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In 1965 a record began with a sapphire stylus cutting a groove into soft lacquer in real time while the music played, where a mistake meant starting the…
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In 1960 almost every house had a piano, and keeping them playable was done by one man with a bag of tools who worked entirely by ear.
He…
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In 1968 a Top 40 disc jockey ran a radio station almost single-handed for four hours at a stretch: cueing every record by hand on two turntables, firing…
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Before there were discotheques, clubs or anything with a disc jockey in it, the Saturday night out in most American towns of any size meant a hall with…
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Put one hand flat on a table, palm down, fingers spread.
Now fold the middle finger under, so that it tucks beneath the palm and the middle…
There is a problem in the design of any keyboard instrument that strikes rather than plucks, and solving it took a long time.
The problem is that a string only…