Big brother Michael is a guest on his brother Wayne's TV Show. Michael shows two items of an acoustic nature. We hear an entire 78 rpm record on a phonograph he just restored, showcasing a variety of instruments and sound effects. Behold. It sounds excellent. Then we hear a VW bus record player, a whimsical marvel of 1970's acoustical engineering. Almost as amazing as Hoover, the talking seal, "Hello dere."
And now for something completely different. Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic piano roll rendition of the Liberty Bell March, as played on the comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s.
Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper by arranger extraordinaire Hi Babit. A dynamic, comedy piano roll rendition of Where Do You Work-a John, as sung by cartoon character Betty Boop circa 1930s. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s.
Ooooooooo. Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper by Eric D. Bernhoft. A dynamic, mesmerizing piano roll rendition of Spooky Spooks. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s.
This is a demo of the march, Blaze Away by Abraham Holzman, played by Raymond and His Banjo Band. We hope this inspires the MIT Band to perform it. It was often played as a tribute to President Theodore Roosevelt. AND lest we forget, decades ago, MIT had a number of Banjo ...
On May 19, 2013, 250 members of the MIT community gathered on Jack Barry Field with LED outfitted umbrellas as part of UP: The Umbrella Project.
Through this popular annual loan program, individual students and student groups may borrow original works of art from the collection for their private rooms and communal spaces.
Social phobias affect about 15 million adults in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and surveys show that public speaking is high on the list of such phobias. For some people, these fears of social situations can be especially ...
Sharmila C. Chatterjee, senior lecturer in marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains how to create a smart content marketing strategy.
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