[sdiy] pioneering electronics, Siemens-slightly OT

[Tim Parkhurst]

After WWII, surplus parts could be had for pennies on the dollar. Things
like Plexiglas domes could be had for less than $10. At that time a very
exotic material, Plexiglas sheets and curved sections were used in fighter
windshields and hemispherical 'bubbles' were used in windshields that
covered the gunners in the B-29 bomber. Some originally cost over $1000 and
remember this is in 1940's dollars. Anyway, a LOT of these parts found their
way into the prop departments at the movie studios and could be seen
populating the sets of war and sci-fi movies well into the 70's. Many of the
pieces used for detailing the sets of Star Wars came from war surplus yards.

Tim Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rude 66 [mailto:r.lekx at chello.nl]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:34 PM
> To: Michael Boracci; Aaron Day; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] pioneering electronics, Siemens
> 
> my father in law is a retired rocket engineer. he told me a story of going
> to a garage sale in his homwtown in california, and on the front lawn was
> a
> part that he recognized as a section of the engine one of the rockets he
> had
> worked on, costing several hundreds of thousands of dollars to machine
> back
> in those days...and here it was for a few bucks..;-)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Boracci" <mboracci at nfpcomputer.com>
> To: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>; "Aaron Day" <aaron at receive-
> transmit.com>;
> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] pioneering electronics, Siemens
> 
> 
> > One of these days I expect to go to a junk sale in upstate NY and find a
> > giant tone wheel from a Telharmonium sitting there amongst tractor
> parts.
> > Some of these things can never be reconstructed.
> >
> > Mb
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Rude 66
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 3:21 PM
> > To: Michael Boracci; Aaron Day; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > Subject: Re: [sdiy] pioneering electronics, Siemens
> >
> >
> > yep, it is. i've taken some photos of some details.. i have to wait till
> > they come back since they're analogue..;-) we have  a small library in
> the
> > cem tsudio of electronic music books. if you can find the isbn i can see
> if
> > we have it..
> >
> > i have often wondered what happened to all the original equipment in
> these
> > studios. we still have some tone generators and filters in the CEM, but
> i'd
> > think it's pretty rare to have the whole thing intact..
> >
> > r./
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Boracci" <mboracci at nfpcomputer.com>
> > To: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>; "Aaron Day"
> <aaron at receive-transmit.com>;
> > <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:05 PM
> > Subject: RE: [sdiy] pioneering electronics, Siemens
> >
> >
> > > http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstell/dauer/musik/musik7.htm
> > >
> > > Is this the studio that you are referring to?
> > >
> > > There is a book out called "Experimental Music" which is basically the
> > story
> > > of John Cage and his associates. It is an older book which was
> published
> > in
> > > the 60's or 70's. I will get the ISBN number in a couple of days when
> I
> go
> > > back to the library.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
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> >
> >
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