- Additional Authors
- Description
- 31 sound discs : analog.; 10 in.
- 7 analog, aluminum based acetate ;
- 24 analog, aluminum based acetate ;
- Summary
- The collection contains off the air recordings of the orchestra from 1939 to 1940, as well as some unbroadcast audition recordings from 1940.
- Subject
- Access (note)
- Access to discs restricted; advance notification required.
- Reproduction (note)
- Preservation tape master.
- Biography (note)
- The Cracraft Electronic Orchestra claimed to be the first orchestra made entirely of electrically-controlled instruments.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository, in: *L(Special) 90-51 ; and online.
- Call Number
- *L (Special) 90-51
- OCLC
- NYPW07-R10
- Author
Cracraft, Tom A. (Tom Adrian)
- Title
Cracraft Electronic Orchestra collection of noncommercial sound recordings, 1939-1940.
- Reproduction
Preservation tape master. New York : The New York Public Library. (5 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 10 in.). Available in *LT-10 2344-2348.
- Access
Access to discs restricted; advance notification required.
- Biography
The Cracraft Electronic Orchestra claimed to be the first orchestra made entirely of electrically-controlled instruments. The orchestra was organized in the late 1930's by Tom Adrian Cracraft with technical assistance from Benjamin F. Meissner, and featured ten instruments, each with its own speaker. The orchestra received attention from radio broadcasts over the NBC radio network in 1939 and 1940.
- Indexes
Finding aid available in repository, in: *L(Special) 90-51 ; and online.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Meissner, Benjamin F.
Cracraft Electronic Orchestra.
- Research Call Number
*L (Special) 90-51