A Museum of Sound
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The Library of Lionel Mapleson
New York's public library has preserved the work of lionel mapleson, among other recordings. Archevists have found cylinders and records at auctions, garage sales and stashed away in people's attics. Each one contains some captured sound, some moment fixed in time. What would it be like to hear each one? That thought gave us an idea to pull these recordings off shelves, out of the cabinets, from drawers, and to let out the music hidden in each one.
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