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Mark Twain's Guitar

04 Jun 99 - 10:56 PM (#84119)
Subject: Mark Twain's Guitar
From: Alice

Was anyone else listening to National Public Radio this evening? I heard part of the segment on Mark Twain's Guitar. I was driving somewhere and couldn't hear the entire interview with the owner of the guitar, but here it is on the NPR website:
click here on this thingie Lost and Found Sound, Mark Twain's Guitar

alice

05 Jun 99 - 12:07 AM (#84138)
Subject: RE: Mark Twain's Guitar
From: katlaughing

Very Kool, Alice! I was lucky enought to tour his home in West hartford several tiems. He had a magnificent pool table up in the very topmost room, which would be the attic, normally. Anyway, they say he would shoot pool while composing stories, etc. in his head.

kat

05 Jun 99 - 12:11 AM (#84140)
Subject: RE: Mark Twain's Guitar
From: Alice

There is more info at the NPR link above regarding their series on Lost and Found Sound. They have a number you can call if you have an unusual story that relates to a recording that you may have.

05 Jun 99 - 12:14 AM (#84141)
Subject: RE: Mark Twain's Guitar
From: Alice

I should have mentioned, click on Quest for the Sound at the link.

quote:
Quest for Sound is a call to listeners to send in their home recordings of the last one hundred years to be shaped into stories that capture the rituals and sounds of everyday life.

We're asking you for your favorite sonic artifacts. If you have audio treasures to send us, call us first at our National Quest for Sound Hotline. The number is 202-408-0300. We want to hear what we all decided was worth saving about ourselves, the ordinary and fabulous, the joyous and miserable, the ancient and the modern.

We want recorded letters sent home from the war, debate club practice tapes, pen-pal audio files from the Internet, personal recordings of historical events, your unique collection of doorbell sounds. What else is out there? You tell us.

We want your sounds and the stories that go with them... the childhood voices of famous men, the recorded letters of lovers, mysterious dialogues on forgotten cassettes found by the side of the road.

Again, if you have audio treasures to send us, call us first at our National Quest for Sound Hotline. The number is 202-408-0300. When you call, you'll be asked to describe what you've got and we'll be in touch with you later. Remember, don't send us tape. Call first.