Word: conch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Conductor Fiedler has been troubled by open air acoustics. On the first night, as his music proceeded from the huge, conch-like acoustic shell, queer things happened. Tubas became thunderous, reverberant. Strings quavered into curious silences. Kettledrum tones were like feeble rasps on a gourd. Although untrained listeners were unaware, sensitive Conductor Fiedler was beside himself...
...empty blowing through a conch was this statement. In 1901 the company's business totaled $4,294,062; last year it was $20,697,731. Last year's profits were...