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Box 56

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

Audio Recordings, 1933 - 1958

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9
Scope and Contents

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: 1933 - 1958

Anton Rovinsky "Electronic Piano," Parts 1-4, February 22, 1933

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: February 22, 1933

"All Electronic Orchestra," Parts 1-6, May 25, 1939

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, File 2
Scope and Contents

Contents include "Merry Widow Waltz" (part 2), "Our Love if I didn't Care" (part 3), "Bumble Bee" (part 4), and Tango "End" (part 6). Also recorded on part 2 is the end of a Benjamin Miessner speech.

Dates: May 25, 1939

Germantown Carillon Octave Testing, circa May 24, 1941

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, File 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: circa May 24, 1941

Ivor Darreg Electronic Musical Instrument Recordings, undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, File 7
Scope and Contents

Side 1: Electronic Clavichord; Side 2: Electronic Clavichord and Reed Organ; Side 3: Electronic Keyboard "Oboe"; Side 4: Electronic Keyboard Drum and Clavichord.

Dates: undated

Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 15
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, in B Flat Minor, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 16
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Beethoven Sonata in C Minor (Pathetique), Parts 1-4, undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, File 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Parts 3 and 4, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 20
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Debussy "Clair de Lune," Schumann "Novelette in D", undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 21
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Its Christmas at Camp Patrick Henry, Parts 1 and 2, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 22
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 12
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, parts 3 and 4, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 19
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

The Children's Corner Suite Part 3, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 23
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Eleanor Miessner Playing the Piano, March 18, 1958

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: March 18, 1958

Isham Jones Orchestra, Electric, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 24
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 9, Item 14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

The Mirror Song from "Hans", undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 25
Identifier:  MSP 2, Series 9, Item 15
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

Nocturne in E-Flat, Amy Mill, undated

 Item — Box: 56, Sleeve: 26
Identifier:  MSP 2, Series 9, Item 16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains audio recordings created or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It consists primarily of audio reels and phonograph records of Miessner’s electronic piano.

Dates: undated

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...
Dates: 1862 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1965