Word: goldings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...left behind in telephone booths (what woman leaves a regular earring on her telephone ear while calling?). Moreover, they argue - with some reason - that pierced earrings are by far the most attractive ones available. Fanciest are the ethereal antique candelabra and gypsy gewgaws, but most popular are the simple gold, pearl or jade "buttons" - perhaps be cause they do not catch on sweaters...
...sound so unbalanced that best vantage point is, ironically, cheapest seat in top balcony. New York Philharmonic musicians complain they cannot hear each other onstage, say hall is glorified $17.7 million pinball machine. Mood of pessimism pervades. Rumors circulate that visiting orchestras are going to boycott splendorous blue-and-gold hall in favor of mellow surroundings of Carnegie Hall. Soloists panic, talk of canceling performances. Hall management says it takes time for ear to adapt. Hall Acoustician Leo Beranek, who spent four years studying 54 of world's finest concert and opera houses in preparation, pleads: "I predicted...
...Panel of acoustical experts called in. Beranek feels slighted. Gaps between 500-lb. clouds are partially patched up with strips of black plywood. Slabs of plywood and plaster are mounted behind sides of stage. Balconies are reshaped. Lead curtain is hung behind blue-and-gold mesh screen at rear of stage. Sound-dampening Fiberglas is spread across rear wall. Total cost: $500,000. Bell Telephone Laboratories sends man to evaluate hall's sound with new space-age computer. Machine says major problems-lack of bass, uneven distribution of sound, fluttery echoes-are largely corrected. Critics say machine has flipped...
...Keilholz decides plush interior is absorbing too much sound. Hall's deep-pile gold carpeting is rolled up and replaced with black vinyl. All 1,384 thick-cushioned seats on main floor are removed and replaced with 1,502 skinnier wood-back models. Rivulet-shaped panels are tacked on side walls to reflect flow of sound from stage. Hall looks like it was just given permanent wave. Total cost: $470,000. Acoustically, critics happier. Musicians too. Sound is livelier. Bass and high strengthened, echoes reduced. But visually, verdict is negative. Hall looks completely different. Blue walls now recreation-room...
Marriage Revealed. Mamie Reynolds, 22, daughter of North Carolina's late Senator "Buncombe Bob" Reynolds (no relation to the tobacco family), heiress to a $35 million share of Grandmother Evalyn McLean's gold-mine and newspaper fortune (Washington Post, Cincinnati Enquirer); and Joseph Gregory, 39, Kentucky dog handler; she for the second time; in Juarez, Mexico; last month...