Unlocking the secret
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Title
Unlocking the secret
Collection
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials
Names
Brokaw, Tom (Host)
Bazell, Robert (Commentator)
Nagyváry, József (Commentator)
Treger, Charles (Commentator)
Watts, Andre (Commentator)
NBC Television Network (Broadcaster)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1984-03-23
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LVU 418
Subjects
Violin -- Construction
Violin makers
Stradivarius violin
Genres
Television Programs
Documentary Films
Motion Pictures
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title from viewing; date from container and WWW site of the program transcript.
Venue: Broadcast on NBC Nightly News in New York 1984 March 23.
Acquisition: Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (4 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
Scientist Joseph Nagyvary of Texas A&M University tries to recreate the sound of a Stradivarius violin by making violins of wood and soaking them in a secret chemical solution.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 906055990
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20591808
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6fe15b10-4a9d-0133-632f-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Unlocking the secret" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fe15b10-4a9d-0133-632f-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1984). Unlocking the secret Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fe15b10-4a9d-0133-632f-60f81dd2b63c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Unlocking the secret" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6fe15b10-4a9d-0133-632f-60f81dd2b63c
Wikipedia citation
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