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Box 12

 Container

Contains 21 Collections and/or Records:

Experiments and Inventions, 1862 - 1966

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1
Scope and Contents This series consists of materials that document the inventions created and patented by Benjamin Miessner, as well as experiments conducted by him and his employees. Materials located in this series include but are not limited to patents assigned to Benjamin Miessner; technical drawings, notes, and reports written by Miessner; laboratory notebooks documenting the experiments of Miessner, as well as his employees Charles T. Jacobs, Frederic D. Merrill, and Victor Mumma; developed photographs and...
Dates: 1862 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1964

Benjamin F. Miessner papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2
Scope and Contents The Benjamin F. Miessner papers document the working career and interests of the American inventor. It includes a large collection of patents awarded to Miessner or assigned to his company, Miessner Inventions, Inc., as well as various North American and European patents researched by Miessner; lab notebooks, blueprints, sketches, graphs, photographs, and other items documenting the experiments conducted by Miessner and his employees; correspondence between Miessner and various individuals and...
Dates: 1906 - 1978

Photographs and Negatives, circa 1910-1963

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: circa 1910-1963

Carillon Rod Assembly, circa September 1941

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: circa September 1941

Miessner Stringless Piano and Action, November 19, 1953

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: November 19, 1953

Miessner Piano Action Model F-73, June 1954

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: June 1954

Miessner Piano, circa October 1954

 Item — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: circa October 1954

Miessner Devices, May 1, 1955

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: May 1, 1955

Bernhardt Piano, Plant, and People, circa March 1956

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: circa March 1956

Benjamin F. Miessner Piano, circa 1956

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: circa 1956

"Reeds in Vibration", February 20, 1957 - February 26, 1957

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: February 20, 1957 - February 26, 1957

"Early Reed Piano Apparatus", circa May 1957

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents On the original slide box housing these slides, Miessner notes that slides # 5, 6, 13, 17, and 20 were sent to Ed Shinn on May 17, 1957. These five slides were not present in the slide box.
Dates: circa May 1957

"Mini Grand Piano and Details", June 1, 1957

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: June 1, 1957

"New Pick Ups", June 1, 1957

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: June 1, 1957

"Wave Analyzer Displays for dual, yoke-type pickups with positive/negative DC polarity", July 25, 1957

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents Miessner's note on the original slide box reads "see notebook #48 page 245 (Film M-1797)."
Dates: July 25, 1957

"Lab and Office", August 1, 1957

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: August 1, 1957

Miessner Piano, March 1958

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: March 1958

Miessner Metal Detector, Pottery, etc., circa February 1962

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: circa February 1962

Miessner Metal Locator, circa 1962

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents Miessner's note on the original slide box read "see Radio Electronics, September 1962."
Dates: circa 1962

"Ideal piano-tone generators and a few of Wurlitzer Piano", circa September 1963

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: circa September 1963

Miessner Drawings, undated

 File — Box: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.
Dates: undated