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The Catgut Acoustical Society Library |
| File #: | L8840 |
| Name: | Lottermoser, Werner |
| Dates: | b. 1909 |
| See also: | M6130 - Meyer, Jurgen. |
| General Information: |
| A native of Dresden, with a doctorate from the University of Berlin under Professor Biehle, Lottermoser |
| joined the Physikalische-Technische Reichsanstalt (now Bundesanstalt) (PTB) working in the laboratory |
| of Professor Grutzmacher on various problems of musical acoustics. He is a fine organist and |
| investigated the acoustical characteristics of baroque organs, and has been involved in the design of and |
| musical performance of new ones. A demonstration he gave CMH on one with his sister singing church |
| music was very beautiful and moving. Many of his 100 technical papers are on the organ, but he also |
| developed various types of test equipment for studying the acoustics of violins and made response curves |
| of all quality instruments. Lottermoser and CMH worked together on several test violins in an effort to |
| correlate test methods and results (see CASNL). He also made a study of tree ring analysis of violin |
| tops as a method of authenticating instruments. Lottermoser retired from the PTB in 1972 leaving his |
| long time associate Jurgen Meyer to continue his work. |
| File Contents: |
| L8840 | -- | 101 |
| Correspondence: (1963-1988) to & from Lottermoser involving R.E. Fryxell, M. Grutzmacher, CMH, |
| and J.C. Schelleng. |
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| L8840 | -- | 102 |
| Miscellaneous: biographical materials, short essay by J.C. Schelleng on the work of Lottermoser and |
| Jurgen Meyer; personal cards; copies of newsclips. |
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| L8840 | -- | 103 |
| Miscellaneous technical items: charts, graphs, response curves, etc. |
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| L8840 | -- | 104 |
| Technical Papers: (26 from 1950-1978), 7 of the papers co-authored by Jurgen Meyer and 1 by W. |
| Linhardt. Several papers have marginal translations and comments by J.C. Schelleng. A partial |
| translation of one paper. Also bibliography of 84 items (1935-1973) of which 18 are included. See |
| Tech Summary. |
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