[NJARC] David Sarnoff Library Open House Offers Tours, Music, and Radio Repairs

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On Saturday, January 20, the David Sarnoff Library opens its doors once
again with historical, musical, and technical activities.  Co-sponsored
by the New Jersey Antique Radio Club (NJARC), the open house will take
place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Sarnoff Corporation’s Auditorium and
Lounge and at the David Sarnoff Library, 201 Washington Road in
Princeton.

Dr. Alex Magoun, executive director of the Library, will provide tours
of the Library’s new exhibits and unique artifacts on David Sarnoff and
Six Innovations that Changed the World on the hour at 10 and 11 a.m.,
and 1, 2, and 3 p.m.  “We have remarkable stories here, of the
electronics and communications devices we use every day, invented and
developed here at the RCA Laboratories,” says Dr. Magoun.  “David
Sarnoff led those developments in vision, funding, and spirit because as
an immigrant from a dictatorship, he understood the value of
communications to a free society.  As a result we have enjoyed
increasingly powerful technologies to educate and entertain ourselves
with sight and sound.  Introducing your children to those earlier
technologies is a great way of connecting across generations.”  A
donation of five dollars is suggested.

In response to popular demand, Kip Rosser returns to the Sarnoff stage
to play and explain the theremin, at 11 a.m., noon, 2 and 3 p.m.
“Everyone says the theremin is incredibly difficult to play,” says
Rosser. “Well, so’s the violin.  If you have an ear and you practice,
you will improve.”  Endorsed by Moog Corporation, the world’s leading
maker of the unique electronic musical instrument, Rosser uses his
theatrical experiences to blend the fascinating story of the theremin
and its Soviet inventor with perfect pitch and jazz and pop from the
last sixty years.  “Kip is a Renaissance man in more ways than one,”
says Dr. Magoun. “An hour with him is an hour of ‘thereminstrelsy.’”

If you have a family heirloom radio from the 1920s to the 1950s, the
Radio Club offers a free clinic for evaluation and small repairs.  Many
vacuum-tube radios can be fixed in less than 60 minutes, and the Club’s
experts will try to fix yours for free.  Call club president Phil
Vourtsis (732) 446-2427 or email pvourtsis at optonline.net with the brand
and model number to make an appointment on the hour for one-on-one
attention.

The David Sarnoff Library is located off 201 Washington Road, Princeton,
or at the end of Fisher Place off Route 1 South, just north of the
Washington Road traffic circle.  For more information call 609-734-2636,
or check the website at www.davidsarnoff.org/directions.htm.

This event is made possible in part by an operating support grant from
the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of
State.

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Alexander B. Magoun, Ph.D.
Executive Director
David Sarnoff Library
201 Washington Road, CN 5300
Princeton, NJ 08543-5300

609-734-2636
amagoun at davidsarnoff.org
(f) 609-734-2339
www.davidsarnoff.org
www.davidsarnoff.blogspot.com