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Early Instrument Room

Ethnomusicology Lab

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The Early Instrument Room

The Early Instrument Room [EIR] includes a number of instruments, including a German double harpsichord made by William Dowd and the historic Dolmetsch double harpsichord and clavichord. The room contains a piano built by Johann Baptist Streicher in 1869 from the private collection of Professor Robert Levin which has been made available to students and faculty of the department. The EIR also contains two pianos ordered for the department by Professor Levin since his arrival: (1) a copy by Paul McNulty, Prague, Czech Republic, after Anton Walter & Sohn, ca. 1805, 5 1/2 octaves (FF-c"") with moderator and true una corda, delivered in February 1998; (2) a copy by Rodney Regier, Freeport, ME, after Conrad Graf, ca. 1824 6 1/2 octave (CC-g""). Taking the harpsichord and three pianos as a whole, the EIR has instruments that take users straight through organologically from the high Baroque to the advent of the modern piano in the later 1880s.

Access to the room is open to

  • students in the performance practice seminars
  • coachings of the Blodgett program during residencies
  • individual students with the consent of a faculty member and upon application to the Department Administrator, subject to availability

Ethnomusicology Laboratory 

 

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The Ethnomusicology Laboratory [the "Ethnolab"] was created to provide technical resources to aid the ethnomusicological research of Harvard University students and faculty. It includes field equipment which can be checked out for fieldwork projects as well as audio and video editing suites for transcribing, analyzing and publishing materials collected in the field.

  • Uses of the laboratory
  • Equipment List
  • Computer-Based Editing Suites
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Field Equipment
  • Video Recording
  • Audio Recording
  • Microphones
  • Transcription Equipment
  • Access
  • Contact
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    Uses of the laboratory

    The laboratory has been used for transcription of music and interviews, dubbing of analog audio and video in a variety of formats, digitizing analog audio and video, editing audio and video and transfer of audio and video materials to CD and DVD for archival purposes. The video suite has been used for interformat (PAL-NTSC) transfer. The audio workstations have been used to analyze audio field recordings.

    Field recording has included audio and video documentation of performances, interviews, and events as well as the recording of music for which there are no published recordings available.

    Equipment List

    Editing Suites

    Video editing station

    • Computer Bela-II
      • Thinkmate PC with Dual Intel 2.66 Ghz Xeon Processors, 1G RAM running Windows XP
      • Audigy 2ZS Platinum Sound
      • Adobe Audition Audio Editing Software
      • Pinnacle Liquid Edition Pro with multiformat video analog to digital conversion.
      • DVD, DVDRW
    • Hardware at Video Station:
      • 2 SVHS Panasonic Video Decks
      • PAL/NTSC multi-format AIWA Video Deck
      • Monitor
      • Pioneer Standalone DVD writer with onboard harddrive
      • 2 DAT Decks
      • 2 Cassette Decks
      • CD Player
      • 33/45 RPM record player

    Audio editing station

    • Computer ("Seeger II "):
      • Thinkmate PC with Athlon XP 2500 Processor, 1G RAM running Windows 2000 Pro
      • Audigy 2 Sound
      • DVD, CDRW
      • Adobe Audition Audio Editing Software
    • Hardware at Audio Station:
      • DAT Deck
      • 2 Cassette Decks
      • CD Player
      • CD Recorder
      • Minidisc Player/Recorder
    Audio Analysis Station
    • Computer Kunst:
      • MAC Power PC G-4 400 Mhz, 256M RAM running OS X.3
      • IRCAM Forum
      • 2 88-key midi keyboard controllers

    All stations are networked and share an HP laserjet with duplex printing. All stations have Microsoft Office, Finale and Endnote for transcription and notation projects.

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    Video Recording

    • Small Sony Hi-8 Camcorder
    • Large Panasonic VHS Camcorder
    • Large Panasonic S-VHS Camcorder
    • Sony Digital Video cameras
    • Tripods for all of the above camcorders

    Audio Recording

    • (2) Marantz PMD 430 Stereo Cassette Recorders
    • Tascam DA-P1 DAT Recorder

    Dynamic Microphones

    • Stereo
      • Audio-Technica 825
      • Sony ECM-737
      • Sony ECM-909A
    • Shure 57

    In addition, the laboratory owns a matched pair of Neumann KM 184 small diaphragm cardioid condenser microphones for recording performances. There are also Digital Video cameras, reel-to-reel tape decks and a 78 RPM record player; equipment lists are often updated and revised. Please check with the student manager if you are looking for something specific.

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    Transcription Equipment

    2 cassette transciption machines are available for use in lab or to be checked out. There is also a mini-disc with a footpedal control for in lab use. 2 Midi keyboards are connected to the MAC.

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    Access Access to the Ethnolab is open to
    • Current graduate students in ethnomusicology.
    • Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in ethnomusicology courses who require the resources of the Ethnolab for course projects.
    • Individual students with the consent of a faculty member and upon application to the Department Administrator, subject to availability.

    Field equipment can be checked out for defined periods of time through the Ethnolab manager.

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    Contact

    Ethnomusicology Laboratory student manager:

    Katherine Lee
    kilee@fas.harvard.edu

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