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Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark

Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark

Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark
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Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark Hardback - 2010

by Kaiser, Linda Pembroke

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  • Title Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark
  • Author Kaiser, Linda Pembroke
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY
  • Publication date 2010-06-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ANAIS-0815609507
  • ISBN 9780815609506 / 0815609507
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.25 x 0.75 in (24.13 x 15.88 x 1.91 cm)
  • Size 6x0.8x9.1
  • Category Music/Songbooks
  • Library of Congress subjects Inventors - United States, Harpists - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010005643
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

Beginning with an account of Clark's musical family, Kaiser chronicles the founding in 1859 of the Clark Music Company, of which Melville Clark became president in 1919. Originally just a tinker's shed, the business ultimately moved into a six-story building in the center of Syracuse, New York. The music company celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2010. Clark also combined his talents as a gifted musician and an astute entrepreneur to start the first Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.

Kaiser recounts the development of the Clark Irish Harp, the first portable harp manufactured in the United States that could easily play accidentals. There were other Clark inventions, such as the first nylon strings for instruments, a fruit picker, and balloons that the British used in 1918 to drop more than 1,250,000 pamphlets over Germany. Clark's story unfolds in fascinating detail: a musical encounter with President Wilson, an opportunity to perform for President F. D. Roosevelt at the White House, a visit to Buckingham Palace to present Princess Elizabeth with a music box, and the journey of a Clark Irish Harp to Antarctica with Admiral Byrd.

Lavishly illustrated, Pulling Strings not only uncovers the life of a musical genius but also sheds light on a forgotten chapter in Syracuse history.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 05/15/2010, Page 73
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2010, Page 247

About the author

Linda Pembroke Kaiser is a musician who performs on the harp, piano, and guitar. She has published articles in the International Folk Harp Journal and has arranged and recorded an album of harp duets, Lullabies for Earth Children.

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