since it challenged Michelman's claim to having discovered the "secret"
of the old Italian varnish. Louis was a long time member of the CAS and published a number of articles in the CASNL. Condax
worked at Rembert Wurlitzer Co. in NYC with S.F. Sacconi on various varnish problems and treatment of violin wood, particularly
the ammonia gas method of seasoning the wood before varnishing. Louis and his wife Constance often stopped by Montclair for
a visit to discuss violin making and varnishing. When Louis died, Connie gave his files to CMH for the CAS files.
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1958-1968
Box 17, Folder 3
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Constance Condax C7450-102
1971-1980
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Constance Condax, 1971-1980
Box 17, Folder 4
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence primarily with Carleen M. Hutchins C7450-103
1959-1971
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence primarily with Carleen M. Hutchins, 1959-1971
Box 17, Folder 5
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Simone F. Sacconi C7450-104
1946-1969
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Simone F. Sacconi, 1946-1969
Box 17, Folder 6
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Pierre Vidoudez C7450-105
1950-1970
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Pierre Vidoudez, 1950-1970
Box 17, Folder 7
Condax, Louis M. - Miscellaneous C7450-106
1963-2005
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Catgut certificate; hand drawn map; violin making school prospectus, Syracuse U.; graphs; clippings, etc.
Box 17, Folder 8
Condax, Louis M. - Violin Varnish Recipes C7450-107
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Violin Varnish Recipes
Box 17, Folder 9
Condax, Louis M. - Technical Papers C7450-108
1955
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Evolution of the violin
Box 17, Folder 10
Condax, Louis M. - Technical Papers C7450-109
1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Louis M. Condax article, "Violin Varnishes by two Prominent Authors, Geroge Fry and Joseph Michelman."
Box 17, Folder 11
Condax, Louis M. - Unpublished Papers on Violin Varnish C7450-110
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Unpublished Papers on Violin Varnish
Box 17, Folder 12
Condax, Louis M. - Manuscript: Report on the Varnish Research C7450-111
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Manuscript: Report on the Varnish Research
Box 17, Folder 13
Condax, Louis M. - Manuscript on the Violin C7450-112
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Manuscript on the Violin
Box 17, Folder 14
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence: Mellon Institute Grant Project, Part I C7450-201
1967-1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Mellon Institute Grant Project on Violin Varnish: correspondence mainly between Condax, L.H. Larsen and G.O. Luster (both
of the Mellon Institute), Fannie Taylor (of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities), Desmond Hill, William Moennig
and Henry Werro.
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence: Mellon Institute Grant Project, Part I, 1967-1970
Box 17, Folder 15
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence: Mellon Institute Grant Project, Part II C7450-202
1967-1970
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence: Mellon Institute Grant Project, Part II, 1967-1970
Box 18, Folder 1
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence: Mellon Institute Grant Project, Part III C7450-203
1967-1968
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Documents on the received government grant for violin varnish
Box 18, Folder 2
Condax, Louis M. - Research Reports to the Mellon Institute C7450-204
1968
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Instructions for using varnish
Condax, Louis M. - Research Reports to the Mellon Institute , 1968
Box 18, Folder 3
Condax, Louis M. - The Strad, periodical C7450-301
1963-1969
Language of Material:
English
Box 18, Folder 4
Condax, Louis M. - Violins and Violinists, periodical, and other publications C7450-302
1940-1953
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Additional publications: The Tyrol; Science Use and Care of the Eight Stringed Violin
Box 18, Folder 5
Condax, Louis M. - Photos of Condax' Stradivari Violin and Viola C7450-303
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Photos of Condax' Stradivari Violin and Viola
Box 18, Folder 6
Condax, Louis M. - On the bow; Pierre Vidoudez C7450-401
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Article: James Scott. "The Micro-Structure of Bow Hair." ; Publications: Vidoudez, Maitre Luthier. Geneve.
Condax, Louis M. - On the bow; Pierre Vidoudez
Box 18, Folder 7
Condax, Louis M. - On the cello podium C7450-402
1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Sketch of cello podium
Box 18, Folder 8
Condax, Louis M. - Photos: Curtis, and Condax in studio C7450-403
Scope and Contents note
14 photographs
Condax, Louis M. - Photos: Curtis, and Condax in studio
Box 18, Folder 9
Condax, Louis M. - Photos: dye transfer, violins C7450-404
1938-
Separated Materials note
Removed 2 large-size photos to box 60. Dye Transfer violin photos
Condax, Louis M. - Photos: dye transfer, violins, 1938-
Box 19, Folder 1
Condax, Louis M. - Newspaper and Magazine Clippings C7450-501
1934-1968
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 2
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Dr. Guillermo A. Fraser, violin bridge expert C7450-502
1967
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Correspondence with Dr. Guillermo A. Fraser, violin bridge expert , 1967
Box 19, Folder 3
Condax, Louis M. - Publications by Louis Couturier and C. E. Mertzanoff C7450-503
1942-
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Louis Couturier. 40 Jaar Max Möllers Vioolbouw 1913-1953; C. E. Mertzanoff. The Perfection of the Strad Design.
Condax, Louis M. - Publications by Louis Couturier and C. E. Mertzanoff, 1942-
Box 19, Folder 4
Condax, Louis M. - Fossil Wood C7450-504
1970
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Fossil Wood, 1970
Box 19, Folder 5
Condax, Louis M. - I.R. Spectra. Techler, Rosen, Shellac C7450-505
1970
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - I.R. Spectra. Techler, Rosen, Shellac, 1970
Box 19, Folder 6
Condax, Louis M. - Labels of Old Luthier Masters C7450-506
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Condax, Louis M. - Labels of Old Luthier Masters
Box 19, Folder 7
Condax, Louis M. - Various materials on violin coloring and varnish C7450-507
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
2 sets of violin images: rapid half tone: two Strads from 35 mm, Sacconi; Natural Dc/es-coloring matter; Rosen patent; article
on rubber chemistry
Condax, Louis M. - Various materials on violin coloring and varnish
Box 19, Folder 8
Condax, Louis M. - Photos and letter on the Ratnagar Strad C7450-508
1964
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Letter from F.R. Ratnagar to Condax; Publication by Ratnagar on Antonio Stradivari
Condax, Louis M. - Photos and letter on the Ratnagar Strad, 1964
Box 19, Folder 9
Condax, Louis M. - Dave Rubinoff C7450-509
1966-1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to and by Rubinoff; photographs, autographed program
Box 19, Folder 10
Condax, Louis M. - Tertis Viola C7450-601
1943-1950
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Talk: Lionel Tertis. The Tertis Model Viola; Program; Diagrams of the improved Tertis model 16 3/4 inch viola, revised in
1949 and 1953
Box 19, Folder 11
Condax, Louis M. - Violin Acoustics C7450-602
1940-1967
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
16 published articles
Condax, Louis M. - Violin Acoustics, 1940-1967
Box 19, Folder 12
Condax, Louis M. - On the Violin's Sound Post C7450-603
1963-1964
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Unpublished papers and photographs
Condax, Louis M. - On the Violin's Sound Post, 1963-1964
Box 20, Folder 1
Condax, Louis M. - Domenico Dragonetti's Gasparo da Salo String Bass C7450-604
1910
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Publication, 15 pages
Condax, Louis M. - Domenico Dragonetti's Gasparo da Salo String Bass, 1910
Box 20, Folder 2
Condax, Louis M. - Photos: viols C7450-605
Scope and Contents note
10 photos: bass viols, viola d'amore, and vila da gamba
Condax, Louis M. - Photos: viols
Box 20, Folder 3
Condax, Louis M. - Article: Physics and Music C7450-606
1948
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Article: Physics and Music, 1948
Box 20, Folder 4
Condax, Louis M. - Photos and Publication C7450-607
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Franz F. Lyon; Article: Victor A. McKusick and H. Kenneth Wisking. Felix Savart (1791-1841), Physician-Physicist.
Early Studies Pertinent to the Understanding of Murmurs; Negatives and photos: Goerz Strad and Hermann Book
Condax, Louis M. - Photos and Publication
Box 20, Folder 5
Condax, Louis M. - Spectrum Analysis of Violin Varnish C7450-608
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Spectrum Analysis of Violin Varnish
Box 20, Folder 6
Condax, Louis M. - On Violin Construction and Bows C7450-609
1903-1965
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Article: Condax. A Plea and a Suggestion for a Guide, Standard, Principle or Measuring Device to Compare and Evaluate Completed
Musical Bows; Tolbecque measurements 1903; Viola outline by Hutchins
Condax, Louis M. - On Violin Construction and Bows, 1903-1965
Box 20, Folder 7
Condax, Louis M. - Violin models. Half-tone prints, Le Duc Guarneri C7450-610
1946-
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 8
Condax, Louis M. - Publications: World of Strings C7450-611
1962-1968
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 9
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments C7450-701
1937-1959
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments , 1937-1959
Box 20, Folder 10
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments C7450-702
1944-1950
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments , 1944-1950
Box 20, Folder 11
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments C7450-703
1951-1957
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments , 1951-1957
Box 21, Folder 1
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments C7450-704
1958-1966
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments , 1958-1966
Box 21, Folder 2
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments C7450-705
1967-1970
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments , 1967-1970
Box 21, Folder 3
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments C7450-706
1969-1970
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments , 1969-1970
Box 21, Folder 4
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments C7450-707
Language of Material:
English
Condax, Louis M. - Notebooks on violin varnish experiments
Box 21, Folder 5
Condax, Louis M. - Varnish samples on wood C7450-801
1987
Box 21, Folder 6
Corliss, Edith L.R. - Correspondence and Technical Papers C8052-101
1964-1995
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Corliss, Edith L. R.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins; Various papers on the hearing and the ear as a mechanism of communication
Corliss, Edith L.R. - Correspondence and Technical Papers, 1964-1995
Box 21, Folder 7
Creel Warren - Correspondence C9135-101
1968-1989
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Creel, Warren
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: between Creel & wife Marie and CMH. Others are REF, V Apgar, A H. Benade, Betty Goodfriend, JCS, regarding
Nomination for Fellows of ASA. Also, CMH to various contributors to CAS in his memory.
Biographical/Historical note
Warren Creel and Paul Boomsliter worked together closely in the field of auditory perception and organization, studying pitch
relations and durational effects in tonal perception, sensation, rhythm and cadence in language which they studied through
music and poetry with related psychoacoustic studies, including animal experimentation. Starting in the early 1960s, Warren
worked as a research associate in the Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, after an early career in teaching. His
interest in the work of the CAS started in the mid 1960s, both in the research and development as well as in the functioning
of the Society, which lasted until his death. He was chairman of the Committee on By-Laws, for many years Treasurer, and later
Vice-President. His own research in psychoacoustics complimented much that we were doing on the development of the new instruments
of the Violin Octet. Warren was great fun to work with and always had some interesting new ideas, and arguments could go on
far into the night. This file contains mostly correspondence. For his published papers and research work see the file of Paul
Boomsliter.
Creel Warren - Correspondence, 1968-1989
Box 21, Folder 8
Creel Warren - Miscellaneous C9135-102
1968-1976
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Bibliography; Albany Med Center Bulletin article; Book Review of `Sounds of Music' by C Taylor and supplemental
article on `Musical Intonation for Fiddlers'; Poem: `The Cellulose-Graphite Process for Helium Carbide' - Musings on the performance
score in an intelligence test.
Creel Warren - Miscellaneous, 1968-1976
Box 22, Folder 1
Creel Warren - Technical Papers C9135-103
1967-1975
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 5 papers (1967-1975). Creel and others - one by Massaro alone discussing work of Creel, Boomsliter & Powers. Topics:
Preprocessed brain signals; tonal sensation; auditory perception; processing time for auditory signals.
Creel Warren - Technical Papers, 1967-1975
Box 22, Folder 2
Cremer, Lothar - Correspondence C9160-101
1970-1990
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Cremer, Lothar, 1905-1990
Biographical/Historical note
CMH first met Professor Cremer, one of the most important acousticians of this century in Germany, when he lectured at MIT.
He was pleased to find violin acoustics being studied in the US and subsequently invited her to lecture at the Heinrich Hertz
Institute in Berlin, of which he was Director. She was finally able to accept this invitation in 1971 in conjunction with
her trip to the ICA Meeting in Budapest. Over the years there developed a close friendship and an active correspondence sharing
technical information ensued. CMH was instrumental in his receiving the ASA Gold Medal. The high regard in which he was held
will be evident from the biographical detail found in the Miscellaneous section (102) of this file, and the significance of
his contribution to acoustics may be assessed from the number of awards he received and from the extent of the obituary material
to be found there. His published output is vast - over 100 papers and several books. A few of the many are contained in sections
103 & 104. See the Technical Summary.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: between Creel & wife Marie and CMH. Others are REF, V Apgar, A H Benade, Betty Goodfriend, JCS, regarding
Nomination for Fellows of ASA. Also, CMH to various contributors to CAS in his memory.
Cremer, Lothar - Correspondence, 1970-1990
Box 22, Folder 3
Cremer, Lothar - Miscellaneous C9160-102
1974-1990
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Bibliography; Albany Med Center Bulletin article; Book Review of `Sounds of Music' by C Taylor and supplemental
article on `Musical Intonation for Fiddlers'; Poem: `The Cellulose-Graphite Process for Helium Carbide' - Musings on the performance
score in an intelligence test.
Cremer, Lothar - Miscellaneous, 1974-1990
Box 22, Folder 4
Cremer, Lothar - Technical Papers C9160-103
1968-1990
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 5 papers Creel and others - one by Massaro alone discussing work of Creel, Boomsliter & Powers. See Tech Summary.
Topics: Preprocessed brain signals | tonal sensation | auditory perception | processing time for auditory signals.
Cremer, Lothar - Technical Papers, 1968-1990
Box 22, Folder 5
Cremer, Lothar - Technical Book 9160-104
1988
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Physik der Geige; Review by G. Weinreich and review of English translation: The Physics of the Violin. Topics: bowing; violin
body vibrations; sound radiation.
Cremer, Lothar - Technical Book , 1988
Box 22, Folder 6
Dickens, Fred T. - Correspondence and Technical Papers on the Guitar D5485-101
1975-1997
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Dickens, Fred T
Dickens, Fred T. - Correspondence and Technical Papers on the Guitar, 1975-1997
Box 23, Folder 1
Duhamel, Jean Marie Constant - Technical Paper D8690-101
1841
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Duhamel , M. (Jean Marie Constant) , 1797-1872
Scope and Contents note
Tech paper (1) in French and translation of his 1841 memoire on the action of the bow on the string abstract. Miscellaneous:
Entry from Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1971. Topics: Bowed string | Stick/slip action
Biographical/Historical note
A mathematician known to students of calculus and of heat who published a paper on the bowed string in which he recognized
the need to consider two parts of a period of vibration, sticking and slipping. He derided the idea that the vibrations of
the bowed string are caused by the plucking action of barbs on the bow hair -- a concept that still plagues us. He failed
to understand a fact later recognized by Helmholtz that wave propagation along the string is not instantaneous, but occurs
with finite velocity, thus freeing the string from the bow not as a result of increase in stress between the two, but because
the sharp kink in the string has suddenly returned after reflection from the nut.
Box 23, Folder 2
Eggers, Frieder - Correspondence with Carleen M. Hutchins E2960-101
1964-1992
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Eggers, Frieder, 1929-
Biographical/Historical note
Research physicist and cellist who did the first thorough study of vibration modes (1959) in which not only nodal lines, but
also contours of amplitude were plotted giving amplitude and phase. He also measured the mechanical impedance at several points.
The work was done on a cello (see photo). Eggers worked at the Bell Telephone Laboratory, Murray Hill from 1960-64 and became
much interested in the research that Schelleng and Hutchins were doing, and often came to 112 Essex to discuss acoustics and
play quartets with us. Since 1964 Eggers has been at the Max-Planck-Institute in Gottingen working in biophysical chemistry.
A recent paper (1991) on mechanical impedance measurements of the cello as well as the 1959 one are included here.
Eggers, Frieder - Correspondence with Carleen M. Hutchins, 1964-1992
Box 23, Folder 3
Eggers, Frieder - Miscellaneous E2960-102
1959-1987
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Biog material. Technical:1) `Untersuchung von Corpus-Schwingungen am Violoncello', ACOUSTICA, 1959 with comments
by Schelling. 2) `Mechanical Impedance Measurements Around the Violoncello', ACOUSTICA, 1991. It includes a preview version
from Aachen 1987 and a revision submitted to CASJ - reviewed by Schumacher and Jansson at request of Sid Fox, ed. - subsequently
withdrawn by Eggers and published in ACOUSTICA. Topics: Impedance measurements | Cello vibrations
Eggers, Frieder - Miscellaneous, 1959-1987
Box 23, Folder 4
Firth, Ian - Correspondence F5275-101
1988-1989
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Firth, Ian
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence regarding Firth's paper "Harps of the Baroque Period."
Firth, Ian - Correspondence, 1988-1989
Box 23, Folder 5
Firth, Ian - Technical Papers F5275-102
1973-1977
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Research findings on the cello and lute.
Box 23, Folder 6
Firth, Ian - Technical Papers F5275-103
1977-1989
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
On the acoustics of the harp; Physics of the guitar; and other.
Firth, Ian - Technical Papers, 1977-1989
Box 23, Folder 7
Fletcher, Donald Atkinson - Correspondence F6120-101
1959-1991
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Fletcher , Donald Atkinson
Biographical/Historical note
A first cousin of Carleen M. Hutchins who, after spending eight years studying organ and architecture at the Beaux Arts in
Paris, was able to read French and type the English translation directly. He became very much interested in the new instruments
of the Violin Octet and was most helpful in the early stages of their development, suggesting design concepts and ways to
make them into a cohesive family of instruments. When the writings of Savart in l'Institut were finally found in the library
of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences (The pages were torn out of the copy in Widner, the volume missing at the Library
of Congress and the Smithsonian) Donald offered to translate the whole series of articles concerning Savart's research on
the violin. This has been most helpful over the years as many of Savart's ideas and experiments are basic to current research.
He also translated the early work of Maupertuis which is based on the concept that the different length reeds of the spruce
violin top reinforce the various frequencies, a discarded concept. Much of the information in the file is related to family
matters.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: involving D A Fletcher, Mary Fletcher, REF, Flora Harvey, Betty Montleon, Dorothy Bergquist, and Carleen M.
Hutchin, mostly personal. Includes Newsletters from Sweetbrook Nursing Home in Williamstown MA where Don & Mary lived.
Box 23, Folder 8
Fletcher, Donald Atkinson - Miscellaneous F6120-102
1977
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: hand-drawn map, brief genealogical note, report (evidently written by school student, probably a neighbor of
D A Fletcher) on the New Violin Family, type-written description of the funeral service for D A Fletcher, a negative and 2
obits; treatise on the Piano and the Pianist by D A Fletcher retyped by his niece, Dorothy Bergquist, which concludes with
a letter to her daughter containing family history; treatise on instrumentation of Hector Berlioz. Topics: Piano & pianists
| Berlioz instrumentation
Box 23, Folder 9
Fletcher, Donald Atkinson - Translations F6120-103
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Translations by D A Fletcher: the 1724 Memoire on stringed instruments by Maupertuis [740 KB, PDF]; the 1819 Memoire (minus
the Rapport) by Savart; and the 1840 l'Institut articles (the sections on stringed instruments) by Savart as transcribed by
A Masson. Topics: Savart
Fletcher, Donald Atkinson - Translations
Box 24, Folder 1
Fletcher, Harvey - Correspondence F6130-101
1964-1972
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Fletcher, Harvey , 1884-1981
Biographical/Historical note
Well known in acoustics as a founding member of the Acoustical Society of America and for many years Director of the Bell
Telephone Laboratories at Murray Hill. His research on speech and hearing is widely know through his books and papers. In
his retirement he developed a full scale acoustical testing facility at Brigham Young University and with associates, published
a number of papers on the tones of musical instruments, especially the analysis and synthesis of violin, viola and cello tones,
some of which are included here.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between Fletcher and Carleen Hutchins and Robert D Graham. Miscellaneous: Newspaper obits for Mrs Lorena Fletcher,
wife.
Fletcher, Harvey - Correspondence, 1964-1972
Box 24, Folder 2
Fletcher, Harvey - Technical Papers F6130-102.1
1935-1965
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Topics: Analysis & synthesis of violin, viola & baritones | vibrato.
Box 24, Folder 3
Fletcher, Harvey - Technical Papers F6130-102.2
1946-1969
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Topics: Analysis & synthesis of violin, viola & baritones | vibrato.
Box 24, Folder 4
Fletcher, Neville - Correspondence F6140-101
1972-1998
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Fletcher, Neville H. (Neville Horner)
Fletcher, Neville - Correspondence, 1972-1998
Box 24, Folder 5
Fletcher, Neville - Technical Papers F6140-102
1980-1991
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Paper (4) Topics: Harmonic generation; organ pipes
Box 24, Folder 6
Fletcher, William Harvey - Correspondence F6160-101
1931-1965
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Fletcher, William Harvey
Biographical/Historical note
Uncle of Carleen Hutchins (mother's brother, father's brother in-law, and father of Donald A. Fletcher) who made violins for
many years as a hobby (at least 200). Carleen Hutchins never saw his actual working set up for he had moved to Houston, Texas
from Brooklyn before Carleen Hutchins became interested in string instruments. When Carleen Hutchins needed a viola she wrote
to him asking if he would make her one. He replied that he only knew how to make violins, not violas, and suggested that she
get in touch with his violin maker in NYC and try making one herself. After discussions with husband and family, Carleen Hutchins
went to the violin maker, C. Meisel at 4 St Marks Place in the Bowery in NYC, bought a set of wood, a blueprint of a viola
and a book ("Violin Making as it Was and Is" Ed Heron-Allen) and got started. The work took two years of carefully reading
the book with occasional comments from Fletcher, the violin maker who spoke little English (Meisel had died and his wife was
running the shop), and a salesman at Wurlitzer's. When it was done, the viola was rated the work of a good carpenter and was
the only one that CMH planned to make!
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: involving Grace Louise Clark, W H Fletcher, William Harvey Fletcher Jr., Louise Maley Hogan, Carleen Hutchins
and Maud Alice Sauter
Fletcher, William Harvey - Correspondence, 1931-1965
Box 24, Folder 7
Fletcher, William Harvey - Miscellaneous F6160-102
1941-
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: news clipping, an address, drawing of a violin outline, mailing label, obit and Fletcher-Maley genealogy. Topics:
Carleen Hutchin' family.
Fletcher, William Harvey - Miscellaneous, 1941-
Box 54, Folder 1
Fox, Sidney - Violin Bridges: Mittenwald Violin I F7943-101.1
1984-1986
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Fox, Sidney
Scope and Contents note
Actual violin bridges with accompanying experiments results.
Box 54, Folder 2
Fox, Sidney - Violin Bridges: Mittenwald Violin II F7943-101.2
1984-1986
Language of Material:
English
Box 54, Folder 3
Fox, Sidney - Violin Bridges: Bailly Violin F7943-102
1985
Language of Material:
English
Box 54, Folder 4
Fox, Sidney - D.J. Bridge Dimensions F7943-103
1985
Language of Material:
English
Box 54, Folder 5
Fox, Sidney - Johnson Violin F7943-104
1985-1986
Language of Material:
English
Box 54, Folder 6
Fox, Sidney - Hutchins Mezzo Violin F7943-105
1985
Language of Material:
English
Box 54, Folder 7
Fox, Sidney - Other Violins F7943-106
1985-1988
Language of Material:
English
Box 54, Folder 8
Fox, Sidney - Hutchins Violas F7943-107
1985-1987
Language of Material:
English
Box 54, Folder 9
Fox, Sidney - Other Violas F7943-108
1985-1990
Language of Material:
English
Box 24, Folder 8
Frymoyer, Edward M. - Technical Paper F9480-101
1967
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Frymoyer, Edward M.
Biographical/Historical note
Frymoyer, a student working under Eugen Skudzryk at the Pennsylvania State University, department of physics when CMH first
lectured there in the early 1960s. He became quite interested in the problems of vibration in violin bodies and kept in touch
for many years. His thesis on "VIBRATION AND WAVE PROPAGATION IN CYLINDRICAL SHELLS" is included here.
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Vibration and wave propagation in cylindrical shells, 1967 - Tech. Memo. - Pennsylvania State University, Ordinance
Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research. Topics: Vibrations | Wave propagation | Cylindrical shells
Frymoyer, Edward M. - Technical Paper, 1967
Box 24, Folder 9
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Correspondence F9488-101
1987-1989
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Fryxell, Robert Edward
Biographical/Historical note
A chemist, primarily involved in high temperature research for General Electric, first in Pittsfield, Mass. and then in Cincinnati,
Ohio. Many of his developments were a basic part of the nuclear submarine and aircraft. Bob was an expert cellist whose first
love was chamber music, and while living in Pittsfield, was cellist in many quartet and other chamber music sessions in Stockbridge
at the home of Helen Rice. It was here that Fryxell met up with Saunders and those of us who were researching the acoustics
of violins and violas and developing the instruments of the Violin Octet. He became a part of the original Saunders' research
group (Hutchins, Fryxell, Saunders and Schelleng, some of whose early correspondance interchanges are in a large notebook
in the CAS file) which eventually became the Catgut Acoustical Society (a name suggested jokingly by Schelleng). After the
CAS was officially formed in 1963 and Hutchins had started a small Newsletter to keep in touch with the 25 or so members,
Fryxell offered to be the Editor, a position which he fulfilled with great interest and expertise until his sudden death in
1988. He was a great reader and collected a fine library on all subjects relating to violins and violin making. He also did
research on wood, especially the effects of moisture (see papers in the CASJ). Fryxell and his family often visited with the
Hutchins in Montclair and New Hampshire where we discussed violin acoustics far into the night. Bob was wonderful friend and
staunch supporter of the CAS.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: Robert Fryxell Memorial fund correspondence between Carleen Hutchins, Marjorie K. Fryxell, and various donors
to the fund.
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Correspondence, 1987-1989
Box 24, Folder 10
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Correspondence F9488-102
1959-1969
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: mainly involving Fryxell and Carleen Hutchins. Other correspondents include: Virginia Apgar, A.H. Benade,
Yehudi Menuhin, & J.C. Schelleng. Also, articles and data on items for the Newsletter
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Correspondence, 1959-1969
Box 24, Folder 11
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Correspondence F9488-103
1970-1986
Language of Material:
English
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Correspondence, 1970-1986
Box 25, Folder 1
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Miscellaneous F9488-104
1963-1991
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Family correspondence from Marjorie and Eric Fryxell; birth announcements; Xmas cards
Box 25, Folder 2
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Miscellaneous F9488-105
1983-1986
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Obit. & biog. material; musical memoirs of REF; description of Elastomat equipment [2.84 MB, PDF] & sample
output (graphs); news clippings on Janos Starker & Regina Fryxell (mother); notes on violin construction; bibliography on
violin making, etc.; notice of CAS meeting
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Miscellaneous, 1983-1986
Box 25, Folder 3
Fryxell, Robert Edward - Technical Papers F9488-106
1949-1982
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical Papers: 12 in chemistry - 3 on instruments: weather effects, bow hair, & varnish.
Box 25, Folder 4
Fulton, William M. - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins F9747-101
1968-1993
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Fulton, William M.
Fulton, William M. - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1968-1993
Box 25, Folder 5
Fulton, William M. - Technical Papers F9747-102
1968-1990
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Published papers on violin varnish; bent violin top
Box 25, Folder 6
Ghelmeziu, Nicolae - Correspondence G4125-101
1974
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Ghelmeziu, Nicolae
Biographical/Historical note
Foremost researcher in wood technology in Romania. Specifically, Director in the Institute for Research and Technological
Design for the Wood Industry in Bucharest. See Benchmark vol 5, CASNL #17 or B4270 - Beldie, Ion Paul, for paper `On the characteristics
of resonance spruce wood'.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins; Miscellaneous: Brief biography.
Ghelmeziu, Nicolae - Correspondence, 1974
Box 25, Folder 7
Goodkind, Herbert - Miscellaneous G6525-101
1976-1978
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Goodkind, Herbert K.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins on joining the Violin Society of America and Catgut; materials on his research on Antonio
Stradivari
Goodkind, Herbert - Miscellaneous, 1976-1978
Box 25, Folder 8
Graham, Thomas S. - Dissertation G7420-101
1969
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Graham, Thomas S.
Biographical/Historical note
A graduate student working under Eugen Skudzryk at the Pennsylvania State University department of Physics. His thesis (included
here) on "Long Wavelength Acoustic Holography" (1969) shows that this method can be used as a means of studying sound radiation
from vibrating objects. This method was based on long wavelengths, but it was not until a further development by Earl Williams,
another of Skudzryk's students, using short wavelengths that it could be applied to the surface of a violin.
Scope and Contents note
Long Wavelength Acoustic Holography, 1969, PhD Thesis in Engineering Acoustics (Pennsylvania State University). Topics: Acoustic
Holography
Graham, Thomas S. - Dissertation, 1969
Box 25, Folder 9
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins G8825-101.1
1963-1965
Language of Material:
French
creator:
Groupe d' Acoustique Musicale.
Biographical/Historical note
A group organized by Emile Leipp for the study of and publication of papers in musical acoustics. The file contains 45 issues
from the first in 1963 to issue #99 in 1978.
Box 25, Folder 10
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins G8825-101.2
1966
Language of Material:
French
Box 26, Folder 1
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins G8825-101.3
1967
Language of Material:
French
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins, 1967
Box 26, Folder 2
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins G8825-102.1
1968-1969
Language of Material:
French
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins, 1968-1969
Box 26, Folder 3
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins G8825-102.2
1969-1970
Language of Material:
French
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins, 1969-1970
Box 26, Folder 4
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins G8825-102.3
1971-1978
Language of Material:
French
Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale - Bulletins, 1971-1978
Box 27, Folder 1
Hacklinger, Max - Correspondence H1225-101
1977-1994
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Hacklinger, Max
Box 27, Folder 2
Hacklinger, Max - Technical Papers H1225-102
1978-1993
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Papers (2): Violin Timbre and Bridge Frequency Response; Violin Adjustment - Strings and Bridges; Article (1): Roger Hargrave
Enthuses about Max Hacklinger's Deft Thickness Measuring Gauge.
Box 27, Folder 3
Hall, Harry Hepburn - Miscellaneous H1760-101
1966-1981
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Hall, Harry Hepburn, 1903-1985
Biographical/Historical note
A Professor of physics and Head of the Department at the University of New Hampshire retiring in 1969, but continued his own
research on underwater signals. Earlier he had been a development engineer with Western Electric and taught at the American
University in Beirut where he grew up. He was one of F.A. Saunders graduate students at Harvard (Leo Beranek was the other
one) in the early 1930s and designed much of Saunders violin testing equipment such as the heterodyne analyzer and the automatic
bow, and published his work in JASA, J. Society of Motion Picture Engineers and Proc. Inst.Radio Engineers. As a result of
these references CMH found Hall in his retirement in Durham, N.H. where he was still working on underwater signals, but also
had time to help with violin research and rework Saunders automatic bow into its original condition. He was a member of the
CAS for many years.
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Biographical info and obits. Correspondence: with CMH.
Box 27, Folder 4
Hall, Harry Hepburn - Technical Papers H1760-102
1933-1971
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: 5 papers Topics: Sound wave analysis
Box 27, Folder 5
Hancock, Maurice - Correspondence H2352-101
1988-1999
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 6
Hancock, Maurice - Correspondence H2352-102
1963-1988
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 7
Hancock, Maurice - Technical Papers H2352-103
1957-1991
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
5 Papers: The Aiming Problem in Aerial Gunnery; The Mechanical Impedances of Violin Strings; The Dynamic Musical Strings (in
three parts: 1982, 1989, and 1991).
Box 27, Folder 8
Hansson, Hans Olof - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins H2510-101
1968-1974
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Hansson, Hans Olof
Biographical/Historical note
A engineer with Siemens Cable Works who lived in Sollentuna, Sweden. In his spare time he developed the five string viola-type
instrument known as the Violino Grande, with five strings C-G-D-A-E. At one time he lectured widely on this instrument and
became much interested in our work with the Violin Octet. See paper in CASNL. Bronislaw Eischenholtz, an expert violinist,
demonstrated the Violino Grande for Hansson.
Box 27, Folder 9
Hansson, Hans Olof - Miscellaneous H2510-102
1966-1972
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: transcription of interview with Hansson taped by Marjorie Bram; recipe for a priming coat for violins. Topics:
Violin varnish primer
Box 27, Folder 10
Hansson, Hans Olof - Technical Papers H2510-103
1969-1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
3 Technical papers: on construction principles for the Violine Grande, a 5-string instrument and on an aluminum substitute
for copper as an electrical conductor (Sinipal) Topics: Violino grande | 5-stringed instrument | Construction principles |
`Sinipal' Electrical conduct.
Separated Materials note
Removed legal size documents (Constructional Principles for Bow Construction Applied to Violino Grande) to box 60.
Box 27, Folder 11
Hardin, Burton E. - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins H2620-101
1968
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 12
Hardin, Burton E. - Dissertation H2620-102
1968
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Thesis, Dr of Music Ed - University of Oklahoma, 1968 - A Comparison of two methods of arriving at the most suitable
thicknesses of violin plates. Topics: Violin plate tuning.
Biographical/Historical note
Included here is a graduate thesis at the University of Oklahoma for a Doctor of Music degree entitled "A Comparison of Two
Methods of Arriving at the Most Suitable Thicknesses of Violin Plates," the direct measurement method and the electronic tuning
method (P79-). No definite conclusions are arrived at based on player-listener tests of four violins tuned by each method
and made by the author. Much of the violin literature is reviewed and suggestions for further experimentation given.
Box 28, Folder 1
Hertzberg, Hans Theodore Edward - Biography and Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins H5765-101
1963-1986
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Hertzberg , Hans Theodore Edward, 1905-
Biographical/Historical note
A graduate of Rice Institute with an MA from Harvard (1942) as well as a graduate of the U.S. Air Corps Flying School whose
professional career was as Chief of the Anthropological Branch of the Aerospace Medical Division of Wright Patterson AFB,
Ohio. As a violinist and as a hobby he had learned to repair violins and became interested in the work of the CAS through
Hutchins' 1962 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article "The Physics of Violins," and started his own violin testing set up in 1963. As
a result of this he conceived the idea of establishing a violin repair and research group at Antioch College. See correspondence
here and the formal proposal in the Antioch College file (not funded).
Hertzberg, Hans Theodore Edward - Biography and Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1963-1986
Box 28, Folder 2
Houtsma, Adrian - Correspondence H8445-101
1982-1996
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Houtsma, Adrian M.
Houtsma, Adrian - Correspondence, 1982-1996
Box 28, Folder 3
Houtsma, Adrian - Technical Papers H8445-102
1982-1991
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
4 Papers: Pitch Motion with Random Chord Sequences; A Quasi-stationary Model of Air Flow in the Reed Channel of Single-reed
Woodwind Instruments; Non-Linear Behaviour of Single Reed Woodwind Musical Instruments; A Comparison between Expensive and
Inexpensive Violin Strings.
Houtsma, Adrian - Technical Papers, 1982-1991
Box 28, Folder 4
Jansson, Erik V. - Correspondence J3510-101
1986-1999
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Jansson, Erik V.
Jansson, Erik V. - Correspondence, 1986-1999
Box 28, Folder 5
Jansson, Erik V. - Correspondence J3510-102
1973-1985
Language of Material:
English
Jansson, Erik V. - Correspondence, 1973-1985
Box 28, Folder 6
Jansson, Erik V. - Correspondence J3510-103
1969-1974
Language of Material:
English
Separated Materials note
Separated reel to reel 5" tape to box 58. Title of tape: Ossiah Demonstration Band.
Jansson, Erik V. - Correspondence, 1969-1974
Box 28, Folder 7
Jansson, Erik V. - Biographical Essay, My Year with Art Benade in Retrospect J3510-104
1988
Language of Material:
English
Jansson, Erik V. - Biographical Essay, My Year with Art Benade in Retrospect, 1988
Box 29, Folder 1
Jansson, Erik V. - Technical Papers J3510-105
1966-1972
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
List of published papers, lecture notes, and technical reports. Topics: acoustics for violin and guitar makers
Box 29, Folder 2
Jansson, Erik V. - Technical Papers J3510-106
1973-1986
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Box 29, Folder 3
Jansson, Erik V. - Technical Papers J3510-107
1987-1994
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Box 29, Folder 4
Jansson, Erik V. - Technical Papers J3510-108
1995-1999
Language of Material:
English
Box 30, Folder 1
Kent, Earle - Correspondence mk043tb1907
1965-1992
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Kent, Earle L. (Earle Lewis), 1910-
Biographical/Historical note
Acoustician , Fellow of the ASA, and Director of Research for the C.G. Conn Instrument Company in Elkhart, Indiana who pioneered
many developments in the Conn line of musical instruments, particularly winds and pianos. Kent was editor of the Benchmark
series Vol.9, "Musical Acoustics, Piano and Wind Instruments." He became much interested in the new violin family (Violin
Octet) and proposed a collaboration (1965) between the CAS and Conn for Conn to make the new instruments with CMH as consultant.
This did not work out for a variety of reasons, mostly related to the take-over and fragmentation of Conn. Earle was most
helpful to CMH, broadening the scope of her activities in acoustics and sponsoring her for membership in the ASA. A most cordial
and productive relationship was maintained over the more than 30 years.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: between CMH, Elizabeth McGilvray & EK and wife, Nina - 1965,1992. Response of EK to an inquiry received at
C G Conn, Ltd from L A Dean. A note to M J Talley regarding big viola from CMH.
Kent, Earle - Correspondence, 1965-1992
Box 30, Folder 2
Kent, Earle - Miscellaneous gc711tz9293
1969-1992
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Photo clip from newsp May 1988; article from newsp Das Musikinstrument; Program for Elkhart Symph Orch, 4/12/70; book review,
Benchmark Papers in Acoustics `Musical Acoustics, Piano and Wind Instruments', ed by Earle Kent (Mary Harbold); UAL ship invoice;
Photo negs; Pamphlet by EK.
Kent, Earle - Miscellaneous, 1969-1992
Box 30, Folder 3
Kent, Earle - Technical Papers xq469gt0194
1956-1957
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: List of technical clinic topics; 3 papers: The Language of Musical Acoustics (with Jody C.Hall), The Inside Story
of Brass Instruments, Electronics and Music (submitted to Instructor Magazine). Topics: Acoustic terminology | Brass instruments
| Electronics | Pianos.
Kent, Earle - Technical Papers, 1956-1957
Box 30, Folder 4
Kerlin, Roger - Correspondence and Dissertation hx145qy7136
1966
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Kerlin, Roger
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH 1966; Technical: MS Thesis Pennsylvania State University - "Internal Friction Studies of Bell Metal
and Wood". Topics: Friction studies | Bell metal | Wood
Biographical/Historical note
A student of Eugen Skudzryk at the Pennsylvania State Univ. whose MA thesis on "Internal Friction Studies of Bell Metal and
Wood" 1966 (included here) was of much interest to JCS and CMH. Roger subsequently received his PhD at Penn. State where he
continues his career in acoustics.
Kerlin, Roger - Correspondence and Dissertation, 1966
Box 30, Folder 5
Kimball, Dean - Correspondence rg542fv4073
1968-1992
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Kimball, Dean
Biographical/Historical note
Engineer and for some years head of the Department of Engineering at Antioch College, Kimball was part of the original group
interested in the proposal to establish a violin repair and research center there. His interest in this work continued, and
in 1969 Kimball spent several months of his sabbatical working with CMH in both Montclair and New Hampshire. He became especially
interested in making the dulcimer and improving its sound. His book "Constructing the Mountain Dulcimer" is included here.
He has continued his membership and interest in the work of the CAS over the years.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH
Box 30, Folder 6
Kimball, Dean - Book vp954sr2387
1975
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Book: Constructing the Mountain Dulcimer, Crying Creek Publishers, 1975.
Kimball, Dean - Book, 1975
Box 30, Folder 7
Kimball, Maxwell - Correspondence wy385mk2999
1956-1966
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Kimball, Maxwell
Biographical/Historical note
An architect, sculptor and musician who had stayed an architect during the 1929 depression by making a violin and two violas
from information in books and the help of a local violin maker, (as well as working with his wife to raise chickens and a
big garden). He was also a naturalist, amateur astronomer, and avid bird watcher who made his own telescopes. Kimball and
CMH met when they were both exhibitors at a hobby show in Glen Ridge (the next town to Montclair) where he lived. This started
a long association of mutual interests from quartet playing to bird watching and violin making. Kimball became particularly
interested in making violin bows and exploring methods of measuring their physical properties, including the dimensional changes
along the stick, bending characteristics, centers of percussion and gravity which he measured with great precision on many
bows of different qualities. Some of his technical writings and measurements are included here as well as in the Newsletter
of the CAS. He worked with Louis Condax at one point and made a drawing of the cello podium which Condax had developed for
Howard Hanson at the Eastman School of Music. The famous cellist, Maurice Eisenberg used this podium in several concerts with
the New Jersey Symphony and was delighted with it. See photo of Kimball and Eisenberg, also a copy of the drawing which was
published in the CASNL. Efforts to explain the acoustical effectiveness of this podium have not as yet met with success. But
it works! Kimball's greatest contribution to the CAS was in helping CMH to develop the design of the new instruments of the
Violin Octet, once the basic acoustics had been worked out. He also designed and supervised the building of the large garage-workshop
at 112 Essex where over 100 of the Octet instruments have been built.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH
Kimball, Maxwell - Correspondence, 1956-1966
Box 30, Folder 8
Kimball, Maxwell - Miscellaneous fs256sy2676
1957-1971
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Newsp articles, permission, Summit Symphony concert programs, Xmas card, bill of sale on bow, bow & instrument
measurements, photos.
Box 30, Folder 9
Kimball, Maxwell - Technical Papers zt120nj2115
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: paper - `On Making a Violin Bow'; data: bow design curves; write-up and diagram of Condax-Kimball Cello Podium.
Topics: Bow making | Cello podium | Violin Octet design.
Kimball, Maxwell - Technical Papers
Box 30, Folder 10
Kingman, Russell - Correspondence and Miscellaneous zp401kh1509
1956-1959
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Kingman, Russell B.
Biographical/Historical note
An industrialist, inventor, and former cellist with the American String Quartet who owned and played the Stradivarius cello
that had belonged to Emanuel Feuermann. He became interested in the violin work of CMH and from time to time would call her
to come to his home in Orange (the next town) to do some minor adjusting and repairs to the cello, when he did not want to
take the time to take it over to Wurlitzers'. He was a friend of Pablo Casals and served as chairman of the finance committee
of the Casals Music Festival in Prades. He founded the New Jersey Symphony and was its Honorary President; also President
of the U.S. and International Lawn Tennis Associations, and an excellent photographer, who travelled widely. After getting
out of the hospital from a heart attack in 1956, the first thing that Kingman did was to come to 112 Essex and take pictures
of CMH at work on violins in her kitchen where she worked at the time so she could keep track of her two children.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH; Miscellaneous: NY Times obits, programs from Kingman's photographic exhibits and NJ Symphony Orch
concert program of 11/56 Topics: Strad. cello (Feuermann).
Kingman, Russell - Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1956-1959
Box 30, Folder 11
Kroll, William - Correspondence yy918cw0163
1959-1978
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Kroll, William , 1901-1980
Biographical/Historical note
Well known violinist and a leading figure in American chamber music was leader of the Coolidge String Quartet and in 1945
founded his own Kroll Quartet. CMH got to know him through her friend, Helen Rice (one of the early instigators of the Amateur
Chamber Music Players) and spent many evenings listening to him play quartets in her studio on W. 67th street. When CMH had
made about a dozen instruments, she and her husband took them to Kroll for comment. He finally selected one and said "This
one has it," and described the full tone and vibrations that could be felt through the shoulder, etc. So she went home and
took it apart to try to find out what made it work so well, thus learning the beginning of plate tuning. Later CMH took a
viola to Kroll for a student at a time when the quartet was rehearsing in his studio. David Mankovitz, the violist of the
quartet tried it; Kroll tried it; and Mankovitz bought it on the spot! Mankovitz played it for over ten years in the quartet,
beside Kroll's Ernst Stradivarius. Record jackets of the quartet said "Mankovitz owns an Amati viola, but uses a modern one
here for its superior recording properties."
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence involving CMH, Pearl Kroll and William Kroll. Xmas cards. Miscellaneous: Flyers and concert programs for the
Kroll Quartet. Article from Mannes College 1973, NY Times obit 1980.
Box 30, Folder 12
Kvam, Arnold Kunrad - Correspondence bj073bs5968
1976-1982
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Kvam, Arnold Kunrad , -1981
Biographical/Historical note
At the time Dr. Kvam became interested in the Violin Octet he was the Head of the Music Department of Douglass College in
New Brunswick, N.J. Early in his career he had done some work in violin acoustics in Europe. He was very much interested in
the Octet instruments, particularly the baritone and tenor since he was a trained cellist. He was one of the referees in the
first composer contest for the octet instruments and put on a concert using several of the winning pieces. (See photos in
file)
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence involving Kvam, CMH, Elizabeth McGilvray and Kirstin Kvam Swan. Miscellaneous: Flyer on European Music Festival
in 1959 led by the Kvams with their biographies. Topic: Violin Octet
Kvam, Arnold Kunrad - Correspondence, 1976-1982
Box 30, Folder 13
LaBarre, Frederick E. - Dissertation ph650nm2149
1980
Language of Material:
English
creator:
LaBarre, Frederick E.
Biographical/Historical note
A maker principally of viol family instruments; studied with Peter Tourin and has published a book of working plans of various
instruments. A dissertation on the making of the treble viol da gamba, with detailed drawings is included here.
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Manual - A dissertation on the construction of the Viol da Gamba [2.7 MB, PDF] (Lib. of Congress Cat. card #80-81385),
1980. Accompanying drawings [1.0 MB, PDF] Topics: Viol construction | Viol da Gamba
LaBarre, Frederick E. - Dissertation, 1980
Box 31, Folder 1
Lazarus, Hans - Correspondence wq178rp6884
1970-1985
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Lazarus, H. (Hans)
Biographical/Historical note
Hans Lazarus was a graduate student working with Lothar Cremer in Berlin in 1970 and presented a paper at the ASA in Atlantic
City at which time he planned a visit to CMH in Montclair. Subsequently, Cremer arranged for CMH to lecture at the Heinrich
Hertz Institute in Berlin on her way to the 1971 meeting of the ICA in Budapest. At that time Lazarus treated CMH to a memorable
tour of Berlin. He did technical work on the bowed string and also in speech communication. He remained in the CAS until 1985,
but is no longer believed to be active in acoustics.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: 1970 - 1985 with CMH & JCS; Technical: (1) draft of paper submitted to CASNL: "Theory of String Excitation
by Bowing"
Lazarus, Hans - Correspondence, 1970-1985
Box 31, Folder 2
Lazarus, Hans - Dissertation bt729bp7519
1972
Language of Material:
German
Scope and Contents note
Thesis 1972 from Tech Univ. in Berlin in German. (3) A joint paper on the bowed string may be found in the Cremer file - C9160.
Miscellaneous: Travel receipts and tourist info from CMH's trip to Berlin. Topic: bowed strings
Box 31, Folder 3
Leipp, Emile - Technical Papers I mw102yh9891
1946-1978
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Emile Leipp
Biographical/Historical note
A skilled violin maker and teacher of music whose interests in applying scientific research to the violin led to his doctoral
thesis at the Sorbonne in 1960, "Les Parametres sensible des instruments de musique a cordes frotte". For many years he was
Directeur de Laboratoire d'Acoustique, Universite de Paris VI, Institut de Mechanique, Theorique et Appliquee. He organized
the "Groupe d'Acoustique Musicale" (GAM) which met regularly for some years and published bulletins on the problems of musical
acoustics. Many of the GAM bulletins are in the CAS file. A selected list of Leipp's papers is in Benchmark Vol. 5 along with
his paper, written jointly with Abraham Moles "l'Employ du sosograph dans le determination de la qualite des instruments a
cordes". Leipp made various studies ranging from the physical measurements of strings to attempts to correlate the value of
a violin and its physical parameters. His book "Le Violin, historique esthetique, facture et acoustique" Herman & Cie, Paris
1965 (English translation, University of Toronto Press, 1969), was widely accepted. Leipp had two original Savart trapezoidal
violins in his laboratory and had studied them extensively. The original evaluation that they had very good tone was certainly
not based on modern standards for violin quality. See "The Violon de Savart" par E. Leipp, Musique et Radio, Paris 1959.
Scope and Contents note
Technical papers and booklets; translation by H. Burritt Miller of one paper; comments on some papers by J.C. Schelleng. See
GAM G8825 for other technical papers. Topics: Musical acoustics | clarinet | violin
Leipp, Emile - Technical Papers I, 1946-1978
Box 31, Folder 4
Leipp, Emile - Technical Papers II mz577ny1532
1956-1970
Language of Material:
French
Box 31, Folder 5
Leipp, Emile - Correspondence pq886kb9033
1960-1986
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: to & from Leipp from FAS, REF, CMH.
Leipp, Emile - Correspondence, 1960-1986
Box 31, Folder 6
Leipp, Emile - Miscellaneous nk446qm4821
1959-1965
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Biographical material; book flyer, publication list [874 KB, PDF]; technical papers (3) including an English translation.
Topics: Sonograph | string excitation | string vibration
Leipp, Emile - Miscellaneous, 1959-1965
Box 31, Folder 7
Lottermoser, Werner - Correspondence mb516wy0221
1963-1988
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Lottermoser, Werner, 1909-
Biographical/Historical note
A native of Dresden, with a doctorate from the University of Berlin under Professor Biehle, Lottermoser joined the Physikalische-Technische
Reichsanstalt (now Bundesanstalt) (PTB) working in the laboratory of Professor Grutzmacher on various problems of musical
acoustics. He is a fine organist and investigated the acoustical characteristics of baroque organs, and has been involved
in the design of and musical performance of new ones. A demonstration he gave CMH on one with his sister singing church music
was very beautiful and moving. Many of his 100 technical papers are on the organ, but he also developed various types of test
equipment for studying the acoustics of violins and made response curves of all quality instruments. Lottermoser and CMH worked
together on several test violins in an effort to correlate test methods and results (see CASNL). He also made a study of tree
ring analysis of violin tops as a method of authenticating instruments. Lottermoser retired from the PTB in 1972 leaving his
long-time associate Jurgen Meyer to continue his work.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: to & from Lottermoser involving R.E. Fryxell, M. Grutzmacher, C.M. Hutchins, and J.C. Schelleng.
Lottermoser, Werner - Correspondence, 1963-1988
Box 31, Folder 8
Lottermoser, Werner - Miscellaneous I nr556xk4461
1967-1979
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: biographical materials, short essay by J.C. Schelleng on the work of Lottermoser and Jurgen Meyer; personal
cards; copies of news clips.
Lottermoser, Werner - Miscellaneous I, 1967-1979
Box 31, Folder 9
Lottermoser, Werner - Miscellaneous II cx502km2433
1967-1970
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous technical items: charts, graphs, response curves, etc.
Lottermoser, Werner - Miscellaneous II, 1967-1970
Box 32, Folder 1
Lottermoser, Werner - Technical Papers L8840-104
1950-1978
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical Papers: (26 from 1950-1978), 7 of the papers co-authored by Jurgen Meyer and 1 by W. Linhardt. Several papers have
marginal translations and comments by J.C. Schelleng. A partial translation of one paper. Also bibliography of 84 items (1935-1973)
of which 18 are included.
Lottermoser, Werner - Technical Papers, 1950-1978
Box 32, Folder 2
Lyman, Frederick C. Jr. - Correspondence L9860-101
1970-1990
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Lyman, Frederick C. Jr.
Biographical/Historical note
A self-taught amateur maker, principally of guitars and basses, especially interested in locating fine wood and using different
types in his instruments.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence: with CMH. Includes correspondence between Lyman and Tom and Elva Tepper and some wood samples from them. Topic:
Wood.
Lyman, Frederick C. Jr. - Correspondence, 1970-1990
Box 32, Folder 3
Lyman, Frederick C. Jr. - Technical Paper L9860-102
1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: The Acoustic or Carved Guitar. Topic: Guitar | basses.
Lyman, Frederick C. Jr. - Technical Paper, 1970
Box 32, Folder 4
Meinel, Hermann - Correspondence M5140-101
1935-1978
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Meinel, Hermann, 1904-1977
Biographical/Historical note
One of the foremost acousticians in violin research who came from a family traditionally centered in music and musical instruments
in Germany near Markneukirchen and Klingenthal. Early trained as a Master Violin Maker he soon recognized the narrow limits
of constructing violins on an empirical basis and entered the University of Leipzig eventually obtaining his doctorate under
H. Backhaus in Greifswald. Meinel's interests and abilities placed him in an excellent position to relate the fast expanding
knowledge of acoustics of the early 1930s to the study of the violin. In 1934 his essay on violin acoustics won an award from
the Prussian Academy of Sciences. His research and writings on the violin continued until his death in 1977. Several of Meinel's
papers are reproduced in the Benchmark volumes 5 and 6, which indicate the scope of his work on stringed instruments. He emphasized
the great importance of wood thickness compared with other factors in violin making with respect to modes of vibration, volume,
and timbre of sounds produced. He studied the properties of outstanding violins, methods of evaluating tone quality and performance,
the effects of varnish, arching of plates, and properties of the wood used, radiation patterns of violins, as well as the
vibrational modes of the complete violin. His paper "Regarding the sound quality of violins and a scientific basis for violin
construction" (in English) JASA 29(7) 817-822(1957) gives a good idea of the overall scope of his work.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence involving Meinel, Verlag Hirzel, Verlag Springer, Backhaus, CMH, Dowden Hutchinson & Ross and (Frau) Elisabeth
Meinel.
Meinel, Hermann - Correspondence, 1935-1978
Box 32, Folder 5
Meinel, Hermann - Miscellaneous M5140-102
1934-1977
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: (10) Biographical material (CMH work on Benchmark; "Acoustica" article; "Lebenslauf" translation by Schelling);
abstract of paper given at Budapest ICA; paper (& trans.) by Baumgartner; description of translator R.K. Walter; 1936 German
newspaper describing Academy Prize; 1960 Markneukirchen Festival Program; Synthetic fiber from automatic bowing machine.
Separated Materials note
Removed newspaper (Deutscher Reichsanzeiger, 1936) to box 60.
Meinel, Hermann - Miscellaneous, 1934-1977
Box 32, Folder 6
Meinel, Hermann - Technical Papers M5140-103
1936-1978
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical: (17) Meinel's bibliography plus 16 papers. The file contains a bibliography of Meinel's work and some English translations.
Topics: Response curves | wood thicknesses | varnish | tuning | violin design
Meinel, Hermann - Technical Papers, 1936-1978
Box 32, Folder 7
Meyer, Erwin - Technical Papers M6120-101
1931-1938
Language of Material:
German
creator:
Meyer, Erwin, b. 1899
Biographical/Historical note
Well known Professor of physics and researcher in acoustics, Meyer was the first to apply the electronic technology of the
late 1920s and early 30s to the analysis of the tones of musical instruments, which included the violin, viola and cello.
This work is published in "Die Klangspectrum der Musikinstrumente", Mitteilung aus dem Heinrich Hertz Inst. Fur Schwingungsforschung,
Berlin. Walter de Gruyter U, CO. (see file)
Scope and Contents note
Technical Papers: 2 in German - English abstract - on musical instrument spectra. Topics: Spectra
Box 33, Folder 1
Meyer, Jürgen - Correspondence M6130-101
1969-1979
Language of Material:
English
Biographical/Historical note
Jurgen Meyer collaborated with Werner Lottermoser and continued the work after Lottermoser's retirement from the Physikalisch-Technische
Bundesanstalt (PTB). The space serving as their anechoic chamber had been used during the war by the Luftwaffe. Subsequently
assigned by the Allies for musical acoustics research, it posed some hardships requiring frequent `raking' of the floor to
enhance the sound absorption properties. Meyer, a good violinist, was involved in the testing of a German violin carried out
by CMH and Lottermoser. This resulted in an interesting example of regional or cultural preferences in instruments, with Meyer
preferring the German violin to that of CMH, whereas Sterling Gorill, a US violinist, strongly disliked the German one. The
file shows an active correspondence between JM and CMH, with his sending many reprints from his very prolific publishing.
His main area of research has dealt with the directional characteristics of instruments and their effects in the symphony
orchestra. He had hoped to host the ISMA '95 meeting in Braunschweig to coincide with his retirement, but the commitment had
been made prior to hold the meeting in Paris.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between J Meyer, CMH and Michael McIntyre.
Box 33, Folder 2
Meyer, Jürgen - Miscellaneous M6130-102
1977-1986
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Biographical info; ads for his books; tourist book
Box 33, Folder 3
Meyer, Jürgen - Technical Papers I M6130-103.1
1958-1978
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Papers on the acoustics of woodwind instruments, the pipe organ, violin, etc. List of published works.
Meyer, Jürgen - Technical Papers I, 1958-1978
Box 33, Folder 4
Meyer, Jürgen - Technical Papers II M6130-103.2
1978-1993
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Acoustics in the concert hall; auditive communication
Meyer, Jürgen - Technical Papers II, 1978-1993
Box 33, Folder 5
Meyer, Jürgen - Book: Acoustics and the Performance of Music M6130-104
1978
Language of Material:
English
Box 33, Folder 6
Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef and Vlam, Christiaan Cornelis - Correspondence M6652-101
1972-1974
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Minnaert, M. G. J. (Marcel Gilles Jozef), 1893-1970
creator:
Vlam, Christiaan Cornelis
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence of CMH with J. van Handel and C.C. Vlam to gather informatiion on M. G. J. Minnaert.
Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef and Vlam, Christiaan Cornelis - Correspondence, 1972-1974
Box 33, Folder 7
Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef and Vlam, Christiaan Cornelis - Biographical Information and Technical Paper M6652-102
1937
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Paper on the vibrations of the violin bridge
Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef and Vlam, Christiaan Cornelis - Biographical Information and Technical Paper, 1937
Box 33, Folder 8
Moles, Abraham - Biographical Information and Technical Papers M7193-101
1959-1965
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Moles, Abraham A.
Biographical/Historical note
Director of The Institute of Social Psychology of Strasbourg. Concerned with study of mass media materials. Scientific advisor
to The French State Radio & Television Network.
Scope and Contents note
Biographical material; Technical (2): one from Cahiers D'acoustique "Use of Sonograph in the Determination of the Quality
of String Instruments", (1959) in French and a translation; one on Animal language & Information Theory, 1965 Topics: Animal
language | Information theory | String inst. quality | Sonograph study
Moles, Abraham - Biographical Information and Technical Papers, 1959-1965
Box 34, Folder 1
New Hampshire University. Violin Institute - Correspondence N5305-101
1972-1990
Language of Material:
English
New Hampshire University. Violin Institute - Correspondence , 1972-1990
Box 34, Folder 2
New Hampshire University. Violin Institute - Miscellaneous I N5305-102
1972-1992
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Course announcements, news clippings, brochures, campus information.
Box 34, Folder 3
New Hampshire University. Violin Institute - Miscellaneous II N5305-103
1978-1980
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Summer Workshops 1978 - 1980: Notes, some financial records, possible essay questions and course outline, lists of registered
students, correspondence with students, completed registration forms and course announcements for seminars in violin acoustics
given by CMH at the Violin Institute.
Box 34, Folder 4
Pasqualini, Gioacchino - Correspondence P2840-101
1955-1973
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Pasqualini, Gioacchino, 1902-
Biographical/Historical note
A concert violinist also trained in mathematics and acoustics (receiving his diploma from the University of Rome in 1938)
Pasqualini maintained a lifelong interest in the art and science of violin making as well as the study of ancient instruments.
As sponsor and contributor to many national and international conferences in violin acoustics, Pasqualini did much to engender
the revival of violin making in Italy, and was a prime influence in the reestablishment of the Cremona Violin Making School.
His research in electroacoustics applied to the study of violin acoustics and his extensive correspondence on the subject
brought Pasqualini a worldwide reputation. He corresponded with F.A. Saunders and C.M. Hutchins. He was especially interested
in standardizing the size of the viola at 16 1/2 inches. In 1962 he presented his extensive collection of stringed instruments
to the Saint Cecilia Academy of Rome in memory of his son who died tragically. Pasqualini is best known today in violin acoustics
for his joint paper with Italo Barducci, "Misura dell'attrito interno at delle constanti elastiche del legno" Il Nuovo Cimento
, 5(5), 16-466 (1948) reproduced in Benchmark Vol. 5 with English translation.
Scope and Contents note
Letters involving REF, CMH, Pasqualini, and FAS.
Pasqualini, Gioacchino - Correspondence, 1955-1973
Box 34, Folder 5
Pasqualini, Gioacchino - Miscellaneous I P2840-102
1951-1969
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Biographical material, bibliographic publications, `homages' to G.P.
Pasqualini, Gioacchino - Miscellaneous I, 1951-1969
Box 34, Folder 6
Pasqualini, Gioacchino - Miscellaneous II P2840-103.1
Language of Material:
Italian
Scope and Contents note
A.N.L.A.I (Nat'l Assoc Italian Luthiery) statutes & notices; bibliographies on ultrasound; programs from 2nd & 3rd nat'l competitions
for contemporary makers; competition announcements; newspaper accounts.
Box 34, Folder 7
Pasqualini, Gioacchino - Miscellaneous III P2840-103.2
1954-1955
Language of Material:
Italian
Scope and Contents note
Satnta Cecila Journal; Publications (2) of the Istituto Nazionale di Ultracustica O.M. Corbino
Box 35, Folder 1
Pasqualini, Gioacchino - Technical Papers P2840-104
1948-1961
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Technical papers: (5) with some translations. Also a translation of an article by Pasqualini, but probably based on one by
Chisto Petkov.
Box 35, Folder 2
Payne, Roger - Miscellaneous P3465-101
1967-1972
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Payne, Roger , 1935-
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and articles (2) on Payne's research on whales
Payne, Roger - Miscellaneous, 1967-1972
Box 35, Folder 3
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata - Miscellaneous R1652-101
1970-1972
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata, Sir, 1888-1970
Biographical/Historical note
The early work of C V Raman, Nobel laureate in physics, 1930, included significant work in musical acoustics, primarily on
the physics of the bowed string. His interests later shifted to optics. Detailed biographical data is to be found in file
101. Although contact with him began initially with F A Saunders, this correspondence file (102) begins in 1963 with J C Schelling's
attempts to locate Raman's significant paper on the Mechanical Theory of Vibrations of Bowed Strings ... (included in 103).
In 1968 CMH offered Raman an honorary membership in the CAS. His gracious acceptance will be found in the correspondence file
(102). Locating his papers proved to be a fairly difficult task as the correspondence indicates; since those days, his collected
works have been edited by B S Ramakrishna and published by the Indian Academy of Sciences. See the Technical Summary for the
reference.
Scope and Contents note
Obits: NY Times, J of Optical Soc of America & A H Benade for CASNL #15 Biogs: Brochure from centenary tribute & drafts by
CMH. Book Reviews: (1) `The Raman Effect. Vol 1 Principles' by Anthony Anderson from Physics Today, Dec 1972; (2) `Journey
into Light: Life and Science of C V Raman' by G Venkataraman from Physics Today, Dec,1989. Quotation: from `Chandra', a biography
of Raman's nephew by Kameshwar C Wali.
Box 35, Folder 4
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata - Correspondence R1652-102
1963-1995
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence involving Raman, J C Schelling, CMH, Martin Benade, D Haines & others in India on subjects of search for and
permission to reprint papers of Raman, and honorary membership in the CAS for Raman. Subsequent to his death in 1970 the correspondence
between CMH, Edward Carterette, D K Pathak and B S Ramakrishna deals with the celebration of his birth centenary in Bangalore,
and the publication of his collected works.
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata - Correspondence, 1963-1995
Box 35, Folder 5
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata - Technical Papers I R1652-103.1
1911-1920
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Table of contents for collected works of C V Raman; Copies of 6 papers; 2 bulletins from the Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science. See Technical Summary for titles. Topics: Bowed string; mechanical bowing.
Box 35, Folder 6
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata - Technical Papers II R1652-103.2
1920
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Paper (1) on experiments with mechanically played violins
Box 35, Folder 7
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata - Technical Papers III R1652-104
1957-1988
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Papers by others stemming from Raman's work: 5 papers by Kar, Dutta, Ghosh, Bagchi extracted from Indian J of Physics. 1 paper
by Caterette written for Raman' centenary. Topics: Bowed string, Raman & music perception
Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata - Technical Papers III, 1957-1988
Box 35, Folder 8
Reder, Otto - Correspondence R3140-101
1963-1978
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Reder, Otto, d.1978
Biographical/Historical note
An engineer, born in Madrid, living in Germany, Bremen-Lesum and then Baden-Baden. He had followed the writings of F.A.Saunders
and was much interested in the construction and acoustics of violins. He was very good at getting people together and working
with others; in the 1960s introduced CMH and Schelleng to Prof Werner Lottermoser of the PTB in Braunschweig who had been
researching violins for many years; also to Dr. Jurgen Meyer who was at that time Lottermoser's assistant; made possible an
exchange of free violin plates for tuning as well as a completed violin for comparative tests between Schelleng-CMH and Lottermoser-Meyer
with many records of the effects of changes. Reder had violins made by meister Hans Klotz of Mittenwald and Dietrich Liebenwein
of Baden-Baden with records on plate tones etc. and compiled free plate mode frequencies of many violins. He made possible
a good visit with Fernando Solar, violin maker, in Madrid. Otto Reder was an enthusiastic member of the CAS, attended the
first Mittenwald Symposium and wrote for the NEWSLETTER. Ill health prevented him from travelling to the USA.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence involving Virginia Apgar, CMH, W Lottermoser, Erna Reder, Otto Reder, F A Saunders and J C Schelleng.
Reder, Otto - Correspondence, 1963-1978
Box 35, Folder 9
Reder, Otto - Miscellaneous R3140-102
1959-1970
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Biog info; diagrams, brochures, charts. Technical: CASNL #13 `The Search for the Perfect Bow'. Topics: Bows | plate testing
| violin acoustics.
Box 36, Folder 1
Reinicke, Friedrich Ludwig Walter - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins R3720-101
1973-1978
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Reinicke, Friedrich Ludwig Walter, b. 1939
Biographical/Historical note
A student of Professor Lothar Cremer at the Heinreich Hertz Institute in Berlin who, with Cremer made the first interferometric
holograms of the completed vibrating violin. He subsequently did the first definitive analysis of the violin and cello bridges
using hologram interferometry for his Doctoral thesis (included here). His article on this :"Transfer Characteristics of Stringed
Instrument Bridges" in the CAS NL #19 is a summary report of the thesis and has been invaluable to many researchers (translated
by Dr Edward Wall with Reinicke's approval). Since 1973 Reinicke has been a staff member in the acoustical consulting office
of Muller BBN-GmbH, Munich.
Reinicke, Friedrich Ludwig Walter - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1973-1978
Box 36, Folder 2
Reinicke, Friedrich Ludwig Walter - Biography and Technical Papers R3720-102
1970-1978
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Biography; Technical: (1) `Application of Holographic Interferometry to Vibrations of the Bodies of String Instruments', with
L.Cremer, JASA 10/70; (2) Doctoral thesis, Berlin 1973 `Die Ubertragungseigenschaften des Streichinstrumentensteges'; (3)
Extract in German of Thesis in CASNL 19 5/73; (4) Translation by E Wall; (5) `Transfer Characteristics of Stringed Instruments
Bridges' from CAS NL 29 5/78. Topics: Holography | Bridges
Reinicke, Friedrich Ludwig Walter - Biography and Technical Papers, 1970-1978
Box 36, Folder 3
Richter, Elizabeth - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins R5350-101
1969-1987
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Richter, Elizabeth
Biographical/Historical note
A Juilliard graduate and professional string player (violin, viola, cello) who was very active in promoting chamber music
groups, especially informal ones for her many students and fiddling associates, where she was wonderful at encouraging and
developing a real feel for the glorious literature of chamber music. She owned and played a Steiner cello and violin inherited
from her father. She was most helpful to CMH in comparing the tonal qualities of various instruments. Libby moved from nearby
West Orange to Valdosta, Georgia in 1985.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence; Announcements & articles on Chamber Music Bashes held at Pleasantdale Farms in West Orange 1969-1973.
Richter, Elizabeth - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1969-1987
Box 36, Folder 4
Risset, Jean-Claude - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins R5960-101
1968 - 1976
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Risset, Jean-Claude
Biographical/Historical note
A physicist with a D es Sc from the university of Paris, who is also a pianist and composer, Risset has done much definitive
work in the analysis and synthesis of speech and musical tones and computer composition. He was first associated with the
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique and then came to the Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill in the 1960s during which
time he became interested in the research of the CAS and the Octet instruments. His paper with M.V. Mathews "Analysis of Musical-Instrument
Tones", Physics Today Vol. 22 No. 2 gives the evolution in time of the onset of 13 harmonics for the first 0.2 sec of a trumpet
tone. Risset tried to do this for a violin tone, but found the violin tones too variable. In 1972 Risset wrote that he had
a position at University d'Aix in Marseille where he was developing a research center in musical acoustics and computer music.
He was also at IRCAM in Paris.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence; Research in France (Leipp & Bladier); Miscellaneous: Tourist map of France
Box 36, Folder 5
Risset, Jean-Claude - Technical R5960-102
1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Memo from BTL 1966 - Computer study of Trumpet Tones. Topics: Trumpet Tones | Sound Perception | Computer analysis
Risset, Jean-Claude - Technical, 1966
Box 36, Folder 6
Rohloff, Ernst - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins R7385-101
1972-1983
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Rohloff, Ernst, 1911-1982
Biographical/Historical note
Dr. Ernst Rohloff studied mathematics at the University of Berlin and Braunschweig. He had many technical interests and was
also a violin soloist and an art painter. His study with F. Kruger on the internal damping of wood for violins sparked a great
deal of interest at the time when it was published in 1938. He subsequently did more work along these lines, some of the papers
are included in the collection and some are in the Benchmark Volumes, I and II, along with a biographical sketch of him and
the work he did. He corresponded with C. Hutchins considerably in the preparation of the Benchmark Volumes and on his research
in general. He studied the violin in a vacuum and was particularly interested in the speaking qualities of violins.
Rohloff, Ernst - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1972-1983
Box 36, Folder 7
Rohloff, Ernst - Technical Papers R7385-102
1940-1964
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
List of works; abstract on article, Speaking of Violin Sounds; photograph of Rohloff's research equipment; reprints of published
articles.
Rohloff, Ernst - Technical Papers, 1940-1964
Box 36, Folder 8
Ruiz, Pierre M. - Technical R9340-101
1969
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Ruiz, Pierre Michel
Scope and Contents note
Ruiz's paper on a technique for stimulating the vibrations of strings with a digital computer done at the Bell Telephone Laboratories
in 1969. Results of the analyses were presented in the form of graphs via a Stromberg-Carlson 4020 Microfilm plotter and the
sound syntheses recorded on tape. (NSF grant work started under L Hiller at Univ. of Ill. and completed at Bell Labs) Topics:
String vibrations | Computer simulation
Ruiz, Pierre M. - Technical, 1969
Box 36, Folder 9
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins S2570-101.1
1960-1963
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Saunders, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1875-1963
Biographical/Historical note
This group evolved slowly. After CMH had finished her first viola in 1949 (the only one she planned to make) Louise Rood (Professor
of viola at Smith College who played chamber music with FAS) and Helen Rice (of Amateur Chamber Music Players fame) introduced
her and the viola to Saunders. He looked the instrument all over, tapped it, blew in the f-holes and said "Young lady I shall
be interested in your next one." He gave CMH several reprints which indicated that he had never made any drastic changes to
the violins he studied. So CMH offered to make one that he could cut up. This worked so well, she made several more. Saunders
did over 300 tests on these using mainly his "loudness test" (see Notebooks). Shipping instruments back and forth from Montclair
to South Hadley with suggestions for experiments gradually developed into quite a program over the next ten years, with CMH
adding her ideas for tests and changes. The violas in the experiments and the regular ones she was making during this time
were checked twice a year with Helen Rice's musical friends who met in Stockbridge, MA or in NYC. R E
Fryxell, a chemist, who was the cellist in the Stockbridge gatherings, became very much interested in the experimental instruments
and visited Saunders several times. From these discussions Fryxell started doing some research on properties of wood for violins.
After J C Schelleng's retirement from Bell Labs he contacted Saunders on the acoustics of the cello, and was subsequently
introduced to CMH who lived near him. This started a long and fruitful interchange between Saunders, Schelleng, Fryxell and
CMH on violin research. The early correspondence was not kept, but the lively interchange between Schelleng, Fryxell, Saunders
and Hutchins from 1961 through 1965 is in Files 101 and 102. It was during this time that the Catgut Acoustical Society (a
name jokingly suggested by Schelleng) was formally started just a few days before Saunders died on June 9, 1963.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence during South Hadley period. Numerous letters each year, except from 1954-55. Replies by Carleen Hutchins were
made by postcard and were not preserved.
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1960-1963
Box 37, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins S2570 - 101.2
1955-1959
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1955-1959
Box 37, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins S2570 - 101.3
1950-1953
Language of Material:
English
Box 37, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Miscellaneous S2570 - 102
1963-1966
Scope and Contents note
Biography and obituary materials. Tributes by Louise Rood, Carleen Hutchins, John Schelling, and Harvard faculty; newspaper
obits; Saunders' will; program of memorial services at Harvard and Mount Holyoke College; photos in Harvard lab, in south
Haley, and with Jascha Heifetz.
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Miscellaneous, 1963-1966
Box 37, Folder 4
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Technical Papers S2570 - 103
1937-1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Published papers (15). Topics: Strad secrets; Curtis String Quartet; air tones; tap tones; mechanical action.
Box 37, Folder 5
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Memorial Concert I S2570 - 104.1
1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Materials on Saunders' Memorial Concert June 3, 1966 at Harvard, played on Hutchins' violin octet; invitations, grant application;
program preparations; fund raising; reviews; photos.
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Memorial Concert I, 1966
Box 37, Folder 6
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Memorial Concert II S2570 - 104.2
1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Saunders' Memorial Concert: contributions and acknowledgments from attendees.
Box 38, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Memorial Concert III S2570 - 104.3
1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Saunders' Memorial Concert: contributions and acknowledgments from attendees.
Box 38, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence S2570 - 105
1959-1975
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between Carleen Hutchins, Mrs. Margaret T. Saunders, and Saunders' daughter Peggy S. Middleton.
Box 38, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Proposal for the Saunders Institute S2570 - 106
1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Proposal submitted to the Dean of Engineering at MIT, Jan. 1970. Outline of objectives, required facilities, and budget. Institute
was to be dedicated to the research on acoustical properties of violin type musical instruments.
Box 38, Folder 4
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard S2570 - 201.1
1935-1937
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Box 38, Folder 5
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard S2570 - 201.2
1938
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Box 38, Folder 6
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard S2570 - 201.3
1938-1939
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Box 39, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard S2570 - 201.4
1939
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard, 1939
Box 39, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard S2570 - 201.5
1940
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard, 1940
Box 39, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard S2570 - 201.6
1940
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard, 1940
Box 40, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence on Acoustics at Vassar College and Mount Holyoke College S2570 - 203
1936-1938
Language of Material:
English
Box 39, Folder 4
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard S2570 - 201.7
1941
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from Harvard, 1941
Box 39, Folder 5
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence Acoustical Society of America S2570 - 202.1
1936-1940
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
General business and regarding membership with Wallace Waterfall.
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence Acoustical Society of America, 1936-1940
Box 39, Folder 6
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence Acoustical Society of America S2570 - 202.2
1936-1940
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence Acoustical Society of America, 1936-1940
Box 40, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley S2570 - 204.1
1942-1949
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley, 1942-1949
Box 40, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley S2570-204.2
1950-1953
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley, 1950-1953
Box 40, Folder 4
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley S2570-204.3
1954-1959
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley, 1954-1959
Box 40, Folder 5
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley I S2570-204.4
1960-1963
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley I, 1960-1963
Box 41, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley II S2570-204.5
1960-1963
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence from South Hadley II, 1960-1963
Box 41, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence Personal S2570-205
1939-1962
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Personal: musical friends, such as Louise Rood, Helen Rice and Florence D. Smith; household and business letters.
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Correspondence Personal, 1939-1962
Box 41, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Miscellaneous S2570-301
1938-1962
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper articles; maps; newsletters of Wm Moening & Sons
Box 41, Folder 4
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Magazine: Violin and Violinists S2570-302
1938-1958
Language of Material:
English
Box 41, Folder 5
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Book: College Physics S2570-401.1
1960
Language of Material:
English
Box 42, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Book: A Survey of Physics rt215mg9697
1934
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Book: A Survey of Physics, 1934
Box 42, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Figures and diagrams for book: A Survey of Physics xb880zd9992
Language of Material:
English
Box 42, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Lecture Notes dg378kb3927
1947
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Lecture Notes, 1947
Box 42, Folder 4
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook VI pc504hw6317
1950
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Notebooks I - V were lost at Harvard.
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook VI, 1950
Box 42, Folder 5
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook VII fs022rn7881
1950-1955
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook VII, 1950-1955
Box 43, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook VIII S2570-402.3
1952
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook VIII, 1952
Box 43, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook IX S2570-402.4
1959
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook IX, 1959
Box 43, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook X S2570-402.5
1961
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Research Notebook X, 1961
Box 43, Folder 5
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Miscellaneous Studies I S2570-404.1
1939
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Spectral measurements of Heifetz's Guarnerius
Box 43, Folder 6
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Miscellaneous Studies II S2570-404.2
1939-1952
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Miscellaneous Studies II, 1939-1952
Box 44, Folder 1
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Papers by other authors from Saunders' files I S2570-405.1
1923-1959
Language of Material:
English
Box 44, Folder 2
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Papers by other authors from Saunders' files II S2570-405.2
1928-1959
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Papers by other authors from Saunders' files II, 1928-1959
Box 44, Folder 3
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Papers by other authors from Saunders' files III S2570-405.3
1928-1958
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Papers by other authors from Saunders' files III, 1928-1958
Box 44, Folder 4
Saunders Research Group - Technical Correspondence I S2571-101
1959-1963
Language of Material:
English
Biographical/Historical note
This group evolved slowly. After CMH had finished her first viola in 1949 (the only one she planned to make) Louise Rood (Professor
of viola at Smith College who played chamber music with FAS) and Helen Rice (of Amateur Chamber Music Players fame) introduced
her and the viola to Saunders. He looked the instrument all over, tapped it, blew in the f-holes and said "Young lady I shall
be interested in your next one." He gave CMH several reprints which indicated that he had never made any drastic changes to
the violins he studied. So CMH offered to make one that he could cut up. This worked so well, she made several more. Saunders
did over 300 tests on these using mainly his "loudness test" (see Notebooks). Shipping instruments back and forth from Montclair
to South Hadley with suggestions for experiments gradually developed into quite a program over the next ten years, with CMH
adding her ideas for tests and changes. The violas in the experiments and the regular ones she was making during this time
were checked twice a year with Helen Rice's musical friends who met in Stockbridge, MA or in NYC. R E Fryxell, a chemist,
who was the cellist in the Stockbridge gatherings, became very much interested in the experimental instruments and visited
Saunders several times. From these discussions Fryxell started doing some research on properties of wood for violins. After
J C Schelleng's retirement from Bell Labs he contacted Saunders on the acoustics of the cello, and was subsequently introduced
to CMH who lived near him. This started a long and fruitful interchange between Saunders, Schelleng, Fryxell and CMH on violin
research. The early correspondence was not kept, but the lively interchange between Schelleng, Fryxell, Saunders and Hutchins
from 1961 through 1965 is in Files 101 and 102. It was during this time that the Catgut Acoustical Society (a name jokingly
suggested by Schelleng) was formally started just a few days before Saunders died on June 9, 1963.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and technical writings, graphs, charts and diagrams for and by FAS, JCS, CMH, Fryxell and Scanlon. These years
led up to the forming of the CAS. Much but not all tech work herein was ultimately published.
Saunders Research Group - Technical Correspondence I, 1959-1963
Box 44, Folder 5
Saunders Research Group - Technical Correspondence II S2571-102
1964-1965
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Content is as in file 101 but spans the two years after Saunders' death.
Saunders Research Group - Technical Correspondence II, 1964-1965
Card-Box 45
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Photo Strips of Wind Instrument Spectra S2570-501.1
Scope and Contents note
Spectra of: clarinet; French horn III, 22; Coolidge oboe III, 28; Coolidge English horn; flute III, 20; Saunders' oboe III,
16.
Card-Box 55
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Wood Samples S2570-501.2
Card-Box 56
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Lanters Lecture Slides S2570-501.3
Box 46, Folder 1
Savage, William R. - Correspondence S2645-101
1981-1989
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Savage, William R. , 1926-
Savage, William R. - Correspondence , 1981-1989
Box 46, Folder 2
Savart, Félix - Correspondence S2650-101
1960-1967
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Savart, Félix , 1791-1841
Biographical/Historical note
A pioneer acoustician and expert experimentalist who started on a medical career, but when patients were slow in coming he
turned to experiments with the violin and began to devote himself to the study of acoustics and explored a wide range of subjects
from the acoustics of air, the human voice, bird songs, vibrating solids and the sounds in flowing liquids. This latter is
particularly interesting to cardio-vascular researchers today, so much so that V.A. McKusick and H.K. Wiskind wrote a monograph
on Savart's life and work with extensive references to his many publications (see copy in file). Savart's pioneering research
on the acoustics of the violin is basic to much of the work being done today, such as the Chladni pattern method of tuning
violin plates, vibrations of the air in the violin, and of the bowed string. Much of this was also described in his MEMOIRE
of 1819 as well as in his lectures reproduced in the periodical l'INSTITUT. The CAS obtained copies of these in French which
were translated by Donald A. Fletcher, (see file), portions of which are in Benchmark Vols. 5 and 6.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence (11) between CMH and librarians and others about Savart; between Margery Quigley and CMH.
Separated Materials note
Removed microfilm to box 59.
Savart, Félix - Correspondence, 1960-1967
Box 43, Folder 4
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Technical: Unpublished Papers S2570-403
1942-1960
Language of Material:
English
Saunders, Frederick Albert - Technical: Unpublished Papers, 1942-1960
Box 46, Folder 3
Savart, Félix - Miscellaneous S2650-102
1937-1971
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Fletcher release for translations; Biographical information (2); microfilms of the Savart 1819 memoire and the Ernst Florens
Friedrich Chladni 1809 treatise (French translation). Topics: Chladni patterns
Savart, Félix - Miscellaneous, 1937-1971
Box 46, Folder 4
Savart, Félix - Technical Misc. S2650-103
1819-1959
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
The 1819 memoire; the 1840 L'Institut articles on the acoustics of musical instruments; Annales de Chemie et de Physique;
D.A. Fletcher translations of portions of all; P. Davidson translation of portion of L'Institute; the McKusick/Wiskund article
on Savart. CMH comments on Fletcher translations & content. Topics: Sound quality | cardiovascular sound | Chladni patterns
| plate vibrations
Savart, Félix - Technical Misc. , 1819-1959
Box 46, Box 5
Scanlan, Robert - Correspondence and Miscellaneous S2835-101
1966-1991
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Scanlan, Robert H.
Scanlan, Robert - Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1966-1991
Box 46, Folder 6
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence S3225-101
1961-1980
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Schelleng, John C., 1892-1979
Biographical/Historical note
A graduate in electrical engineering from Cornell in 1919, Schelleng was drafted by the Bell Telephone Laboratories to work
on the overseas radio telephone and never pursued his plan for graduate study. He was a fine cellist and enjoyed playing chamber
music with his wife Eleanor, a violist, and with his many friends. For years he was principal cellist in the Monmouth symphony.
His pioneering application of circuit theory to the violin stems from this combination of engineering skills and lifelong
interest in music. He retired from the Bell Laboratories in 1957 as Director of Radio Research and became actively involved
in violin acoustics. He went to F A Saunders with some of his ideas on the acoustics of the cello and became a part of the
small group working with Saunders which included R E Fryxell, C M Hutchins and A S Hopping (an engineer who had developed
some test equipment for Hutchins). It was Schelleng who jokingly suggested that the group call itself the Catgut Acoustical
Society. He was a founding member of the official CAS and, after Saunders' death in 1963, became its president and recognized
leader of its technical activities. He also joined the Acoustical Society of America and was elected a fellow in 1974.
Schelleng's monumental paper, "The violin as a circuit" represents the first time the functioning of the violin as a whole
had been technically researched, and much of the subsequent research on the violin is based on Schelleng's thinking. CMH was
fortunate to live close enough to the Schellengs so that she and John could collaborate in research for many years, until
Schelleng's death in 1979. He contributed a great deal to the Benchmark volumes, and much of Hutchins' research is based on
the helpful interchange of ideas with John as well as with A H Benade who often joined us. Schelleng's definitive papers on
the bowed string, varnish and the violin as a circuit can be found in JASA, Scientific American and the CASJ, as well as in
Benchmark volumes 5 and 6.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between CMH and JCS (also his wife, Eleanor, sons, John and Charles and daughter, Florence Skiff). Others include
Cramer and Lindsay of ASA and Scanlan, president of CAS, and George Bissinger.
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence, 1961-1980
Box 46, Folder 7
Schelleng, John C. - Miscellaneous S3225-102
1964-1980
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous: Biog and obit material, memorial service program, info on orchestra of which he was principle cellist and president,
newspaper and Bell Labs News articles.
Schelleng, John C. - Miscellaneous, 1964-1980
Box 47, Folder 1
Schelleng, John C. - Technical Papers S3225-103
1963-1982
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
27 published papers. Topics: Wood; bowed strings; varnish; wolftone; nodal patterns; soundpost
Box 47, Folder 2
Schelleng, John C. - Miscellaneous Notes S3225-104
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
An assemblage of miscellaneous handwritten notes from discussions with JCS.
Schelleng, John C. - Miscellaneous Notes
Box 47, Folder 3
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence S3225-201
1966-1973
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
JCS Correspondence with CMH, J R Pierce, Maxwell Kimball, D Sur, and others on business and technical subjects.
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence, 1966-1973
Box 47, Folder 4
Schelleng, John C. - Miscellaneous on Establishing CAS S3225-202
1965-1969
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Formative years (1965-69) of CAS with by-laws and minutes, etc; info on the Violin Octet including CMH's article in Physics
today, newspaper articles, etc.
Box 47, Folder 6
Schelleng, John C. - Technical Correspondence with Harpsichord Maker Paul Brandt S3225-204
1964-1965
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical correspondence; two harpsichord photographs. Topics: harpsichord
Schelleng, John C. - Technical Correspondence with Harpsichord Maker Paul Brandt, 1964-1965
Box 47, Folder 7
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence S3225-205
1965
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical exchange with J W Young of Navy Electronics Lab mainly on topic of inharmonicity. Topics: Inharmonicity
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence, 1965
Box 47, Folder 5
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence ASTA S3225-203
1967
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
JCS Correspondence file: ASTA correspondence with Van Sickle, president and Askegaard,
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence ASTA, 1967
Box 47, Folder 8
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence S3225-206
1969-1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical exchange with John Huber and Don Thompson of C F Martin & Co. (guitars) Topics: Guitars
Schelleng, John C. - Correspondence, 1969-1970
Box 47, Folder 9
Schelleng, John C. - Categories of Varnish S3225-207
1967
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Melvin Mooney on losses in plastic materials. Articles by and about Joseph Michelman on the rediscovered
secret of Strad's varnish. Topics: Varnish; Strad's `secret'; Michelman
Schelleng, John C. - Categories of Varnish, 1967
Box 47, Folder 10
Schelleng, John C. - Technical File S3225-208
1970
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Critique of paper by Mathews (M4295) & Kohut on the bowed string. Topics: Bowed string;
Schelleng, John C. - Technical File, 1970
Box 47, Folder 11
Schelleng, John C. - Unpublished Papers S3225-209
1961-1968
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
8 unpublished papers of JCS. Topics: Power; Scaling; wood; string; radiation
Schelleng, John C. - Unpublished Papers, 1961-1968
Box 48, Folder 1
Schelleng, John C. - Technical File S3225-210
1967-1968
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Study file on violin quality including notes, scaling charts for violin octet, correspondence with Benade (B4560), relevant
papers of others (e.g. E Skudrzyk (S6295), excerpts from book `Kunstdie Giegenbau' by Mockel-WInckel, list of adjectives for
violin tone compiled by Sterling Gorrill, 9/68, etc. Topics: Violin quality; tone
Schelleng, John C. - Technical File, 1967-1968
Box 48, Folder 2
Schelleng, John C. - Work File on Plate Tuning S3225-211
1968-1971
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Discussion by JCS, CMH and Benade on method for plate tuning - later abandoned.
Schelleng, John C. - Work File on Plate Tuning, 1968-1971
Box 48, Folder 3
Schelleng, John C. - Papers by Other Authors S3225-212
1951-1971
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
5 Papers by other authors, one with some annotations. Authors include: Ottokar Cadek, Frederic Palmer, Ernest Rabonowicz,
L F Rampal, Brian J Thompson and William R Zinky. Topics: Friction; halography; string deterioration; violin acoustics.
Box 48, Folder 301
Schelleng, John C. - Technical Workup File I S3225-301
1966-1971
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Preparation for various publications: drafts and diagrams
Box 48, Folder 5
Schelleng, John C. - Technical Workup File II S3225-302.1
1966-1968
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Preparation for publications on varnish
Box 48, Folder 6
Schelleng, John C. - Technical Workup File III S3225-302.2
1968
Language of Material:
English
Box 48, Folder 7
Schwab, Harry L. - Thesis: Vibrational Analysis of a Guitar Soundboard S3980-101
1975
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Schwab, Harry L., 1945-
Scope and Contents note
Thesis, MS in Engineering Mechanics, Univ of Missouri. Vibrational analysis of a guitar soundboard with interesting comparisons
to the interferograms made by Karl A. Stetson of a vibrating guitar top. First application of finite element analysis to musical
instrument vibrations. Topics: Finite element analysis | Guitar vibrations
Schwab, Harry L. - Thesis: Vibrational Analysis of a Guitar Soundboard, 1975
Box 48, Folder 8
Skudrzyk, Eugene - Correspondence S6295-101
1966-1990
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Skudrzyk, Eugene, 1914-1990
Skudrzyk, Eugene - Correspondence, 1966-1990
Box 49, Folder 1
Skudrzyk, Eugene - Technical Papers S6295-102
1948-1968
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Scope and Contents note
Topics: Stradivarious violins
Box 49, Folder 2
Stetson, Karl A. - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins S8415-101
1967-1981
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Stetson, Karl A., 1937-
Biographical/Historical note
Karl Stetson came to 112 Essex and introduced the idea of using holographic interferometry for studying violin plates to CMH
in the late 60's. He had graduated from Lowell Technological Institute and then did an MS degree at the University of Michigan,
where he got into holographic work. In 1967 he received a grant to work at the Royal Institute of Technology and subsequently
obtained his doctorate in 1969. He then spent two years at the National Physics Lab in Teddington, England, followed by two
years at the Ford Motor Co in Dearborn, MI, and ever since as a senior research engineer in optics and acoustics at United
Aircraft in Connecticut. (See File 102 for a detailed biography.) Throughout these years he wrote articles for the CASNL (See
File 103) and made numerous holographic studies of violin plates for CMH sending photos back to Montclair. (Examples may be
found in File 104.) He made studies of guitars with Karl Hugo Agren as well.
Stetson, Karl A. - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins, 1967-1981
Box 49, Folder 3
Stetson, Karl A. - Miscellaneous S8415-102
1978
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Resume of Stetson, 2 newspaper articles, and 2 magazine articles on his work.
Stetson, Karl A. - Miscellaneous, 1978
Box 49, Folder 4
Stetson, Karl A. - Technical Papers I S8415-103
1965-1980
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
17 published papers on holography and applications. Topics: Holograms; interferometry
Box 49, Folder 5
Stetson, Karl A. - Technical Papers II S8415-104
1967-1975
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Technical: Misc drafts of tech papers; copy of guitar hologram; tech notes with drawings; 4 envelopes of photos of violin
plate holograms and 3 pages of photos comparing holograms of thick, thin and arched plates. Also, 5 papers by other authors
on holography. Topics: Holograms; interferometry
Stetson, Karl A. - Technical Papers II, 1967-1975
Box 49, Folder 6
Sundberg, Johann - Correspondence S9575-101
1984-1972
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Sundberg, Johan, 1936-
Sundberg, Johann - Correspondence , 1984-1972
Box 49, Folder 7
Sundberg, Johann - Technical Papers I S9575-102.1
1988-1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 50, Folder 1
Sundberg, Johann - Technical Papers II S9575-102.2
1974-1988
Language of Material:
English
Box 50, Folder 2
Sundberg, Johann - Technical Papers III S9575-102.3
1972-1974
Language of Material:
English
Box 50, Folder 3
Sundberg, Johann - Technical Papers IV S9575-102.4
1969-1972 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Box 50, Folder 4
Tove, Per-Arne - Correspondence T7365-101
1971-1988
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
creator:
Tove , Per-Arne, 1924-
Tove, Per-Arne - Correspondence, 1971-1988
Box 50, Folder 5
Tove, Per-Arne - Technical Papers I T7365-102
1969-1980
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Box 51, Folder 1
Tove, Per-Arne - Technical Papers II T7365-103
1964-1972
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Box 51, Folder 2
Tenney, James C. - Technical Papers I T2980-101.1
1965
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Tenney, James C.
Scope and Contents note
BTL Memo 1965 `Computer Study of Violin Tones' with M V Mathews, J E Miller & J R Pierce ; Critiqued in a letter to Pierce
by J C Schelling. Topics: Violin timbre | String excitation
Box 51, Folder 3
Tenney, James C. - Technical Papers II T2980-101.2
1964-1966
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Report to the NSF & Proposal for continued work on project ` An experimental investigation of (violin) timbre'. It consists
of a computer study of the analysis and synthesis of violin tones done by a group at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray
Hill (M.V.Mathews, J.E.Miller, J.R.Pierce) and James Tenney of Yale University, using a violin from the Yale Collection and
recording in an anechoic chamber on magnetic tape transferred to digital recordings, subsequently used as input data for a
set of computer programs. Successive periods of the signal were analyzed giving measures of frequency, amplitude, and spectral
parameters with results printed out in numerical form, also with a graphic display. Of particular interest are John Schelleng's
comments indicating, among other things that the authors did not understand the basic action of the bowed string, nor had
they had reference to the definitive work on the bowed string by C V Raman in 1919.
Box 52, Folder 1
Trott, W. James - Correspondence T8585-101
1983-1992
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Trott, W. James, 1915-1991
Box 52, Folder 2
Trott, W. James - Correspondence and Technical Papers T8585-102
1977-1983
Language of Material:
English
Box 52, Folder 3
Trott, W. James - On Equipment and Experiments T8585-103
1979-1989
Language of Material:
English
Box 52, Folder 4
Von Bekesy, Georg - Technical Papers V9455-101
1957-1971
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Von Békésy, Georg, 1899-1972
Box 52, Folder 5
Waldman, Mark - Correspondence with Carleen Hutchins W1640-101
1983-1991
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Waldman, Mark
Biographical/Historical note
A student in the College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University who did his Master's thesis on a finite element
study of the back plate of a violin, modeling it as a shallow orthotropic shell structure. Measurements were taken from a
back plate #264 loaned by CMH: contour elevations and thickness graduations. Comparisons were made using SAP IV computer program
of modes #1, #2 and #5 with studies via hologram interferometry. Waldman indicates that two significant conclusions were that
SAP IV is capable of predicting the fundamental vibrations in a structure as complicated as the violin back plate; and that
the shear modulus of mode #1 plays a critical role in the analysis of violin back plate vibrations.
Box 52, Folder 6
Waldman, Mark - Proposal and Thesis W1640-102
1983-1984
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
MS Thesis, Civil Engineering, 1984, Pennsylvania State University, `A vibrational analysis of a thin, shallow shell - The
Violin back plate - using the SAP IV computer program' Topics: Finite element analysis | Holography | Violin back plate |
SAP IV computer prog.
Box 53, Folder 1
Weinreich, Gabriel - Article: Physics of Piano Strings W4245-101
1979
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Weinreich, Gabriel
Box 53, Folder 2
Yankovskii, Boris A. - Technical Paper: Methods for the Objective Appraisal of Violin Tone Quality Y2350-101
1966
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Yankovskii, Boris A.
Box 53, Folder 3
Yuen, Thomas - Thesis: Violin Making in China Y9420-101
1982
Language of Material:
English
creator:
Yuen, Thomas
Scope and Contents note
Degree paper, Music Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Report on violin making in China done by Thomas Yuen, a student
at the Chinese University in Hong Kong, who did the musical research along with Dr S.Y. Feng, Lecturer in Physics and Low
Shiu Chong, physics student , who did the acoustical parts. This is a very full and well documented history of violin making
in China, comparisons with violin making in Europe, methods employed by the various violin making factories, with many photos
of actual work procedures, charts, and a well-researched bibliography.
Box 53, Folder 4
Bretos Linaza, José - Propiedades Acústicas de Interés Musical en Violines y Xilófonos: Medidas Experimentales y Modelización
por Elementos Finitos de su Mecánica Vibracional. Dissertation: Universidad del País Vasco
1996
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
creator:
Bretos Linaza, José
General note
This dissertation was donated by Eric Jansson in 1997.
Box 58, Folder 5
The Hutchins Consort. Concertos from the time of Holberg
2006
General Physical Description note: Soundrecording on CD
Series 2. John W. Coltman Collection
1937-1994
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Physical Description:
5.004 Linear feet
creator:
Coltman, John Wesley, 1915-
Biographical/Historical note
In 1949 he was named manager of the Electronics and Nuclear Physics Department, supervising work in nuclear physics, underwater
sound, optical pickup tubes, semiconductors, and television. In 1960 he became Associate Director of the Research Laboratory,
responsible for a group of departments including Electronics, Nuclear Physics, Mechanics, and Computer Science, and in 1974
Director of R&D Planning for the Research and Development Center. In this position he was responsible for the formulation
of the entire research program on behalf of the corporation. He retired in 1980.
John W. Coltman received his bachelor's degree in physics at Case (now Case Western Reserve University) in 1937 and his Ph.D.
in nuclear physics at the University of Illinois in 1941. Immediately afterward he joined the Research Laboratories of the
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, engaging in wartime research in microwave magnetrons. Later he invented and developed the
x-ray image amplifier. For this work he has received the Longstreth Medal of the Franklin Institute, the Roentgen Medal of
the German Roentgen-museum in Remscheid, Germany, and the Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of America.
Dr. John W. Coltman, physicist and retired research executive of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, has devoted much of
his spare time to the study of the flute in its musical, historical and acoustical aspects. His research in musical acoustics
has contributed significantly to what is known today about the behavior of the flute and organ pipes. In his professional
career Dr. Coltman has received many honors for his invention and development of the x-ray image amplifier, now universally
used in medical fluoroscopy. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, holds 22 patents and has published some
70 technical papers.
Coltman took up the study of the flute in early school years, playing in college and graduate school, and has continued as
an active participant in amateur musical activities. While a student at Case his acquaintance with Prof. Dayton C. Miller
sparked an interest in the acoustical and historical aspects of the instrument, and in the 1950's he began a collection of
instruments of the flute family which now numbers about 200. A little later he started inquiries into the mechanisms of sound
production of these instruments, establishing a small laboratory in his home to pursue this work as a hobby. Several of his
papers on this subject have contributed significantly to what is known today about the acoustics of the flute and organ pipe.
In addition to the above mentioned recognition, Coltman received the Order of Merit from Westinghouse, was elected a Fellow
of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and a member of the National
Academy of Engineering. He has served on many committees of the U. S. Government and was a member of the Commission on Human
Resources of the National Research Council. He is the author of some 70 technical publications and hold 22 patents.
Coltman married Charlotte Beard of Urbana, Illinois in 1941. They have two married daughters and four grandchildren. Among
other pursuits are sailing, woodworking and amateur radio, for which he has been licensed since 1932.
Box 61, Folder 1
Technical Papers hx229xs1245
1937-2006
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
1.01 Vibration of stretched wires (with R.S. Shankland) [135 KB, DjVu], Journal of the Franklin Institute, (September 1937).
Reprinted in Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments, edited by Earle L.Kent. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross (1977). 1.02
Resonance and sounding frequencies of the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 40(1):99-107 (July 1966). 1.03
Sounding mechanism of the flute and organ pipe, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 44(4):983-992 (October 1968).
Reprinted in Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments, edited by Earle L.Kent. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross (1977). 1.04
Acoustics of the flute, Physics Today, 21(11):25-32 (November 1968). Reprinted in Physics of Music (1988). Included in Physics
Teachers CD-ROM Toolkit (1993). 1.05 Sound radiation from the mouth of an organ pipe, Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, 46(2, part 2):477 (August 1969). 1.06 Effect of material on flute tone quality [521 KB, PDF], Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 49(2, part 2):520-523 (1971). 1.07 Acoustics of the flute, parts I and II, The Instrumentalist, Vol. XXIV,
No. 6 and 7 (January and February 1972). 1.08 Material used in flute construction [275 KB, PDF], Woodwind World, 12(1):20-21
(February 1973). 1.09 Mouth resonance effects in the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 54:417 (1973). Reprinted
in Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments, edited by Earle L.Kent. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross (1977). 1.10 The intonation
of antique and modern flutes, Parts 1-4, The Instrumentalist, Vol. XXIX, No. 5, (1974-1975).
1.11 Fifty flutists play one flute, Woodwind World, (March 1976). 1.12 Flute scales, pitch and intonation, The Instrumentalist,
(May 1976). 1.13 Jet drive mechanisms in edge tones and organ pipes, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 60(3) (September
1976). 1.14 A new C# for the Boehm flute, The Instrumentalist, (May 1977). 1.15 Tuning wind instruments, Booklet produced
for distribution in schools by C.G. Conn, Ltd, Oak Brook, Illinois. Revised and enlarged by John W. Coltman, 1977, 12 pp.
1.16 Acoustical analysis of the Boehm flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 65(2):499-506 (1979). 1.17 Book
Review, Musical Acoustics: Piano and Wind Instruments (edited by Earle L.Kent), Journal of the American Musical Instrument
Society, V-VI:200 (1979-1980). 1.18 Momentum transfer in jet excitation of flute-like instruments, Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 69(4):1164-1168 (1981). 1.19 Book Review, The Practical Acoustics of Early Woodwinds (Herbert Myers) and
La Flute Traversier a Une Clef (M. Castellengo et al), Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, VIII:105 (1982).
1.20 Theobald Boehm and the scale of the modern flute, Journal of the American Musical Society, IX:89-111 (1983).
1.21 Enhanced sound power from a recurved flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75(5):1642-1643 (May 1984).
1.22 Observations on the high E, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association, Vol. X, No. 2 (Winter 1984). 1.23 Some
flute myths as seen by a scientist, The Flute Forum, Elkhart, Indiana (Summer 1985). 1.24 Role of the headjoint in flute intonation
[79 KB, DjVu], Flute Notes, London, (1985). 1.25 Book Review, Elements D'Acoustique Musicale et Instrumental (Victor Charles
Mahillon) [117 KB, DjVu], Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, XI:179-182 (1985). 1.26 Questions and answers
on flute acoustics, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association. 1.26a XIV(2):72 (Spring 1989). 1.26b XIV(5):63 (Winter
1989). 1.26c XV(3):48 (Summer 1990). 1.27 Mode stretching and harmonic generation in the flute, Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 88(5) (November 1990). 1.28 Some observations on the piccolo, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association,
Vol. XV, No. 5 (Winter 1990). 1.29 Time domain simulation of the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92(1):69-73
(July 1992). 1.30 Jet behavior in the flute, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92(1):74-83 (1992).
1.31 Headjoint acoustics - A comparison, The Woodwind Quarterly, Issue 1, pp. 8-13 (May 1993). 1.32 Acoustical losses in the
Boehm flute, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association, XIX(1):37-41 (Fall 1993). 1.33 Charles "Teach'em" Howe and
the Howe model flute, Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol.XXII, No. 3 (October 1993). 1.34 Book Review,
Tuning: Containing the Perfection of 18th Century Temperament... (Owen H. Jorgensen). Journal of the American Musical Instrument
Society, Vol. XIX, pp. 105-109 (1993). 1.35 Designing the scale of the Boehm flute [2.1 MB, PDF], The Woodwind Quarterly,
Issue 4, pp. 24-41 (February 1994). 1.36 Acoustical losses of bassoon pads (with James Parker), The Double Reed (Journal of
the International Double Reed Society), pp. 43-45 (Winter 1994). 1.37 Just noticeable differences in timbre of the flute,
Catgut Acoustical Society Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Series II) (May 1996). 1.38 The influence of mode spacing on the sound of
early flutes, The Woodwind Quarterly, Issue 13 (Fall 1996). 1.39 Properties of woodwind instrument bores, The Woodwind Quarterly,
Issue 14, 1997. 1.40 Flute intonation in performance, The Flutist Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, No. 1 (Fall 1998).
1.41 Acoustical losses in flute pads [3.4 MB, PDF] The Journal of Musical Instrument Technology, Issue 23 (Spring 2003). 1.42
Acoustical losses in wet instrument bores. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114(3) September 2003. 1.43 Jet offset,
harmonic content, and warble in the flute. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(4):2312-2319, October 2006. 1.44
Acoustic properties of miter bends. [188 KB, PDF] Unpublished, December 2006. 1.45 Compensating for miter bends in cylindrical
tubing. [45 KB, PDF] Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(3):2497-2498, May 2007.
Technical Papers, 1937-2006
Box 61, Folder 2
Reports and Memoranda rn369ry4119
1974-1997
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Intonation of the Murray Flute; Letter to Alex Murray - Tests of Flute in F; Characterizing Finger holes in the Modern Flute;
Report on Armstrong Prototype Flutes; Letter to Al Singleton; Acoustic Parameters of Flute Holes and Keys 4pp + Figs; Report
on Cooper-Scale Powell Flute, 3pp +Figures; Letter to Bickford Brannen 12/8/75; Letter from Mark Thomas, Armstrong, 4/8/76;
Letter to Jack Moore with measurements of Cooper Scale Flute; Bibliography on Flute Acoustics - Letter to Carleton Sperati;
Intonation Changes due to the C# vent; Resonances of Three Alto Saxophones (Report to C. G. Conn, Ltd; Letter to Gary Sigurdson,
(Conn) with further info on Three Alto Saxes; Resonances of Four Alto Saxophones - Report to Conn; Letter to Gary Sigurdson
(Conn) with discussion of 2.09, 2.10 and 2.11; Report on Murray Flute in F (Jack Moore and A. K. Cooper), 4pp; Report on Murray
Piccolo; Intonation Comparisons of Alto Saxophones (for C. G. Conn Ltd.; Neck Bore Modifications for an E-flat Alto Sax, report
to C. G. Conn, Ltd.; Patent disclosure: Tuning adjustment for saxophones or reed instruments; Report on Murray - Moore gold
flute #42; Leak measurement in the Boehm flute; A flute with square holes - Leonard Lopatin; Wind instruments and tone quality
- panel presentation.
Reports and Memoranda, 1974-1997
Box 61, Folder 3
Referee's Remarks on Papers Reviewed for Publication bz079ns8564
1973-1998
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Elder, S. A.On the mechanism of sound production in organ pipes; Fletcher, N. H Non-linear interactions in organ pipes; Nederveen,
C. J Frequencies of the flute; Fletcher, N. H. Acoustic correlates of flute performance techniques; Fletcher, N. H.Jet drive
mechanism in organ pipes; Fletcher, N. H.Sound production by organ flue pipes; Rauch, H. E.Jet driven musical instruments
and the edge tone; Fletcher, N. H. Sound production by organ flue pipes - 2nd edition; Backus, John. The Acoustical Foundations
of Music; Elder, S. S. On the edge tone contribution to pipe-coupled resonators; Fletcher, N. H. Wave propagation on an Air
Jet; Elder, S. A. Edgetones vs. Pipetones; Hall, Don. Musical Acoustics, Chapter 11; Nolle A. W.Some voicing adjustments of
flue organ pipes; Lyng and Lee. A differential-difference equation occurring in edge tone theory; Phelan, James. The complete
guide to the flute; Keefe, D. H.Acoustical streaming and tone hole interaction; Nolle, A. W. Adjustments affecting the steady
waveform of flue organ pipes; Thwaites, S. The turbulent jet in organ flue pipes; Keefe, D. H.Woodwind air column models;
Elder S. A.On the theory of resonant cavity excitation by an unstable source; Valeriu, I.Time domain simulation and linear
analysis of organ pipes; Verge, M. P. Jet formation and jet velocity fluctuations in a flue organ pipe; Fagan, E. Whistles;
Verge, M. P. Jet oscillations and jet drive in recorder-like instruments; Wilson et al. Input response of cylindrical and
conical bores; Fletcher, N. H. Paper on flute; Fabre, B. et al. Vortex shedding; Adachi et al. Time domain simulations of
sound production in an organ pipe; Yoshikawa, S. A pictorial insight into organ pipe physics; Verge et al. Sound production
in flute-like instruments; Nolle, A.W.Sinuous instability of a planar air jet; Yoshikawa, S. Jet wave amplification in organ
pipes; Hopkin, Bart. Musical instrument design.
Referee's Remarks on Papers Reviewed for Publication, 1973-1998
Box 61, Folder 4
Correspondence mm055gc2507
1952-1972
Language of Material:
English
Correspondence, 1952-1972
Box 62, Folder 1
Correspondence xt544rq8510
1972-1979
Language of Material:
English
Correspondence, 1972-1979
Box 62, Folder 2
Correspondence qx596nt1726
1980-1985
Language of Material:
English
Correspondence, 1980-1985
Box 62, Folder 3
Correspondence nk262rw0745
1985-1989
Language of Material:
English
Correspondence, 1985-1989
Box 63, Folder 1
Correspondence mj053rv6604
1990-1993
Correspondence, 1990-1993
Box 63, Folder 2
Correspondence hb021kx4331
1993-1998
Correspondence, 1993-1998
Box 63, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Acoustic properties of pipes; Played frequencies of flute specimens; Resonance and sounding frequencies;
Acoustic properties of pipes
xg765fx4058
1959-1965
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Acoustic properties of pipes; Played frequencies of flute specimens; Resonance and sounding frequencies;
Acoustic properties of pipes, 1959-1965
Box 63, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Impedance of jet, strobe photos of jet tt588zq1868
1967-1968
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Impedance of jet, strobe photos of jet, 1967-1968
Box 63, Folder 5
Technical Notes: Phase velocity on jet, Q of pipes, characterizing instruments; Experiment on double organ pipe; Experiment
on mouth resonance effects; Test flutes of different materials, side holes, artificial blowing.
pf905vd5706
1968-1970
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Phase velocity on jet, Q of pipes, characterizing instruments; Experiment on double organ pipe; Experiment
on mouth resonance effects; Test flutes of different materials, side holes, artificial blowing. , 1968-1970
Box 63, Folder 6
Technical Notes: Jet drive mechanisms in edge tones; Finger holes in the Boehm flute; Drive mechanisms in organ pipes km067hd8787
1970
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Jet drive mechanisms in edge tones; Finger holes in the Boehm flute; Drive mechanisms in organ pipes , 1970
Box 64, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Acoustically excited free jet; Further calculations on organ pipe drives; The Intonation of Antique and Modern
Flutes.
kr647xr5813
1972
Language of Material:
English
Material Specific Details note: Notes from 2/11/72 to 3/9/73 are missing
Technical Notes: Acoustically excited free jet; Further calculations on organ pipe drives; The Intonation of Antique and Modern
Flutes. , 1972
Box 64, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Resonances, blowing effects, intonation; Finger holes, keys and cavities tb195cm3694
1973-1974
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Resonances, blowing effects, intonation; Finger holes, keys and cavities , 1973-1974
Box 64, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Murray Flute - Armstrong prototype; Non-Linear effects in closed tubes; Fifty Flutists -- Tests of flute
at NFA Convention; Cooper Scale flutes
ry583hm8658
1974-1976
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Murray Flute - Armstrong prototype; Non-Linear effects in closed tubes; Fifty Flutists -- Tests of flute
at NFA Convention; Cooper Scale flutes , 1974-1976
Box 64, Folder 4
Technical Notes: No cavity flute, Cooper-Powell, misc. calculations; Jack Moore and his flutes; Analyses of lossy flute using
Smith chart impedance diagram; A new C# for the Boehm Flute
kc345fk3952
1975-1976
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: No cavity flute, Cooper-Powell, misc. calculations; Jack Moore and his flutes; Analyses of lossy flute using
Smith chart impedance diagram; A new C# for the Boehm Flute , 1975-1976
Box 65, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Alto Saxophone Measurements; Tee head, flute designs, cork considerations 5.27-5.28
1976-1977
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Alto Saxophone Measurements; Tee head, flute designs, cork considerations, 1976-1977
Box 65, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Wavelength, multiphonics, flute in F and piccolo, porosity in wall 5.29
1978
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Wavelength, multiphonics, flute in F and piccolo, porosity in wall, 1978
Box 65, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Scales of various flutes, High E modes, jet wave analysis; Intonation studies of Alto Saxophones for Conn
Artley Division
5.30-5.31
1979
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Scales of various flutes, High E modes, jet wave analysis; Intonation studies of Alto Saxophones for Conn
Artley Division , 1979
Box 65, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Momentum transfer in jet excitation of flute-like instruments; Correspondence with William Strong 5.32-5.33
1979-1980
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Momentum transfer in jet excitation of flute-like instruments; Correspondence with William Strong , 1979-1980
Box 66, Folder 1
Technical Notes: The trumpet as a parametric oscillator; Conical bores, Powell dimensions, blown resonator, E5 tone 5.34-5.35
1981
Language of Material:
English
Box 66, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Bore size, mode inharmonicity, recurved head, some flutes; Theobald Boehm and the scale of the modern flute,
Part 1
5.36-5.37
1981
Language of Material:
English
Box 66, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Theobald Boehm and the scale of the modern flute, Part 2. 5.38
1982-1983
Language of Material:
English
Box 66, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Recurved heads, Emerson, Moore, & Wimberly flutes, tone holes; Coltman scale, Wimberly 5.39-5.40
1983-1984
Language of Material:
English
Box 67, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Alto flutes; Coltman design of alto flute for Emerson 5.41 - 5.42
1983-1995
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Alto flutes; Coltman design of alto flute for Emerson , 1983-1995
Box 67, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Recorder stability, Shakuhachi head, trill key positions; Drelinger headjoint, jet excursions, Tom Green
flute
5.43-5.44
1984-1985
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Recorder stability, Shakuhachi head, trill key positions; Drelinger headjoint, jet excursions, Tom Green
flute , 1984-1985
Box 67, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Smooth bore flute, split E, stepped head joint, Wimberly #42; Time domain simulation of the flute, Part 1 5.45-5.46
1983-1986
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Smooth bore flute, split E, stepped head joint, Wimberly #42; Time domain simulation of the flute, Part 1
, 1983-1986
Box 67, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Time domain simulation of the flute, Part 2 5.47
1984-1991
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Time domain simulation of the flute, Part 2, 1984-1991
Box 68, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Behavior of acoustically excited jet, Part 1 5.48
1987-1989
Language of Material:
English
Box 68, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Behavior of acoustically excited jet, Part 2 5.49
1989-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 68, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Behavior of acoustically excited jet, Part 3 5.50
1989-1991
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Behavior of acoustically excited jet, Part 3, 1989-1991
Box 69, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Behavior of acoustically excited jet, Part 4; Q & A on Flute acoustics 5.51-5.52
1990-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 69, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Bass and Contra-bass flute 5.53
1983-1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 69, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Leak, inverted cone, BASIC programs, mode stretch, spectra 5.54
1987-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 69, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Piccolo studies, Armstrong, Conn, several others 5.55
1989-1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 69, Folder 5
Technical Notes: Piccolo bench measurements 5.56
1990
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Piccolo bench measurements , 1990
Box 70, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Hirschberg correspondence on jets, organ pipes; Tube resonances, losses in the Boehm flute pk145bz9451
1990-1993
Language of Material:
English
Box 70, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Conical and cylindrical piccolo spectra (Rhian Kenny); Repeated impulse (spark) impedance method jb343gx7986
1991-1992
Language of Material:
English
Box 70, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Spectra of Goosman, Powell headjoints, Emerson flutes; Scale design of Boehm flute, Charles Teach'em Howe yr773kt3978
1992-1993
Language of Material:
English
Box 70, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Just noticeable differences in the timbre of the flute; Diameter, phase, oboe reed sb825np7757
1994-1997
Language of Material:
English
Box 71, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Mode spacing and the sound of early flutes; Losses in Bassoon pads, instrument bores 5.65-5.66
1995-1997
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Mode spacing and the sound of early flutes; Losses in Bassoon pads, instrument bores , 1995-1997
Box 71, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Head joint designs 5.67
1995-1999
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Head joint designs, 1995-1999
Box 71, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Wolfe and Smith - Acoustic impedance spectroscopy 5.68
1996-1997
Language of Material:
English
Box 71, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Flute intonation in performance 5.69
1997-1998
Language of Material:
English
Box 72, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Phelan, Hirshberg, Landell 5.70
1993-1999
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Phelan, Hirshberg, Landell , 1993-1999
Box 72, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Double Helmholz experiment , flow, Ocarina aperture losses 5.71
1999-2001
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Double Helmholz experiment , flow, Ocarina aperture losses, 1999-2001
Box 72, Folder 3
Technical Notes: Loss in apertures, transmission lines, stepped bores, pad losses 5.72
2001-2002
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
Folder contains one 3.5" computer disc
Technical Notes: Loss in apertures, transmission lines, stepped bores, pad losses, 2001-2002
Box 72, Folder 4
Technical Notes: Loss in apertures, bamboo resonator, acoustics, humidity loss 5.73
2002-2003
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Loss in apertures, bamboo resonator, acoustics, humidity loss, 2002-2003
Box 72, Folder 5
Technical Notes: Toroid height, ocarinas, NY flutes, marimba resonators, C hole, miter bend, shakuhachi head, quena, keratoscope,
Newgrange cave
5.74
2003-2006
Language of Material:
English
Technical Notes: Toroid height, ocarinas, NY flutes, marimba resonators, C hole, miter bend, shakuhachi head, quena, keratoscope,
Newgrange cave, 2003-2006
Box 73, Folder 1
Technical Notes: Piccolo design 5.75
2003-2004
Language of Material:
English
Box 73, Folder 2
Technical Notes: Offset Jet 5.76
2006
Language of Material:
English
Box 73, Folder 3
Coltman's Planning Records: Donating his Papers to Stanford University
1998-2006
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
Folder includes three 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" floppy discs. Two discs contain MARL web pages from 2006, and one Coltman's Series 6.
Box 73, Folder 4
Computer Programs 6.01-6.22
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
Folder contains one 3.5" computer disc
Scope and Contents note
These programs will run in Microsoft QBASIC or QUICKBASIC. Each will run as written, but to test a particular instrument or
situation it is usually necessary to substitute new data in some program lines. Remarks within the program usually point out
where and what to do. A minimal experience in editing QBASIC programs is required.
6.01 FLUTEKEY.EXE Stand-alone program derives acoustic parameters of holes and keys for the Boehm flute and calculates effects
of changes on intonation. See 1.35 and 6.02.
6.02 INSTRUCT.TXT Instructions for using 6.01, FLUTEKEY.EXE.
6.03 FLUTRES2.BAS Calculates the expected sounding frequencies for the Boehm flute in C, given the hole and key parameters.
Prints an automatic plot for the entire scale, including trills, or will accept manual queries for a single note. See 1.35
and 6.04
6.04 FLUTRESO.TXT Instructions for using 6.03, FLUTRES2.BAS.
6.05 EXPLRESO.TXT Outlines the way the program 6.03, FLUTRES2.BAS operates.
6.06 ALTRESO.BAS Same as 6.03 except for Alto flute in G.
6.07 BASSRESO.BAS Same as 6.03 except for Alto flute in G.
6.08 PICCRESO.BAS Same as 6.03 except for Cylinder piccolo in C.
6.09 HEADCONE.BAS Calculates and plots the effective length of a C flute head joint as a function of frequency, using successive
conical sections as an approximation to the taper. Routines for recurved heads and conical cork cavities included. Mouth height
constant. Ref. 1.24 and 1.35.
6.10 STRATHD2.BAS Same as 6.09 except the mouth height varies with frequency to account for lip coverage changes.
6.11 ALTOCONE.BAS Same as 6.09 except for alto flute in G.
6.12 BASSCONE.BAS Same as 6.09 except for bass flute.
6.13 CONEPICC.BAS Calculates resonance frequencies for conical piccolo in C. Manual entry of fingering on line 90. Bore diameters
entered in lines 510-630.
6.14 PRESDIST.BAS Calculates and plots the pressure, stored energy, and power flow along the tube of a Boehm flute in C for
any fingering. Can choose assumed frequency.
6.15 PRESCONN.BAS Same as 6.14 except for cylindrical piccolo in C.
6.16 MULTPHON.BAS Plots the response of a Boehm flute to injected current at the mouth hole over the entire frequency range
for any fingering. The resulting peaks show frequencies that may be sounded. Particularly useful for identifying multiphonics
using unorthodox fingerings.
6.17 PHASERES.BAS Similar to 6.16 MULTPHON.BAS except that the phase is also plotted so that resonances that do not meet the
feedback condition for sounding may be identified.
6.18 MULTPICC.BAS Same as 6.16 MULTPHON.BAS except for cylindrical piccolo.
6.19 OBOEPRE2.BAS Calculates and plots effective length of oboe air column, to examine the effects of variations in bore diameter.
No finger holes.
6.20 BASSOON.BAS Calculates and plots the pressure distribution and loss distribution over the length of a conical tube having
dimensions similar to a bassoon. No finger holes.
6.21 CURWAVL.BAS Time domain simulation of flute excited by jet. See paper 1.29 for description and 6.22 for operation.
6.22 EXPLWAVE.TXT Explains the operation of 6.21, CURWAVL.BAS, time domain simulation.
Box 73, Folder 5
Index to Coltman's work
Language of Material:
English
Series 3. Arthur H. Benade Collection
1956-1987
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Physical Description:
19.182 Linear feet
Benade's Late Work: Between 1982 and late 1987: After cancer was diagnosed in the fall of 1982, Benade made increased use of detailed projections
(with many pages hand-drawn) for many of his lectures. Though casual in appearance, these were planned as condensed versions
of his presentations, which could substitute for a more formal write-up. For his final ten months Benade was bedridden, but
he used his dwindling supply of energy carefully, supervising the work of two graduate students, working out a CAD/CAM program
for Carleen Hutchins, and dictating three journal articles and several shorter pieces to his wife, Virginia Benade. The journal
articles appeared in 1988 in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., with the other dictated material appearing in the 1990s. The Dover reprints
of his two books contain corrections made by Benade to his desk copies, accumulated over many years of teaching out of them.
Biographical/Historical note
Physicist Arthur H. Benade (1925-87) earned his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Washington University in St. Louis. He was a professor
at Case Institute of Technology/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, from 1952 to 1987, except for sabbatical
time spent at the University of Michigan and the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur. His doctoral work was in cosmic
rays. For his first fifteen years at Case, his declared research area was nuclear physics and instrumentation.
When he was a teenager in India, he became curious about the workings of the two instruments he had begun to play: his grandfather's
piccolo and a six-key flute bought for him in the bazaar by the family's cook. Earlier than this, his physicist father had
introduced him to the work of D. C. Miller, Lord Rayleigh, and Helmholtz. This background helps explain the maturity already
evident in Benade's first published writings on acoustics, which appeared in 1959 and 1960, more than twenty years after the
first experimentation. Benade's fascination with musical acoustics began long before his formal studies of physics and never
lagged, though for many years acoustical research was forced to be a leisure-time activity. Cancer cut short (at age 62) his
hope to continue this work into old age.
The major part of Benade's acoustical research effort was spent on the woodwinds and brasses. He supplemented his more formal
knowledge with experience gained from playing music on modern and historical instruments (he was an accomplished clarinetist
and flute player), and he also used whatever he could find of the vast informal and anecdotal knowledge that has traditionally
guided craftsmen and players. His collection of over 130 wind instruments helped him trace design changes in winds from the
classical era to the present. As his understanding grew he tested it via the design, construction, and modification of instruments;
some that he made or modified have been used by leading players and manufacturers.
His highly original work led to greater understanding of mode conversion in flared horns, a realistic yet mathematically tractable
model of the bore of woodwind instruments based on the acoustics of a lattice of tone holes, development of the concept of
cutoff frequencies for isotropic and anisotropic radiation from a woodwind instrument, and clarification of both linear and
nonlinear processes in musical instruments and their interrelationships. He explored the dynamics of musical sound radiation,
transmission behavior of sound in rooms, and the nature of auditory perception processes associated with hearing in rooms
and concert halls. He was the first researcher to attempt to treat the entire tonal production process in wind instruments
as a single entity comprised of the influence of the player's windway; the behavior of the instrument's reed, air column,
and radiation patterns; the actions of the room on the sound; and the response of the player's aural and neurological sensory
equipment.
Benade's writings include numerous scientific papers and two books: Horns, Strings and Harmony and Fundamentals of Musical
Acoustics. Dover Books has issued reprints of both volumes. He wrote two articles for Scientific American magazine and entries
for the American Institute of Physics Encyclopedia of Physics, the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and the Academic
Press Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology.
Benade received the Acoustical Society of America's Silver Medal (for musical acoustics) and its Gold Medal (for overall excellence
in acoustics). He served as the Acoustical Society's Vice President and also chaired its Technical Committee on Musical Acoustics.
He was a President of the Catgut Acoustical Society; a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of Pierre Boulez's Institut
de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique in Paris; an advisor to the Dayton C. Miller Collection of Flutes at the Library
of Congress; and an Honorary Member of the National Association of Band Instrument Repair Technicians. His many talks before
scientific, educational, and musical organizations in the USA and Europe included a series in Stockholm sponsored by the Swedish
Royal Academy of Music and the Plenary Session Lecture in Musical Acoustics at the 9th International Congress on Acoustics
in Madrid.
Box 74, Folder 1
Acoustical Theory - Woodwind BOIK (Book of Infinite Knowledge) misc. subjects cd481fh1920
1970-1986
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Woodwind BOIK (Book of Infinite Knowledge) misc. subjects, 1970-1986
Box 74, Folder 2
Acoustical Theory - Scaling Woodwinds to a New Pitch bd299jg3112
1972-1986
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents note
1. On scaling a woodwind to a new pitch [242 KB, DjVu], 5-4-72. 9 pp 2. On scaling a recorder to a new pitch, July 1972. 3
pp 3. On scaling an oboe to a new pitch, August 1977. 4 pp 4. Scaling a reed woodwind to a new pitch, 12-12-77. 6 pp 5. Scaling
a woodwind to a new pitch, version 2, 12-12-77. 3 pp 6. To transpose the proportions of a nonmechanized woodwind to a new
playing pitch (typed except for a sketch to help define terminology), 6-27-86. 3 pp
Acoustical Theory - Scaling Woodwinds to a New Pitch, 1972-1986
Box 74, Folder 3
Acoustical Theory - A pipe with many side holes: calculations nn654gk0828
1955-1958
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - A pipe with many side holes: calculations , 1955-1958
Box 74, Folder 4
Acoustical Theory - Perturbations of Classical Systems wr957jn6234
1957
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Perturbations of Classical Systems, 1957
Box 74, Folder 5
Acoustical Theory - Mathematical Theory of Woodwind Fingerholes: Notes, Abstract, News release wy424zs4439
1959
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Mathematical Theory of Woodwind Fingerholes: Notes, Abstract, News release , 1959
Box 74, Folder 6
Acoustical Theory - New Impedance Head gc896sp6235
1972-1973
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - New Impedance Head, 1972-1973
Box 74, Folder 7
Acoustical Theory - Bore and Tonehole Perturbation Methods jb370qc5795
1969-1980
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Bore and Tonehole Perturbation Methods, 1969-1980
Box 74, Folder 8
Acoustical Theory - Perturbation Curves for Woodwinds nz241bc0618
1970-1976
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Perturbation Curves for Woodwinds, 1970-1976
Box 74, Folder 9
Acoustical Theory - Perturbation Curves for Brasses yq082cm7802
1977
Acoustical Theory - Perturbation Curves for Brasses, 1977
Box 74, Folder 10
Acoustical Theory - Probe Microphone Design zf260gj3858
1974-1975
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Probe Microphone Design, 1974-1975
Box 74, Folder 11
Acoustical Theory - Brass Instrument Regeneration gx303zs5791
1975
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Brass Instrument Regeneration, 1975
Box 74, Folder 12
Acoustical Theory - Wind Instruments, miscellaneous notes zw908sf1820
1955-1963
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Wind Instruments, miscellaneous notes, 1955-1963
Box 74, Folder 13
Acoustical Theory - Sounds with Multiple Parentage cd481fh1920
1973-1975
Language of Material:
English
Box 75, Folder 1
Acoustical Theory - The Tacet Horn: Design and Properties fq332hc3250
1964-1984
Language of Material:
English
Box 75, Folder 2
Acoustical Theory - On Tone Holes tx157yr6139
Language of Material:
English
Existence and Location of Copies note
File missing.
Box 75, Folder 3
Acoustical Theory - Register Holes: Theory and Design nw166wy0879
1958-1980
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Register Holes: Theory and Design, 1958-1980
Box 75, Folder 4
Acoustical Theory - Cutoff Frequencies on Woodwinds hm421dw0274
1972-1981
Language of Material:
English
Box 75, Folder 5
Acoustical Theory - Sound Production in Wind Instruments. Manuscript-in-process bn536cb1915
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Sound Production in Wind Instruments. Manuscript-in-process
Box 75, Folder 6
Acoustical Theory - Fiddle Spectrum Shifts: Violin Regeneration via Losses from Body Resonances gk824vv0248
1986
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Fiddle Spectrum Shifts: Violin Regeneration via Losses from Body Resonances, 1986
Box 75, Folder 7
Acoustical Theory - Spectral Similarities of 'Most Useful' Musical Instrument Sounds mm768xw6196
1980-1981
Language of Material:
English
Acoustical Theory - Spectral Similarities of 'Most Useful' Musical Instrument Sounds, 1980-1981
Box 75, Folder 8
Acoustical Theory - Spectrum Transformation
