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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even before its opening in 1962, the management of Lincoln Center was calling it "the finest musical instrument in America." Philharmonic Hall was indeed something to behold-especially the gold mohair seats and the 136 acoustical clouds designed by Leo L. Beranek to hang from the ceiling and reflect the sound. Alas, the $17.7 million hall was something else to hear-strident, cold, weak in bass. In succeeding years, a series of four acoustical repair jobs (total cost: $2.5 million) were made, culminating in the replacement of the entire ceiling in 1969. But to little avail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Bright New Version | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

Magnetic Imprint. The first expert to explain the report in the crowded Sirica courtroom was Richard H. Bolt, chairman of Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc., a Massachusetts firm employing acoustics experts. Tall, slender and professorial in manner, he ticked off his credentials, including long service as a physics professor at both M.I.T. and the University of Illinois. He noted that the panel had first assembled last Nov. 17 in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: A Telltale Tape Deepens Nixon's Dilemma | 1/28/1974 | See Source »

...Richard H. Bolt, chairman of Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc., sound experts; Franklin S. Cooper, president of Haskins Laboratories; James L. Flanagan, head of acoustics research at Bell Telephone Laboratories; John G. McKnight, audio and magnetic recording consultant; Thomas G. Stockham Jr., computer science professor at the University of Utah; and Mark R. Weiss, vice president for acoustics research of Federal Scientific Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: The Secretary and the Tapes Tangle | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...second largest defense contractor in Cambridge, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN), was the object of a low-keyed demonstration yesterday afternoon by members of the North Cambridge Vietnam Committee...

Author: By William Englund, | Title: Committee Protests Defense Contractor In Peaceful Action | 12/1/1972 | See Source »

...North Cambridge Vietnam Committee last night completed plans for a demonstration to be held today against the second largest defense contractor in Cambridge, Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Inc. (BBN). Demonstrators will gather at 4 p.m. opposite the Fresh Fond shopping center and march to the firm's headquarters at 50 Moulton...

Author: By William Englund, | Title: Demonstrators to Picket Local Defense Contractor | 11/30/1972 | See Source »

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