Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Schine had ordered his fantastic electronic piano, called a DynaTone, from the Ansley Radio Corporation in Trenton, New Jersey. Colley describes this strange instrument as having strings like a regular piano whose vibrations were reproduced by vacuum tubes and played through an amplifier instead of sounding directly. The same amplifier could also be used for a radio and phonograph which were set into one side of the piano. With this arrangement the piano could be played with either the radio or phonograph through a series of microphones in the piano. Colley also seems to remember a cabinet...
...soloists brought the concert to an exciting climax. Jay Powers '56 performed Glazounov's Saxophone Concerto, a work whose chief merit is that it allowed Mr. Powers to prove the amazing finesse with which his instrument can be handled. Such a delicate treatment of the instrument seems to indicate the inherently limited compass of its tonal range. But the novel beauty of the effects produced and Mr. Powers dazzling agility banished any hint of monotony...
Since the pilot must keep his eyes on the lights ahead, he cannot watch the instrument panel to keep track of his air speed. So the Admiralty provides him with a set of colored lights that reflect in his windshield. Connected with an air speed indicator, they tell him if he is flying too fast (red), too slow (yellow), or just right (green...
...deep-set eyes seem to be laughing most of the time. When it is announced that he will be preaching at the Duke chapel, students, faculty members and townsfolk get there 30 minutes early. They come to hear a man who uses his high-pitched voice like a musical instrument, whose rhythm, range and change of pace are far beyond the capabilities of mine-run preachers. But even more, they come to hear a man who uses his head and heart...
...club officers decided there was not enough time during rehearsals to sing "Polly Wolly Doodle All the Day" and determined to convert the Club into a genuinely ambitious choral organization. Davison agreed with the plan to separate from the instrument clubs and the big switch from "the Bullfrog on the Bank" to Bach was made...