Interview with Pete Hammar, February 3, 1999

Project: Chasing Sound Oral History Project

Interview Summary

This interview with historian Peter Hammar starts with a discussion of Schmidt Horning's project. It then moves on to a discussion regarding the debate over the development of selective synchronization (sel-sync). The pair discuss oral history, and engineer Jack Mullin. They also talk about data recorders and Ampex Electric Corporation founder Alexander Poniatoff. They then talk about the special product division of the company. The interview ends with a discussion of Schmidt Horning's career as a historian and the various engineers and music producers in the New York area.

Interview Accession

2016oh209_chase039

Interviewee Name

Pete Hammar

Interviewer Name

Susan Schmidt Horning

Interview Date

1999-02-03

Interview Keyword

Hammar, Peter Ampex Electric Corporation Selective synchronization (sel-sync) Mullin, Jack Recorders, Ampex Recorders, tape Recorders, data Poniatoff, Alexander

Interview LC Subject

Sound--Recording and reproducing Sound--Recording and reproducing--History Sound recording industry Sound recording industry--History Sound recordings Record labels. Music History of science and technology Ampex Corporation Audio equipment industry

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Hammar, Pete Interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. 03 Feb. 1999. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Hammar, P. (1999, February 03). Interview by S. S. Horning. Chasing Sound Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

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