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Museum Map 3

Guided Tours 4

Permanent Collection Object List 9

Physical Objects Collection Object List 15

Video Gallery Guide 38 8 • MUSEUM OF PORTABLE SOUN D MUSEUM CAMPUS

EXPOSITION SPACE PERMANENT FRANK GEHRY 4 COLLECTION COMMEMORATIVE WING WING

3 MEMBERS 5 1 NATURAL LOUNGE 2 1 HISTORY

10 8 11 9 12 7 13 SCIENCE 6 2 & TECHNOLOGY

17 18 16 20 15 ARCHITECTURE 21 19 14 3 & URBAN DESIGN GIFT SHOP MUSEUMOFPORTABLESOUND.COM

30 22 ART 29 4 23 & CULTURE

28 JOSEPH FOURIER 25 24 COMMEMORATIVE 27 SINE WAVE 26 STAIRCASE

1 NATURAL HISTORY 3 ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN 1 Humans 14 Construction, Exteriors & Tours 2 Animals 15 Fountains 3 Insects 16 Doors, Windows & Fixtures 4 Underwater Life 17 Plumbing, Heating & Cooling 5 Weather & Water 18 Elevators & Escalators 19 Interiors 2 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 20 Railway Stations 21 Walks 6 Laboratories & Medicine 7 Acoustics 8 History of Audio Recording 4 ART & CULTURE 9 Audio Interfaces 22 Archaeology 10 Machines 23 Art Processes 11 Glitches 24 Food 12 20th Century Audio Equipment 25 Transport 13 21st Century Audio Equipment 26 Bells & Clocks 27 Rituals & Events 28 Libraries & Archives 29 Museums 30 Exhibitions of Sounds

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With 317 objects organised GUIDED TOURS into 30 different galleries that take over eight and a half hours to listen to, deciding on where to begin in our Permanent Collection Galleries can be more than a little overwhelming! If you’d like some suggestions, try one of our Guided Tours! They have been specially curated to highlight our most important objects – just sit back, relax, and enjoy the tour!

TOUR 1 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION Only have time for a short visit? Make sure to experience some of our favourite objects! 15 minutes

Wake up with a ‘Dawn Symphony’– Flush Sigmund Freud’s toilet a tranquil sunrise over Rome in his house in Vienna GALLERY 2 OBJECT 1 GALLERY 17 OBJECT 1

Chuckle along with a Pink River Lounge at the hotel pool in Chicago Dolphin in the Amazon River where Tarzan trained for the Olympics GALLERY 4 OBJECT 5 GALLERY 19 OBJECT 5

Hear the First Recorded Human Voice: Walk through ancient catacombs a picture of sound etched on paper beneath Alexandria, Egypt GALLERY 8 OBJECT 1 GALLERY 22 OBJECT 3

Take a trip on a conveyor belt Stand in the crowd as Big Ben bongs through a security x-ray scanner for the last time in 4 years GALLERY 10 OBJECT 2 GALLERY 26 OBJECT 11

Play John Peel’s 1981 ‘Festive 50’ Cheer a marching band at San Francisco on a portable cassette player Pride the year gay marriage was legalised GALLERY 12 OBJECT 2 GALLERY 27 OBJECT 18 10 • TOUR 2 MUSIC Listen to objects that contain or are related to music. 20 minutes

The First Recording of a Museum (1888) 4,000-person choir sings Handel in London’s Crystal Palace on a wax cylinder. 2.28 p.66

The First MP3 (1987): Suzanne Vega, ‘Tom’s Diner (a capella)’ Song used at Fraunhofer Labs, Germany to refine the MP3 algorithm. 2.09 p.70

Disco Boat: Nile River, Cairo (2010) A floating party happens every night on the Nile River. 1.08 p.177

Madhavi: Gurgaon, India (2016) Balma Mane Na, from 1962 Bollywood film Opera House, sung in praise of Lakshmi. 1.45 p.194

Hofbrauhaus: Munich, Germany (2012) Volksmusik (German folk music), lederhosen & ennui at Munich’s most famous pub. 2.01 p.196

Amolador Flute: Lisbon (2017) recorded by João Caldas Tune played by neighbourhood knife sharpeners to let people know they’re ready to work. 0.14 p.200

Wedding Music Practice: Maulbronn Monastery, Germany (1888) A man sings and a woman plays organ, preparing for a traditional wedding ceremony. 1.55 p.201

Pride Parade: San Francisco (2008) Lesbian marching band performs Chapel of Love the year gay marriage became legal. 1.39 p.201

Buskers: District Line Underground Train, London (2017) Jubilant band walks through a Tube train and pauses at the stop. 1.58 p.207

Myra, Crete Street Music: Athens (2011) Traditional folk music played by a busker. 1.21 p.208

Museum of Mechanical Musical Machines, Portugal (2017) French bastringue piano, used in dance halls, plays music off a cylinder. 1.31 p.226

Reverb Chamber: Motown Museum, Detroit (2012) Demonstration of clapping in an attic crawlspace, integral to the Motown sound. 1.08 p.239 • 11 TOUR 3 RELAXATION Bliss out on a tour of natural, quiet, or calming objects. 20 minutes

Crickets (Daytime): West Park Wetlands, Ann Arbor (2009) Heavy cricket stridulation (rubbing body parts together to generate sound). 1.00 p. 35

Psithurism: Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal (2016) The sound of wind blowing through tree leaves has a name: psithurism. 2.34 p. 42

Thunderstorm: Corfu, Greece (2011) A heavy rainfall outside a hotel window. 1.42 p. 45

Waterfall: Offenburg, Germany (2014) The sound of the highest waterfall in Germany. 2.00 p. 49

Lake Eerie Waves: Pelee Island, Canada (2010) Rhythmic waves lapping back and forth. 2.28 p. 50

Brown Noise Synthetic sound whose frequencies mimic the randomness of Brownian Motion. 1.00 p. 60

Buckingham Fountain, Chicago (2005) 14,000 US gallons of water are pumped every 20 minutes in Chicago’s Grant Park. 1.30 p. 105

Fountain, Baden Baden, Germany (2012) Gurgling on a private terrace amidst a winding staircase on the side of a hill. 1.19 p. 106

Ancient Roman Channel: Winchester, UK (2018) River rerouting that has run continuously since 70CE. 1.30 p. 142

Tree Trimming: Cairo, Egypt (2010) Soothing sound of shears at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum Park. 1.12 p. 149

Cloisters: Maulbronn Monastery, Germany (2012) Not just bells: listen closely to hear a small string instrument ensemble practising. 1.37 p. 186

Art Institute of Chicago: Modern Wing (2009) Analogue film projector, part of Wolfgang Plöger’s Make No Mistake About This installation. 1.17 p. 235 • FOR12 THE GALLERY GUIDE 3RD EDITION ChiefCurator OBJECTS TOUR 4 TOP 40

Compiled from the personal aesthetic preferences of the Director & Chief Curator particularly if the recording is funny, exciting, or sentimental. TITLE TOTAL DURATION: 58 MINUTES LOCATION

POSITION GALLERY OBJECT NO. PAGE DURATION OF OBJECT DATE OF RECORDING H H No. 1 H H FALLING OFF A CAMEL BASED ENTIRELY UPON GREAT PYRAMID, GIZA, EGYPT PERSONAL BIAS 1 2 13 31 (0.49) 1 May 2010 PRIDE PARADE MARCHING BAND SAN FRANCISCO, US 2 27 18 201 (1.39) 6 July 2008 POP ROCKS® LONDON 3 24 10 156 (1.32) 6 June 2017 AUTOMATED PORTRAIT BOOTH NAVY PIER, CHICAGO 4 9 7 75 (2.34) 28 October 2006 TREE TRIMMING CAIRO, EGYPT 5 23 9 149 (1.12) 6 May 2010 SECURITY X-RAY SCANNER SKYGARDEN, LONDON 6 10 2 83 (1.31) 8 November 2017 PSITHURISM ALBUFEIRA, ALGARVE, PORTUGAL 7 5 2 42 (2.34) 8 September 2016 GUILDHALL ART GALLERY ON FIRE LONDON 8 29 6 228 (1.45) 8 March 2014 AIRPORT ANNOUNCEMENT GATWICK AIRPORT, LONDON 9 9 8 75 (0.10) 8 April 2015 MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS ZAGREB, CROATIA 10 29 5 227 (1.00) 25 September 2015 HOVERCRAFT THE ISLE OF WIGHT, UK 11 25 34 178 (3.46) 25 September 2018 CATACOMBS OF KOM EL-SHAQOUFA ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 12 22 3 140 (1.59) 11 May 2010 STREET CROSSING SIGNAL VASCO DA GAMA MALL, LISBON 13 9 22 79 (0.56) 11 October 2004 NO. 28 TROLLEY (NIGHT) LISBON, PORTUGAL 14 25 22 170 (1.56) 1 March 2008 ECHO CHAMBER MOTOWN MUSEUM, DETROIT 15 29 26 239 (1.08) 13 June 2012 ST GEREMIA TOWER CLOCK ST GEREMIA, VENICE 16 26 10 189 (1.22) 23 May 2018 PUBLIC TELEPHONE ZAGREB, CROATIA 17 9 1 73 (0.26) 25 September 2015 WATER PIPES AND TOILET RAWABET, CAIRO, EGYPT 18 17 2 113 (0.47) 17 May 2010 PLAYING THE ROSETTA STONE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON 19 29 23 237 (1.20) 19 May 2018 CRICKETS (NIGHT) GRABEN NEUDORF-NORD, GERMANY 20 3 2 35 (2.00) 18 August 2012 • 13

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POSITION GALLERY OBJECT NO. PAGE DURATION OF RECORDING DATE OF RECORDING DUELLING BUSKERS SOUTH BANK, LONDON 21 27 32 209 (1.42) 3 October 2014 DOOR NEUE STAATSGELERIE STUTTGART 22 16 4 111 (0.06) 17 October 2012 FIRE ALARM, ACADEMIC CONFERENCE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON 23 9 9 76 (2.09) 21 July 2017 BROKEN P.A. SPEAKER MITCHELL HALL, UW-MILWAUKEE, US 24 11 3 89 (0.49) 1 March 2008 SISTINE CHAPEL ROME 25 29 7 228 (1.31) 10 Spril 2017 AUTUMN LEAVES FALLING NORTH PARK NATURE CENTER, CHICAGO 26 5 1 41 (2.00) 18 October 2008 AUTOMATED TRACK ANNOUNCEMENTS UNION STATION, CHICAGO 27 20 5 129 (2.55) 21 March 2009 316 BUS THROUGH BOBADELA LISBON, PORTUGAL 28 25 27 173 (2.15) 22 September 2017 RICE KRISPIES® FACEBOOK LIVE 29 24 2 151 (3.26) 14 December 2018 STREET ARTISTS PAINTING A MURAL SOUTHSEA, UK 30 23 4 146 (1.30) 9 September 2018 PINBALL HALL OF FAME LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, US 31 29 15 232 (1.00) 28 February 2011 SQUIRREL CHASE EVANSTON, IL, US 32 2 11 30 (0.09) 16 April 2005 STREET SWEEPING PUB WORKER APPENWEIER, GERMANY 33 27 6 196 (1.31) 8 September 2012 WUBBLY NO. 26 TRAM VIENNA, AUSTRIA 34 25 20 169 (2.30) 6 December 2017 ROLLER COASTER CENTREVILLE ISLAND, ONTARIO, CA 35 27 10 197 (1.45) 1 August 2009 APARTMENT SECURITY SYSTEM WARSAW, POLAND 36 9 5 74 (0.50) 8 May 2017 MOLD-A-RAMA® MACHINE FIELD MUSEUM, CHICAGO 37 29 11 230 (1.17) 1 January 2012 DOORBELL, PRIVATE RESIDENCE MILWAUKEE, WI, US 38 16 1 109 (0.13) 1 March 2008 VIOLIN VS CONSTRUCTION SAW PARK GÜELL, BARCELONA, SPAIN 39 27 30 208 (0.46) 16 December 2017 THE PRIME MERIDIAN GREENWICH, UK 40 29 22 237 (1.35) 3 November 2017 2 •

THE PERMANENT COLLECTION GALLERIES n OBJECT LIST • 1 Permanent Collection Object List • New to the 3rd Edition • New to the 2nd Edition ©2019 John Kannenberg/Museum of Portable Sound

I. NATURAL HISTORY •Café Downpour: Paris Est Rail Station, 26 Sept 2012 •Gallery 1. Humans •Creek: Park of the Senses, Schwartzwald, Germany, 14 Sept 2014 •Prenatal Infant Heartbeat: Edinburgh, 2018 •The River Thames: London, 3 March 2015 Gallery 2. Animals •Waterfall: Offenburg, Germany, 14 Sept 2014 •Dawn Symphony: Rome, Italy, 13 Apr 2017 •Lake Michigan Rocky Shore: Chicago, 7 Sept 2005 •Rooster: Lisbon, Portugal, 22 May 2016 •Lake Erie waves: Pelee Island, Canada, 2 July 2010 •Actual Bird Record made by a Captive Nightingale, 1910 •Birket Qarun: Fayoum, 19 May 2010

•Greylag Geese: St James Park, London, 12 Sept 2018 •Clarence Esplanade Beach: Southsea, 28 Sept 2018 •Chickens: Luke’s Barn, Michigan, 20 Feb 2010 II. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY •Birds, Crickets, Cows, and Cow Bells at Dusk: Alandroal, 30 Apr 2016 •Black-Headed Gulls: Portsmouth, 20 April 2019 •Gallery 6. Laboratories & Medicine •Loon: Minocqua, 24 July 2000 •Radiology Lab: Lisbon, Portugal, 10 Apr 2015 •Pardais birds: Lagos, Portugal, 17 Sept 2017 •IV: Evanston, IL, US, 13 Apr 2014 •Root Canal: Smiles For You Brockley, 10 Feb 2018 •Parrots: Park Güell, Barcelona, 3 Dec 2017 •Squirrel Chase: Evanston, 16 April 2005 •Gallery 7. Acoustics •Horses: Setúbal, Portugal, 23 Sept 2017 •Reverberation Chamber: Columbia College, Chicago, 9 July 2010 •Falling off of a Camel: Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1 May 2010 •Anechoic Chamber: London South Bank University, 23 July 2015 •Bat Echolocation (slowed): Central New Mexico, July 2017 •White Noise, 2019 •Bat Emergence (5% slowed): Central New Mexico, July 2017 •Pink Noise, 2019 •Gallery 3. Insects •Brown Noise, 2019 •Crickets (day): Wetlands, West Park, Ann Arbor, 14 Sept 2009 •Blue Noise, 2019 •Purple Noise, 2019 •Crickets (night): Train Station, Graben Neudorf Nord, 18 Aug 2012 •Grey Noise, 2019 •Bee: Catford, London, 20 Aug 2017 •Cicadas: Corfu, 2 Oct 2011 • Gallery 8. History of Sound Recording •The First Recording of a Human Voice, Paris, 9 Apr 1860 •Gallery 4. Underwater Life •The First Recording of a Museum: The Crystal Palace, London, 1888 •Aquatic Insects: Logan River, Queensland (Date Unknown) •The First Binaural Pop Album, Lou Reed’s Street Hassle: Arista, 1978 •Freshwater Snapping Shrimp: Noosa River, Queensland, 11 May 2015 The First CD, Track 6: Claudio Arrau performs Chopin, Japan, 1980 •White Beaked Dolphin: North Sea, UK, 04 Oct 2015 •The First MP3: Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner (a capella), 1987 •Australian Humpback Dolphins: Tin Can Bay, Queensland, 20 Jan 2017

•Pink River Dolphins: Amazon River, Brazil, 28 Oct 2011 • Gallery 9. Audio Interfaces •Humpback Whales: Gold Coast, Queensland, 3 Sept 2018 •Public Telephone: Zagreb, 25 Sept 2015 •Public Telephone: Venice, 24 May 2018 •Gallery 5. Weather & Water •Utility Telephone: Chicago, US, 2 May 2009 •Autumn Leaves Falling: Chicago, 18 Oct 2008 •ATM: San Francisco, US, 5 July 2008 •Psithurism: Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal, 8 Sept 2016 •Automated Portrait Booth: Chicago, 28 Oct 2006 •Rain and tornado warning siren: Albany Park, Chicago, 5 Aug 2008 •Airport Announcement: Gatwick Airport, 8 April 2015 •Rain and tornado warning siren: Ann Arbor, 6 June 2010 •Apartment Security System: Warsaw, Poland, 8 May 2017 •Thunderstorm: Corfu, 7 Oct 2011 •Alarm Test, UC-Berkeley campus, 2 July 2008 •Bloemenmarkt Rain: Amsterdam, 28 Feb 2010 •Foghorn Conversation: Portsmouth, 16 Oct 2018 2 • OBJECT LIST

•Street Crossing Signals for Visually Impaired: •Gallery 13. 21st Century Audio Equipment •IIT Campus, Chicago, 11 Oct 2004 •Arcam Solo CD Player: London, 17 Sept 2016

•Port of San Francisco, 5 Jul 2008 •iPod Classic magnetic field, London, 2015

•Ann Arbor, US, 14 June 2009 •iPhone 4S magnetic field, London, 2015 •Toronto, Canada, 31 July 2009 •Zoom H2 magnetic field, London, 2015

•Munich, Germany, 20 Oct 2012 •Olympus LS-10 magnetic field, London, 2015 •Zagreb, Croatia, 26 Sept 2015 •Aarhus, Denmark, 5 June 2016 III. ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN •Warsaw, Poland, 6 May 2017 •Gallery 14. Construction, Exteriors & Tours •Antwerp, Belgium, 3 Aug 2017 •Crane Operators: Porto, Portugal, 11 Sept 2017 •Vienna, Austria, 9 Dec 2017 •Construction site for Apple retail store: Chicago, 22 Apr 2009 •Lisbon, Portugal, 23 Dec 2017 •Welding: Newbury Library, Chicago, 14 June 2009 •Tampere, Finland, 12 June 2018 •Construction destruction: Baku, Azerbaijan, 5 Oct 2017 •Fire Truck Siren: London, 8 Aug 2017 •Bridge rising: Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, 4 Sept 2005 •Police Car Siren: London, 8 Aug 2017 •Bridge rising: Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 29 May 2009 •Police Car Siren: Ghent, 22 July 2017 •Architecture Boat Tour, Chicago River, Chicago, 5 July 2008 •Police Car Sirens: Chicago, 14 June 2013 •Gallery 15. Fountains •Gallery 10. Machines •Buckingham Fountain: Chicago, 7 Sept 2005 •Kettle: South Kensington, Oct 1999 •Fountain: Baden Baden, 23 Aug 2012 •Security X-Ray Conveyor: London, 8 Nov 2017 •Fountain (with explosion?): Zagreb, 26 Sept 2015 •Jackhammer: Portsmouth, 10 Oct 2018 •Sprinklers: Evanston, 7 Sept 2005 •Geiger Counter: Las Vegas, 2 March 2011 •Sprinklers: Karlsruhe, 4 Sept 2012 Cable Car Underground Cable: San Francisco, 5 July 2008 •Refrigeration Unit: Speyer, 18 Aug 2012 •Gallery 16. Doors, Windows & Fixtures •Portable Generator: Chicago, 24 Aug 2008 •Doorbell: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1 Mar 2008 •Portable Generator: Kenosha, 18 April 2009 •Door: Rubens house, Ghent, 21 July 2017 •Portable Generator: Detroit, 17 Oct 2009 •Door, DeBalie Café: Amsterdam, 28 Feb 2010 •Portable Generator: Southsea, 15 Sept 2018 •Door: Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 17 Oct 2012 •Window: Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 27 Apr 2007 • Gallery 11. Glitches • •Malfunctioning iPod: Apple Store, Chicago, 5 Aug 2008 •Gallery 17. Plumbing, Heating & Cooling •Malfunctioning MacBook: Apple Store, Chicago, 8 Sept 2008 •Sigmund Freud’s Toilet: Vienna, 9 Dec 2017 •Broken P.A. Speaker: Mitchell Hall, UW – Milwaukee, 1 Mar 2008 •Water Pipes, Toilet: Rawabet, Cairo, 17 May 2010 •Broken Fire Alarm: Pierpont Commons, Univ. of Michigan, 19 Jun 2009 •Victorian Toilet: London, 25 Nov 2013 •Malfunctioning Intercom: London, 4 April 2019 •Drain pipe (outdoor): Baku, Azerbaijan, 3 Oct 2017 •PLAY Exhibition Glitch: The Henry Ford, Detroit, 16 Aug 2010 •Drainage System & Shower: London, 8 Aug 2017 •Steam heat radiator, apartment: Chicago, 1 Oct 2008 •Gallery 12. 20th Century Audio Equipment •Ventilation Duct: Venice, Italy, 3 Nov 2014 •Dansette Hi-Fi model phonograph: London, 17 Sept 2016 •Air vent: Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 12 Apr 2010 •Panasonic RQ-L317 Cassette Recorder (1980s): London, 17 Sept 2016 •Ventilation Fan, Coffeeshop: Amsterdam, NL, 5 Mar 2010 •TapeTalk 2: Minneapolis, 29 Nov 2017 PERMANENT COLLECTION GALLERIES • 3

•Air vent behind Yoshi’s: Ann Arbor, MI, US, 23 Aug 2009 •Gallery 23. Art Processes •Central heating system vent: Ann Arbor, MI, US, 20 Feb 2010 •Millicent Fawcett Statue Unveiling (artist: Gillian Wearing): Parliament Square, London, 24 April 2018 •Air vent: Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Stadium, Toledo, OH, 1 July 2009 Drawing on Board (artist: Bettina Fung), London, UK, 26 Sept 2016 •Air vent: National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland, 6 May 2017 • Street Engraving (artist: unknown): Cairo, Egypt, 17 May 2010 •HVAC: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 8 Sept 2015 • •Street Artists Painting a Mural (artists: SOAK SK & Lefty Sketch): •Gallery 18. Elevators & Escalators Southsea, 9 Sept 2018

•Elevator Up: The Shard, London, 24 March 2014 •Sculpting an Amphora (artist: Reem Gibriel): Ann Arbor, 31 Mar 2010 •Elevator Down: Hancock Tower, Chicago, 2 May 2009 •Constructing an Installation (artists: Christina Raab and Jasmin Schaitl): Warsaw, 6 May 2017 •Elevator Up: Tampere Tower, Tampere, 13 June 2018 •Alley Weave: Loom (artist: unknown): Varanasi, India, 31 July 2009 •Escalators: Tate Modern, London, 22 Feb 2015 •Weaving, Loom (artist: Rachel Esslinger): Ann Arbor, 10 Oct 2009 Escalator: St Lazare Station, Paris, Oct 2012 •Tree trimming (artist unknown): Mahmoud Mukhtar Park, •Escalator: Oriente Station, Lisbon, 22 Sept 2017 Cairo, 6 May 2010 •Exhibition under construction (gallery workers: unknown): • Gallery 19. Interiors Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art Huettenbar: Lincoln Square, Chicago, 10 July 2008 Warsaw, 6 May 2017 • •Café: York, UK, 2002 •Gallery 24. Food •Entering flat, and locking flat door: Warsaw, 8 May 2017 •Espresso: Rome, Italy, 22 Apr 2017 •Deserted house after tornado: Dundee, Michigan, 8 June 2010 •Rice Krispies®: Facebook Live, 14 Dec 2018 •Swimming Pool, Hotel Intercontinental: Chicago, 27 Aug 2007 •Lunch: Tandir Kebab, Baku, Azerbaijan, 3 Oct 2017 •Sacre Coeur: Paris, 24 Sept 2012 •Lunch, Café Olé Mallorca: Barcelona, 18 Dec 2017 •The Great Hall, Union Station: Chicago, 21 Mar 2009 •Food Court: Cairo, 2 May 2010 •Gallery 20. Railway Stations •Oldest Coffee House in Europe: Oxford, 26 Aug 2018

•Victoria Station: London, 3 Dec 2018 •Café Bräunerhof: Vienna, 9 Dec 2017 •Tampere Station: Tampere, 14 June 2018 •Saganaki: Greek Town, Detroit, 3 Nov 2009 •Ramses Station: Cairo, 8 May 2010 •Wine Service: Venice, 21 May 2018 •Centraal Station: Amsterdam, 24 Feb 2010 •Pop Rocks: London, 6 June 2017 •Union Station: Chicago, 21 March 2009 •Cleaning Mercato di Rialto: Venice, 23 May 2018

•Gallery 21. Walks •Gallery 25. Transport

•Walking in Corfu, Greece (Morning) Inter-City Trains •Walking in Munich, Germany (Night) Train To Cairo: Alexandria, 12 May 2010 •Walking in Graça, Lisbon, Portugal (Morning) Amtrak Hiawatha Train: Chicago, Aug 2009 •Walking in Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt (Afternoon) Night Train to Karlsruhe: Speyer, Aug 2012 Squeaking Metra Train: Chicago, March 2009 IV. ART & CULTURE •Southern Train to London: Portsmouth, 2 April 2019 Intra-City Trains •Gallery 22. Archaeology Tube to South Kensington: London, 14 July 2018 •King Tutankhamun’s trumpets, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, 16 Apr 1939 • Metro Train: Athens, Greece, 1 Oct 2011 •North Temple Interior: Karanis, Egypt, 19 May 2010 Red Line Train: Barcelona, 2 Dec 2017 •Catacombs of Kom El Shaqoufa: Alexandria, Egypt, 11 May 2010 • Holiday Train: Chicago, 13 Dec 2008 •Archaeologists clearing Roman theatre: Lisbon, Portugal, 9 Apr 2015 • Metro to Montmarte: Paris, 25 Sept 2012 •Ancient Roman Well: San Clemente, Rome, Italy, 13 Apr 2017 BART train to 24th Street: San Francisco, 2 July 2008 •Ancient Roman Channel: Winchester, UK, 1 Aug 2018 Subway to Museum Station: Toronto, 31 July 2009 •Subway to Museumsquartier: Vienna, 10 Dec 2017 4 • OBJECT LIST

Trams & Trollies •Wedding Bells: Zagreb, 26 Sept 2015 •Antique Tram: Karlsruhe, 16 Sept 2012 •St Geremia Tower Clock: Treviso, Venice, 23 May 2018 Tram to Rijksmuseum: Amsterdam, Feb 2010 •Big Ben’s final 12 Bongs: London, 8 August 2017 •Tram: Basel, 25 Aug 2012 People Mover: Detroit, 3 Nov 2009 •Gallery 27. Rituals & Events Tram Approach: Minneapolis, Feb 2007 •Call to Prayer: Talaat Harb Street, Cairo, Egypt, 26 May 2010 •Tram: Strasbourg, Oct 2012 •Madhavi: Gurgaon, India, 9 Sept 2016, by Cristina Sousa Martínez •No. 26 Tram (wubbly): Vienna, 6 Dec 2017 •Chanting, Al-Azhar Mosque: Cairo, Egypt, 21 May 2010 •Tram: Zagreb, 26 Sept 2015 •Sunday services: Munich Dom church, Munich, 21 Oct 2012 No. 28 Trolley: Lisbon, 2 July 2008 •Public water fountain: Corfu, Greece, 7 Oct 2011 •Cable Car: San Francisco, 31 July 2009 •Pub worker sweeping street: Chez Paul II, Appenweier, 8 Sept 2012 •Hofbrauhaus: Munich, Germany, 21 Oct 2012 •Trolley: Kenosha, 18 April 2009 •Penny Arcade: Brighton Pier, Brighton, UK, 1 Dec 2013 Buses Carousel: Santa Cruz Boardwalk, California, 5 July 2008 Number 9 Bus: Ann Arbor, July 2009 • Roller coaster: Centreville Island, Toronto, 1 Aug 2009 Moaning Bus: Chicago, 14 June 2008 • •World’s oldest bookshop: Bertrand, Lisbon, 8 June 2016 •316 Bus Through Bobadela: Lisbon, 22 Sept 2017 •Street market: downtown Cairo, Egypt, 8 May 2010 •Bus to Ostiense Marconi: Rome, 13 April 2017 •Feira Da Ladra Flea Market: Lisbon, Portugal, 11 Apr 2015 Private Travel •Shop Owners Banter: Stratford Centre, London, 26 Nov 2013 •Harley Davidson Motorcycles: Milwauke, 31 Aug 2008 •Amolador trumpet: Lisbon, 22 Aug 2017 •Cab Ride: Cairo, 7 May 2010 •Bird whistle salesman: Brighton, UK, 1 Dec 2013 Water Travel •Wedding musicians practicing: Maulbronn Monastery, 31 Aug 2012 •Paddle Boat: Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, 29 June 2010 •Pride Parade: San Francisco, US, 6 July 2008 Boat to Nilometer: Cairo, 15 May 2010 •Armistice Day Silence: Portsmouth & London, 11 Nov 2018 •Disco Boat: Nile River, Cairo, 17 May 2010 •Queen’s Day (Koninginnedag): Amsterdam, 30 April 2011 •Water Taxi: Lake Michigan, Chicago, 8 Sept 2008 •Friday Night Down The Pub: London, 28 Sept 2018 •Ferry Boat: Pelee Island, Canada, 2 July 2010 •Classic Cars Showcase: Ypsilanti, 30 July 2009 •Water Bus: Venice, 22 May 2018 •Undercroft: Southbank Centre, London, 5 Aug 2018 •Canal Boat: Venice, 2 Nov 2014 •Chicago White Sox stadium ambience: Chicago, 15 Feb 2007 Air Travel •Running softball bases: West Park, Ann Arbor, 25 Sept 2009 •Flight Prep & Takeoff: Baku, Azerbaijan – London, 7 Oct 2017 •Zamboni, Red Arrow Park, Milwaukee, 5 Feb 2000 Sightseeing •Busking band: Underground District Line, London, UK, 18 Mar 2017 •Horse-drawn Carriages: Warsaw, 8 May 2017 •Bagpipe Busker: Selfridges, London, 25 Nov 2013 Miniature Steam Train: Schloss Park, Karlsruhe, 7 Sept 2012 •Mira (Street music, Crete): Athens, 1 Oct 2011 •Funicular: Zagreb, 26 Sept 2015 •Violin vs Construction Saw: Barcelona, 16 Dec 2017 •Violin Busker: Ghent, 4 Aug 2017 •Gallery 26. Bells & Clocks •Duelling Buskers: South Bank, London, 3 Oct 2014 •Munich Dom: Munich, 21 Oct 2012 •Friday Of Departure: Egyptian Revolution Protest, Alexandria, 11 Feb 2011 •Heiliggeistkirche bells: Heidelberg, 15 Sept 2012 •Anti-Austerity Protest: Corfu, Greece, 5 Oct 2011 •Maulbronn Monastery Cloisters: Maulbronn, 31 Aug 2012 •Time’s Up Protest: London, 8 Jan 2018 •Ghent Belfry: Ghent, 23 July 2017 •Women’s March Against Trump: London, 14 July 2018 •Popsicle cart: Albany Park, Chicago, 10 May 2008 •4th of July fireworks: Albany Park, Chicago, US, 2008 •Westminster Abbey: London, Christmas Day, 2014 •Flagpoles: Duderstadt Center, Ann Arbor, 15 Feb 2010 •Samuels Clock: Market Street, San Francisco, 5 July 2008 •Pere Lachaise cemetery: Paris, 30 Sept 2012 •Sagrada Familia: Barcelona, 18 Dec 2017 PERMANENT COLLECTION GALLERIES • 5

•Gallery 28. Libraries & Archives •Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 10 May 2010 •Bodleian Library: Oxford, 2 Sept 2018 •New York Public Library Reading Room, 30 Mar 2008 •Harold Washington Library Reference Room, Chicago, 14 June 2009 •Tampere Music Library: Tampere, 13 June 2018 •Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia Bibliothec: Venice, 24 May 2018 •Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Archives, Ann Arbor, Feb 2012 •Melodic CD-R Printer, British Library Sound Archive, London, 2014 •Internet Archive Backup, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, 10 May 2010 •Science Museum Sound archives, Blythe House, London, 23 Apr 2015

•Gallery 29. Museums DE-ACCESSIONED OBJECTS Acropolis Museum, Athens, 2010 • The following sounds appeared in previous editions of the •Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2015 Permanent Collection Galleries but have been temporarily removed from display. •Museum of Mechanical Musical Machines, Setúbal, 10 Sept 2017 •Old Grand Rapids Public Museum: Grand Rapids, 20 Mar 2010 We apologise for any inconvenience caused. •Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb, 2015 PETA protest: Chicago, 3 Jan 2007 Guildhall Museum, London, UK, 2014 • Xalapa Protest: Xalapa, Mexico, 16 Jan 2014 (by Cristina Sousa Martínez) •Sistine Chapel: Rome, Italy, 10 April 2017 •ModeMuseum: Martin Margiela exhibition, Antwerp, 21 July 2017 •Museu de Cera dos Descobrimentos: Lagos, Portugal, 5 Sept 2017 •Pollocks Toy Museum: London, UK, 26 July 2017 •Mold-A-Rama® Machine, Field Museum, Chicago, 1 Jan 2012 •Souvenier coin pressing machine: Pelee Island, Canada, 2 July 2010 •Hayward Gallery, Ana Mendieta exhibition, London, 2013 •Florence Nightingale Museum: London, 8 Aug 2017 •Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame and Players Museum, 2011 •Musei Vaticani: Raphael, School of Athens, Rome, 10 Apr 2017 •Barbican: Eames Gravity Xylophone, London, 7 Nov 2015 •Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland, 2012 •Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK, 2013 •Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US, 2009 •Dachau concentration camp, Munich, Germany, 2012 •Royal Observatory: Prime Meridian, Greenwich, UK, 2017 •Playing the Rosetta Stone: The British Museum, 19 May 2018 •Detroit Science Center: Detroit, 29 Aug 2010 •Moomin Museum: Tampere, 14 June 2018 •Motown Museum, Detroit, US, 2012 • •Gallery 30. Exhibitions of Sounds •Sound Art: Sound as a Medium of Art, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Oct 2012 •Art or Sound, Fondazione Prada, Venice, 3 Nov 2014 • 1

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Sony Walkman model WM-11D. The First Compact Disc.

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Sony Walkman WM-11D The First Compact Disc Japan, 1985 Philips Classics Japan, 1980 Four years after Sony released the original Walkman portable cassette player, they released The first commercially available Compact Disc was the WM-11D, a fairly standard model whose only released by Philips Classics in 1980. The original standout feature was its ability to ‘auto-stop’ recording for the album was made in 1979. playing a tape when it was finished. It originally In a ceremony to launch the beginning of the retailed for US$35. manufacture of the disc, musician Claudio Arrau was invited to the factory to press the ‘start’ button Please note: on the machinery. The Museum’s copy of this object is broken and does not function. Please be aware of this if you request to examine this object in person.

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Sharp MiniDisc recorder, User’s Manual, and unopened MiniDisc donated by Lydie Valentin.

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Sharp MiniDisc Recorder France, 1990

As the Compact Disc format became the standard for music distribution, usage of other formats such as the LP record and the audio cassette rapidly – but as we have seen recently, temporarily – faded away. In an attempt to fill the gap left by the ‘death’ of the audio cassette, the MiniDisc format was launched in 1992 – a tiny recordable compact disc that was capable of making digital recordings that was also easily re-recordable, unlike the con- fusing CD-R and CD-RW formats. Only about half the size of a standard CD, the MiniDisc was none- theless capable of storing the same amount of CD- quality audio. The MiniDisc never caught on with mainstream listening audiences; however, it was briefly embraced by field recordists as an alterna- tive to the bulkier DAT (Digital Audio Tape). Once MP3 players began to capture the market, demand for the MiniDisc slowly faded, until all production of them was shut down for good in 2013. 4 •

iPod Classic. iPhone 4S.

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At 160GB in capacity, the iPod Classic was The mobile phone that houses the Museum of a way for a listener to carry their entire audio Portable Sound also happens to be an object in collection with them wherever they went. the Museum’s collection – which means that when As times have changed – along with business you visit the Museum, not only are you holding models – the desire for consumer ownership an entire museum in your hand, but you’re also of their own collection music has been eroded. holding a single object from its collections – Streaming audio is now the desired format via frankly, we find this to be a fascinating paradox! which music is consumed, and in order to stream Add to this the fact that you can audio, you need a data transfer connection – also listen to this iPhone’s elec- either WiFi or mobile phone data. This means tromagnetic field as one of the portable listening is gradually shifting over to permanent collection objects mobile phones, leaving standalone audio devices (see Gallery 13, Object 3), like the iPod looking terribly old fashioned. and things go from paradoxical to downright metaphysical. No need to make a special request to inspect this item, it’s always available whenever you visit the Museum of Portable Sound! Image courtesy knowyourmeme.com/memes/mind-blown courtesy Image • 5

Ukrainian radio front (above) and inscription FM3 Buddha Machine v.2 (purple). on bottom reverse (below).

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AM/FM Radio FM3 Buddha Machine v.2 Ukraine, 1988 China, 2008

Kate Yonova-Doing, the donor of this piece to our A self-contained portable sound machine, the collections: ‘I wanted to tell you that my 85 year Buddha Machine was created by the band FM3 old grandma is donating her radio (made 1988 in and intended as a pre-loaded loop-playing device. Ukraine, still working) to the Museum of Portable Each Buddha Machine came with a built-in Sound. It was her best friend for the last 27 years speaker, a combined power switch and volume and is one of my favourite objects at home. control wheel, and a chip containing nine pre- With its help my musical culture was formed from recorded sound loops created by the band. classical music to alternative and modern com- Our object is the second version of the Machine posed etc...[S]he saved it from going to the trash, that was released in 2008, and which added a and I [brought] it to London, [where] she hopes it pitch control in addition to the nine new loops will find a happy new home in your museum.’ contained on its chip. 6 •

Portuguese disposable earbuds, Olympus Pearlcorder S711 microcassette donated by Dr Lara Torres. recorder, donated by Matthew Sansom.

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Disposable Earbuds Olympus Pearlcorder S711 Portugal, 2016 Tokyo, 1990s

When traveling on the Alfa train line in Portugal, Olympus created the Microcassette format in 1969. it is possible to obtain a free set of disposable The format was primarily used for recording voice, earbuds for listening to the on-board entertain- and became a standard for dictaphone machines. ment. Our earbuds were obtained on a train Its variable speed allowed for recording up to travelling from Lisbon to Algarve. three hours on a single 90-minute microcassette. Later models of the S711 were available in Please note: ‘champagne gold’ or blue, and had a slightly more The Museum intends to keep these earbuds swooping, tapered design. The Museum’s S711 mint in package, so if requesting to inspect came with an opened microcassette still inside; them, we will not allow you to open the we have yet to listen to its contents. package.

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Olympus XB60 microcassette in package, Normal bias audio cassettes in original packaging donated by Matthew Sansom. (lot of two), donated by Matthew Sansom.

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Olympus XB60 Microcassette Normal Bias Shinjuku, Date Unknown Audio Cassette Tapes Shropshire & Germany, 1990s The Microcassette has proven to be a stalwart recording format, particularly due to its long- Bias in magnetic tape refers to a magnetic signal standing use as the primary format of dictation applied to the tape as it is being recorded; the machines. While some Microcassettes are still higher the bias signal, the higher the sound qual- available for purchase, Olympus and other ity, particualrly in the high end of the recorded producers discontinued their manufacture in signal. High bias cassette tapes exhibit much less the hopes that customers would switch to ‘tape hiss’ than normal bias tapes do. These two digital recorders. normal bias tapes were manufactured by Maxell (Shropshire) and Emtec (Germany). Please note: The Museum intends to keep this object mint Please note: in package, so if requesting to inspect it, we The Museum intends to keep these objects mint will not allow you to unwrap it. in package, so if requesting to inspect them, we will not allow you to unwrap them. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 8 •

Impega CD-RW 650MB, HHB DAT65 Digital Audio Tape, donated by Matthew Sansom. donated by Matthew Sansom.

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Impega CD-RW 650MB HHB DAT65 Digital Audio Tape Switzerland, pre-2010 Toronto, Date Unknown

Swiss office products brand Impega was a signifi- Initially released by Sony in 1987, Digital Audio cant presence on the European recordable media Tape was initially intended to be a replacement market before it was acquired by Lyreco, who for magnetic audio tape. Instead of recording an replaced the Impega branding with its own name analogue signal, DAT tape stored its recorded in 2010. information digitally at CD quality or higher. Its high fidelity was to be its death warrant, as the Please note: recording industry helped block DAT’s implemen- The Museum intends to keep this object mint in tation as a widespread audio tape replacement due package, so if requesting to inspect it, we will to fears of consumers being able to make perfect not allow you to unwrap it. copies of Compact Discs. DAT tape became a niche product for musicians and field recordists, but We apologise for any inconvenience caused. its quirky combination of digital recordings with analogue retrieval proved unwieldy upon the widespread adoption of recordable CDs.

Please note: The Museum intends to keep this object mint in package, so if requesting to inspect it, we will not allow you to unwrap it.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. • 9

Sony MZ-R30 Minidisc Walkman recorder with extra Nature Observing-Recording & Playback Dish, battery pack, donated by Matthew Sansom. donated by Matthew Sansom.

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Sony MZ-R30 Nature Observing-Recording MiniDisc Walkman & Playback Dish Japan, 1996 China, 2007

The Sony MZ-R30 Minidisc Walkman was released Intended primarily for bird-watching (although in 1996, featuring one major innovation which that may have been a ruse to get around the set it apart from its competition: a vertical-scrolling morally grey area of selling surveillance toys), ‘jog wheel’ which aided in entering track informa- this all-in-one handheld spy kit includes a tion in the recorder’s tiny LCD interface screen parabolic dish for amplifying distant sounds much easier than other Minidisc recorder and a ‘monocular’ for viewing birds and other interfaces. This model also featured an expansion things one might listen to at a distance. A built-in slot for a remote control as well as an extra digital recorder allows the capture of 12 seconds battery pack (shown in the photo above). of audio, and a frequency adjustment dial helps to eliminate background hiss. The need to punch Please note: a sizable hole through the parabolic dish in order The Museum’s copy of this object is broken and to accomodate the viewfinder might possibly does not function. Please be aware of this if you adversely affect the dish’s functionality. Each unit request to examine this object in person. comes with a pair of headphones; unfortunately, the Museum’s specimen does not include the We apologise for any inconvenience caused. original headphones, but does include the instruction manual and original box. 10 •

Miniature Musical Box That Plays the Theme From Star Wars, acquired in Warsaw, Poland, 2017.

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Miniature Musical Box That Plays the Theme From Star Wars 1996 Sony YPPY Walkman, Warszawa, Poland, 2017 donated by Matthew Sansom. This ultra-portable, miniature musical box was acquired in May 2017 at a tourist shop in Warsaw, PHYSICAL OBJECT 16 Poland. At the time, shops throughout the Warsaw Old Town carried a variety of these tiny musical Sony YPPY Walkman YP-ER20 boxes, each containing one pop culture-related UK, 1996 tune. Some of the tunes were classic rock, such as the ‘Led Zeppelin’ model which played a snippet In 1996, Sony released a designer series of of Stairway to Heaven; popular folk songs like Walkmans in the UK, the YPPY series. Featuring Hava Nagila; and film soundtrack pieces such as fashionable designs that were intended to change Zorba the Greek. The musical box acquired for the seasonally, the YPPY series was a commercial Museum of Portable Sound’s collection plays an failure due to its high price point and low approximation of the main title theme from the quality. The YP-ER20 featured a presciently pre- 1977 film Star Wars. iMac see-through plastic casing that slid out of a metal protective container for access to the u cassette. Video Available Ask a Staff Member for details. Please note: The Museum’s specimen includes the original box, interior packaging, manuals, and earbuds for this item. • 11

Stereophile Magazine, September 1990. Soundlab retro headphones acquired via Amazon.co.uk, 2017.

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Stereophile Magazine Soundlab Lightweight Orange United States Stereo Headphones September 1990 London, March 2017

Donated to our collection by American collector These headphones, obviously produced as a Persephone Jones, the September 1990 issue of nostalgia-induced cash-grab soon after old school Stereophile Magazine is a treasure trove of orange headphones looked vaguely cool again portable sound advertising and analogue-versus- due to their prominent product placement within digital editorial content. 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy film, are, to be blunt, quite simply atrocious – even for the ridicu- Please note: lously low price of £1.99 per pair. We acquired This item is particularly fragile, and will fall apart two pair for our collection: one to use, and one if its spine is opened too far. to store unopened. The pair that we used failed to function on its first try; immediately upon Patrons are asked to therefore take extra care plugging them in, we were forced to wriggle the when handling this item. plug around inside the jack in order to obtain a signal out of both channels, and even then it only worked sporadically. However, they do function well enough for hipster photoshoots. Do yourself a favour and don’t even bother requesting to see these, seriously, because they don’t even look all that great. 12 •

This foundational text on sound theory was Mini Karaoke Microphone acquired at the National donated by Dr Louise Gray, November 2017. Science and Media Museum, Bradford, November 2017.

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Say the sound 4c Mini Karaoke Microphone A Ladybird Book Kikkerland Design, Inc. Loughborough, UK, 1965 New York, USA, 2017

This is the third volume in a set of books written As a piece of artwork, this mini karaoke micro- by William Murray intended to teach preschool phone is exquisite: it is truly miniature, more children the basics of phonics: a method for suitable for use by an action figure than a human teaching the correspondence between the sounds being. Its small size does not, however, prohibit that make up English words (called phonemes) it from utopian intentions; as it boldly states on and their written letter counterparts (called the reverse side of the package, ‘Karaoke for the graphemes). This volume culminates in a bizarre people!’ Intended for use with a specific down- bonfire ritual at a farm wherein an adult couple, loadable app, we dread the day that its tethering Peter and Jane, conscript two small children and to such an ephemeral mode of operation causes a dog named Pat to help in the construction of a it to no longer be functional. However, we intend massive outdoor fire for the benefit of the adults to continue celebrating its status as an aesthetic using tree branches and what appear to be boxes masterpiece. of gelignite. While the fire blazes, the adults force the children and dog to watch, insisting that there Please Note: will be no danger. Though some of the children As of this writing, this object has not yet ask questions that reveal their obvious discomfort been tested by Museum of Portable Sound at what appears to be abuse if not outright law- Laboratories. We therefore can not vouch breaking, we are expected to believe that ‘All the for its functionality, and thus apologise for children like the big fire’ (p. 46). any inconvenience caused. • 13

Heavy duty plastic encased Sports Walkman, Mint-in-package 90 minute audio cassette donated by Eric Powell. donated by Eric Powell.

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Sony WM-AF54 Sony 90 Minute High Fidelity Sports Walkman Normal Bias Audio Cassette Japan, 1989 With its bright red, gigantic ‘HF’ logo attempting This fully operational Sports Walkman is, sadly, to fool consumers into thinking this cassette was missing the AM/FM radio tuner plate that indicates high quality, this otherwise unassuming 90-minute the numbers on the radio band, but it is in other- cassette tape produced by Sony is, in fact, of wise pristine condition. This iconic late entry into relatively low pedigree in the home audio tape the cassette-based Walkman line was featured in food chain; indeed, its packaging’s bold claim a scene from the 1990 film Pretty Woman – a of ‘high fidelity’ is immediately undercut by its scene which was also featured in our temporary disclosure that it is, in fact, Normal Bias – a exhibition Portable Sound In Cinema 1979-2000. cassette type known for hissing louder than a Louisana grass snake.

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LP-sized book produced by the Canadian recording industry in 1977, donated by Matthew Sansom.

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Century of Sound Book Montreal, Canada, 1977

This book, donated by Board Member Matthew Sansom, was produced in Canada for a somewhat arbitrary ‘centennial’ of recorded sound in 1977. It was intended to be shelved with one’s record collection, as it was printed to nearly the same size as a 12” 33 1/3 LP record. The inside front cover and splash page show off the table of contents and the book’s production credits. It also thanks every major record label in the music industry of the time; it appears to be a publication intended to promote the recording industry as a whole, even while several of the major labels have purchased full-page ads inside the book to declare them- selves the ‘best’ or the ‘future’ of recorded sound. The book features a number of two-page spreads which highlight many graphic design trends of 1977, and includes a feature on the Canadian inventor of AM radio, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden. • 15

Spanish Bird Call Water Whistle, December 2017. Brighton Birdyman Bird Call, November 2013.

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Bird Call Water Whistle Birdyman Bird Call Barcelona, Spain Brighton, UK December 2017 November 2013

Acquired by the Museum on an outing to On a trip to Brighton, UK in November 2013, this Barcelona’s Park Güell, the location of the house object was acquired from a wandering bird call of famous Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi, salesman. The sound of this bird call can be heard this water whistle mimics a bird call when it is in our Rituals and Events gallery (see Gallery filled with a sufficient amount of water and 27 Object 16). blown through. 16 •

This card was issued to all visitors of Warszawa’s Miniature Musical Box That Plays Internationale, Chopin Muzeum in December 2017. acquired in Tampere, Finland, 2018.

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Chopin Muzeum Miniature Musical Box Multimedia Access Card That Plays The Internationale Warszawa, Poland Lenin Museum December 2017 Tampere, Finland July 2018 During a visit to Warszawa’s Chopin Muzeum in December 2017, visitors were provided with an The Lenin Museum in Tampere, Finland is housed access card. These cards were used by museum in the building where Lenin met Stalin for the first visitors to swipe sensors placed throughout the time, and the Soviet Union was born; it is also the galleries, which then activated sounds and videos only museum dedicated to Lenin in the European to accompany the physical objects on display. Union. Acquired in the Lenin Museum’s gift shop, Cards were to be handed back into a collection this tiny music box plays The Internationale, a box at the end of each visit, not only to recycle the 19th Century anthem of the socialist movement. cards but to also collect statistics of multimedia use. We did not return our card. Sorry about your stats, folks! • 17

Stereophile Magazine, September 1990. Vintage Stylophone, donated by Dubreq in August 2018.

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Vintage Stylophone Dubreq Studios, London 1969

Invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis of Dubreq Studios, London, the Stylophone is a handheld synthesizer that is played with an attached stylus used to complete electrical circuits on the device’s ‘keyboard’, which then produces the correspond- ing synthesized tones. The device caught on with pop musicians including David Bowie (who can be heard using a stylophone on his song Space Oddity, 1969) and Kraftwerk (Pocket Calculator, 1981). Now located in Hastings, East Sussex, Dubreq are once again manufacturing the Stylophone and other Stylophone products, wrapped in 50th anniversary packaging. Dubreq reached out to the Museum of Portable Sound and generously donated this original antique Stylophone in 2018. 18 •

Christof Migone’s Record Release (2012, no. 6007). Vinyl Miniature bell acquired in Amsterdam, 2011. pellet shown next to British pound coin for scale.

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Christof Migone Miniature Bell Record Release (2012, no. 6007) Do It! Hear It! Hyde Park, London Temporary Stedelijk Museum July 2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2011 Artist Christof Migone’s Record Release is a conceptual art project that involves giving away This tiny bell, about the size of a thimble, was enough industrial vinyl pellets to equal the acquired in Amsterdam on the front steps of the amount that are usually melted down to create a Temporary Stedelijk Museum in May 2011 during single 12” LP record. The artist gives each pellet the Do It! Hear It! event, a day of talks and perfor- (seen above next to a British pound coin for scale) mances throughout the museum devoted to sound to a recipient along with a certificate of authen- and listening. The bells were given to attendees to ticity. The reverse of the certificate (see below) be used during a collective performance. provides details and context about the project. • 19

Kenotaphion CD set, acquired via Discogs.org Original Stylophone Beatbox, donated by in 2018. Dubreq in October 2018.

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Kenotaphion 2CD set Vintage Stylophone Beatbox Charrm/Locus+, Newcastle, UK Dubreq Studios, Sussex 2001 2003

Compiled by artist Jonty Semper, Kenotaphion Although Dubreq, the company that produced the is a 2-CD release of every Armistice Day and original Stylophone, ceased operation in the early Remembrance Day two-minute silence broadcast 1980s, the son of the original owner resurrected by the BBC from the Cenotaph in Whitehall, the company in 2003. Once of the new products London each year from 1929–2000. The two they produced was the Stylophone Beatbox, a minutes of silence is a tradition followed through- pocket drum machine with a circular keyboard, out the British Commonwealth, where two played with a stylus much like the original Stylo- minutes of silence is observed on the 11th hour of phone. The Beatbox can capture and play loops of the 11th day of November to remember those who sequences input on its keyboard, and also includes fought and died in World War I (which originally an input jack to allow beats to be constructed inspired the ritual), World War II, and other armed over existing pieces of music. Dubreq once again conflicts. The silences are rarely silent, as they donated this original Beatbox, housed in new take place in the heart of London, and the record- packaging, to the Museum of Portable Sound in ings often include sounds of traffic, rain, thunder, 2018. coughing, and occasionally the voice of a BBC commentator who narrates the silence.

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Christian Marclay-produced LP record given by Mar- Monograph of work by the first artist working with clay to our Director, March 2015. sound to win the Turner Prize.

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VF141 Susan Philipsz Christian Marclay Live 3 You Are Here monograph White Cube, The Vinyl Factory Verlag der Buchhandlung London, UK Walter König, Köln February 2015 2014

This single-sided vinyl record was produced as You Are Not Alone documents ten sound instal- part of artist Christian Marclay’s 2015 solo exhibi- lations by Susan Philipsz, the first artist working tion at the White Cube gallery in Bermondsey, with sound to win the prestigious Turner Prize in London. It contains two live recordings of pieces 2010. The book presents research materials, song performed at the White Cube: Composition by lyrics, essays, and photographic documentation John Butcher (feedbacking glasses, violin, cello, of the ten installations, which were located in clarinets, percussion) and Good Liquor Caused ten distinct geographical regions. This copy was my Heart for to Sing (performed by John Butcher acquired by the Museum at a discount book sale and the London Sinfonietta on Sunday 1 February on the ground floor of Central Saint Martins, an 2015). The pieces were commissioned by Marclay, art college in London. and the record was produced and manufactured inside the White Cube by the Vinyl Factory, whose portable record manufacturing shop remained inside the White Cube for the duration of the exhibitiion. This particular LP was given to our Director and Chief Curator in exchange for his live performances of two Fluxus scores by Yoko Ono and Mieko Shiomi, which took place in the galleries as part of Marclay’s exhibition. • 21

Acquired via Amazon.co.uk, 2019. Acquired in Brighton at Adaptatrap Percussion, March 2019.

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The How And Why Bicycle/Taxi Horn Wonder Book Of Sound Brighton, UK Transworld Publishers, London 2019 1970 A design classic, this bicycle/taxi horn was Originally published in the US in 1962 and acquired from the excellent Adaptatrap Percussion reprinted in the UK in 1970, this surprisingly shop in Brighton, UK. sophisticated book takes a refreshingly wholistic approach to introducing children to the science, technology, and culture of sound, with a range Whilst this type of horn is most usually associated of topics from acoustics, music, geology, natural with bicycles or taxis, it is its other most common history, even religion and urban myth. association – clowns – that caught our attention and made its acquisition essential. Sprinkled liberally throughout are simple (or not-so-simple) experiments that kids could conduct at home (though they might want to u get their parent’s permission before trying that Video Available sewing needle & milk carton trick with any of Ask a Staff Member for details. mommy’s record collection).

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Acquired in Brighton at Adaptatrap Percussion, March Acquired in Brighton at Adaptatrap Percussion, March 2019. 2019.

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Shopkeeper’s Bell Classic American Kazoo Brighton, UK Verlag der Buchhandlung 2019 Walter König, Köln 2014 The earliest archaeological evidence of bells has been traced to the Yangshao culture of Neolithic While there is no accepted history for the inven- China in the 3rd millennium BCE. While we have tion of the kazoo, it is undoubtedly an American no proof, we’d like to think that the world’s first invention from the late 19th century. The Original bells were used in little shops. American Kazoo Company in Eden, New York opened its doors in 1916, manufacturing kazoos in a two-room factory that still operates today, and also functions as a museum. At least one other museum dedicated to the kazoo exists in Beaufort, South Carolina. Imagine. Wonders never do cease.

Please Note: This object is being kept in its original packaging for health & safety reasons.

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UCLA’s Official Cassette Rewinder at work, 2019. Notting Hill Sound Systems, 3rd Edition, 2019.

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Official Cassette Rewinder Notting Hill Sound Systems Book UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive Café Royal Books Los Angeles, California Southport, Merseyside, UK 2019 3rd Edition, 2019

This Official Cassette Rewinder – a blue No. 2 In this gorgeous artist’s book, photographer pencil – was donated to the Museum of Portable Brian David Stevens collects a series of photos Sound by the University of California at Los taken in the early morning before the beginning Angeles Ethnomusicology Archive in the Spring of the 2014 Notting Hill Carnival in London. of 2019. Each 2-page spread depicts a sound system on an Surely this is irrefutable evidence of the great empty street. The Notting Hill Carnival has been things that can happen when institutions work an annual tradition every August since 1966 led by together to break down academic silos and members of the British West Indian community. conduct truly cross-disciplinary research. This annual celebration of Caribbean culture was inspired by a Caribbean Carnival first held in Not- ting Hill in 1959 as a response to the Notting Hill race riots of 1958.

• 3 • 1 VIDEO GALLERY Object List Updated February 2020 John Kannenberg / Museum of Portable Sound

ACOUSTICS ANTHROPOLOGY

101 (0.55) Low Talker (0.46) Ultra-Slow Motion Tuning Fork (1.47) Man Walks with Flame-Spouting Disco Shed on Head (0.59)

ACQUISITIONS ARCHAEOLOGY Bicycle Horn (0.37) Pop Rocks (3.09) The Bullroarer (0.57) Rice Krispies (0.48) What Did a Public Speech Star Wars Music Box (0.28) in Ancient Rome Sound Like? (2.00)

ADVERTS ART

(1962) V-RROOM! Hotrodder Engine (1.00) (1961) Robert Morris, Box with (1963-4) Rolling Stones for Rice Krispies (0.29) the Sound of Its Own Making (2.31) (1963) Rice Krispies (1.01) (1977) Max Neuhaus, Times Square (2.09) (1968) Voice Control Kennedy Airport (0.30) (1986) Laurie Anderson, Drum Dance (0.57) (1973/1979) Memorex - Ella Fitzgerald (1.09) (2004) Christina Kubisch, Electrical Walks (5.33) (1978) Mr Microphone (1.00) (2007) Katie Paterson, Earth Moon Earth (1.00) (1979) Game of Tones (Simon) (0.44) (1979) Game of Tones 2 (Merlin) (0.45) (1979) Maxell US - Blown Away (0.30) BELLS (1980) Francis Fondles a Fuji (0.15) (1980) Speak and Spell (0.31) (1890) Big Ben’s Clock Tower, (1982) Maxell UK - Break the Sound Barrier (0.30) Edison Wax Cylinder (2.51) (1985) John Cleese Robot for CDs (0.51) (2017) Big Ben’s Last Bongs (1.22) (1985) Mobile Phones (1.05) (1985) The Clapper (0.29) (1987) Fisher Price PXL 2000 camera (0.33) CULTURE (1987) Walkman Monkey (0.30) (1991) Sony Discman (0.15) Shockwaves as Entertainment (0.38) (1992) Deluxe Talkboy (0.33) (1992) Sony Discman (0.15) (2001) First iPod Commercial (1.00) FILM (2001) First Silhouette iPod Commercial (0.45) (2002) MiniDisc Drivethru (1942) Bob Hope Improvises (directed by Jodie Foster) (0.45) a Whoopee Cushion (1.04) (2016) Ohropax Earplugs Kill The Noise (1.10) (1955) SH-H-H-H-H – Tex Avery (6.16) (2018) BabyPod on Ellen (1.17) (1963) Now Hear This – Treg Brown (2019) Spotify India (0.31) & Chuck Jones (6.35) (1973) Boom Mic Checks on the set of Coppola’s The Conversation (0.26) ANATOMY (1977) Ben Burtt on Star Wars Blasters (0.38) (1979) Track Stars: The Hidden Heroes Outer Hair Cells - The Inner Ear’s Amplifier (1.33) of Film Sound (7.57) 2 • VIDEO GALLERY OBJECT LIST

(2002) 24-Hour Party People (0.24) TECH (2011) Krapp’s Last Tape (Samuel Beckett, Dir. by Atom Egoyan) (59.53) (1962) Marpac Dohm White Noise Machine (0.30) (2012) Notes On Blindness (12.15) (1976) Spy Microphones on Blue Peter (5.52) (2016) The Wilhelm Scream (12.21) (1980) Introducing The Compact Disc (2.23) (2017) Every iPod in Baby Driver (1.26) (1980) TASCAM Portastudio demo (5.20) 20th Century Films with 21st Century (1980s) Amphiton Soviet Walkman (0.51) Technology (0.58) (1984) Lou Reed on the Compact Disc (0.33) (1990) MTV News: Death of Vinyl in USA (0.51) (1992) MTV News, CD Longbox Packaging (1.35) LAW (1994) The Web’s First Streaming Concert (0.41) (2000) MP3 Watch (1.11) (1963) London Police use a Motorla (2001) Steve Jobs Announces the iPod (0.55) Wireless Radio (0.46) (2003) Whistle Tips (2.22) (1983) Banning the Walkman (2.01) (2010) Death of the Walkman (2.30) (2013) Suzanne Vega makes Wax Cylinder recording (2.20) MUSEUMS (2014) U2 on Why iTunes Forced Their Album on Everybody (3.12) A Tour of Finland’s (2019) A History of the Walkman (18.15) Mechanical Music Museum (1.01) (2019) Otohime: Japan’s Toilet Sound Machine (0.46) MUSIC TRANSPORT (1922) The OKeh Laughing Record (3.16) (1952) John Cage, 4′33″ (2012) Turnbergbahn Trip (3.34) (performed by David Tudor) (5.49) (2013) London’s Mind the Gap (1985) Simon le Bon’s Spy Walkman (0.48) Announcements (0.56) (1986) Robert Palmer’s (2014) Mind The Gap – Short Film (7.16) Location Sound Model (0.20) (2019) Pachelbel’s Canon in D (1995) Stockhausen, Helicopter String Quartet on Train Whistles by Pavel Jirásek (2.42) (excerpt & interview) (4.26)

TELEVISION MYSTERIES (1965) Get Smart! The Shoe Phone (3.02) (1922) ‘The Hum’: The Unexplained Noise (1966) Get Smart! The Portable Only 2% of People Can Hear (25.15) Cone of Silence (3.31) (1967) The Prisoner’s Futuristic ‘Interphone’ (1.00) (1968) Doctor Who: First Use of NATURE the Sonic Screwdriver (0.38) (1973) Steve Martin’s Dog Whistle Jazz (0.51) The Loudest Bird In The World (1.48) (1973) The (Bionic) Male Gaze & Feminine Ear (0.51) The Lyre Bird, Nature’s Tape Recorder (2.54) (1974) Norman Collier’s Faulty Microphone (2.50) What Causes The Sound Of Thunder? (1.13) (1982) The Old Telephone Voice Changer Trick: Why the Ocean is Getting Louder (9.38) Police Squad! (0.40) (1985) Don Johnson’s Miami Vice Car Phone (3.34) (2001) Will Ferrell’s Impossibly Small SCIENCE Flip Phone (0.50) (2017) Mindhunter Opening Titles (1.35) Bullwhips & the Speed of Sound (0.41) (2017) Sony Discman on The Goldbergs (0.48) Carl Sagan On The Doppler Effect (1.01) (2019) Killing Eve in the Rijksmuseum (0.16) Ultrasonic Levitation (1.08) • 3

Students use an Ed Ruscha painting in Tate Modern to learn about PHONOMNESIS – the process of imagining sounds that are triggered in the mind by text or images.

Photo by Cristina Sousa Martínez.

1-DAY WORKSHOP LISTENING TO THE MUSEUM How Sound and Sonic Culture Impact the Museum Experience

LISTENING TO THE MUSEUM INTENDED AUDIENCE is a one-day workshop introducing This workshop is suitable for museum staff or adult museum visitors. No participants to the fundamentals of prior knowledge of sound studies sonic experience within a museum is required. context. Via talks, handouts, group MATERIALS PROVIDED listening activities and discussions, Printed/PDF Handouts including attendees will take away the basics notes on workshop topics and of soundwalking, sound mapping, worksheets for in-class activities. and museological object resonance ENROLLMENT RESTRICTIONS in order to better understand how Enrollment should be limited to 15 Panorama: Students listen to the Natural History Museum, London. Above Top: physical, creative, and conceptual participants per day-long workshop. Using Duchamp’s Fountain to learn about listening practices can enhance the Activities include moving through object resonance, Tate Modern. Above: the museum’s galleries and sitting or Intro to soundmapping at the Science museum experience. standing for extended periods. Museum, London. Photos by Cristina Sousa Martínez and John Kannenberg.

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Audio Tour: The 4′33″ Museum by John Kannenberg 15 countries. 27 cities. 50 museums. Nearly 4 hours of audio. A box set collection of field recordings made in museums around the world for more than a decade. Each recording is four minutes and thirty three seconds long, as a nod to John Cage’s famous ‘silent piece,’ since museums have a reputation for being silent – but if these recordings are anything to go by, they are most certainly anything but. Includes the digital album of 50 recordings plus a 74-page full-colour book with liner notes, photographs, and an essay about collecting. Part guide book, part memoir, the book enhances the listening experience by providing further informa- tion about the recording sessions at each of the museums in the collection. Listen to a preview at: johnkannenberg.com/home/433

A Deck of Portable Sound Cards™ This specially curated deck of 50 Portable Sound Cards™ featuring waveforms of fifty different sounds selected from the Museum of Portable Sound’s Permanent Collection Galleries. Each deck also includes three additional cards: an introductory text and a two-card index of the 50 sounds. Great source material for studying the integral role that sounds play within human culture, making you able to hold the culture of sound in your hands.

Hearing Enlightenment by John Kannenberg Documents a day-long public performance that resulted in a sound piece presenting the acoustic environment of the British Museum’s Enlightenment Galleries in 49 minutes of faint traces and echoes – a metaphor for the Enlightenment era’s attempts to ‘collect and display the world’ in early museums, inevitably missing more than they included, and silencing more voices than they made heard. Listen to a preview at: johnkannenberg.com/home/hearing-enlightenment

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