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Hollywood Sapphire Group 2008 official website HOLLYWOOD SAPPHIRE GROUP The next meeting is TUESDAY AUGUST 5, 2008 Our meeting will be at the NEW LOCATION:
DAMON'S RESTAURANT www.damonsglendale.com
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317 NORTH BRAND BLVD
GLENDALE, CA 91203
(818) 956-9056
The menu choices are:
Filet Mignon
Prime Rib
Broiled Chicken
Grilled Salmon
Broiled Halibut Steak
Stacked Portobello Mushroom
With twice baked potato, salad, bread & butter, and dessert.
COST: $30 PER PERSON.
(A full bar is available)
They can accommodate us on the 1ST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
Aspen Pittman will be making a presentation on the recent Astor Collection of Microphones at auction in Anaheim. Amazing video: Hand making a vacuum tube May 9 2007
August 2006 meeting BBQ at Zenobia's. Thank you Zenobia for the great eats and good times!
Somehow they welcomed us in Paris for AES 2006.
Sapphire siblings EveAnna Manley and Aspen Pittman at NAMM 2006
Hot Links of the Month: Get a vacuum tube car radio and a Portable Rotary Phone !!!
The Myth Of The IOO-Year CD-ROM
Greetings! Once per month meets secretly at Clancey's in Glendale, a social society of Audio Nerds, oh sorry, audio professionals. These cyber pages will attempt to explain this all to those who might stumble upon this website.
Link of the month:
Past Interesting Links: The OLLY Page: Olly Berliner 1977 AUDIO Magazine article and hairdo feature
You May Sit at the Tube Table if... Thanks to Ken for his excellent presentation of
Photoshop tricks. Chunky Pens and other audiofoolia The World's Best Really Bad Country Music Song Titles
Fearsomely
Good Audio Products
Read a rare 1948 Audio Engineering Article about Sapphire Sapphire Members: What They Looked Like In the 1980's Sapphire Members: What They Look Like Today Click here to play the Sapphire Strut ! How to become a Member of Sapphire (or not)
History Read a rare 1948 Audio Engineering Article about Sapphire that conflicts with what we thought was The History The HOLLYWOOD SAPPHIRE GROUP is a social organization and all of its members are associated with the sound recording industry or its allied fields. In 1942 several persons in New York, who were deeply interested in the betterment of acetate master recordings got together to discuss their special problems. Wall Rose of the Frank L. Capps Company headed the group which included George Stewart of N.B.C. Recording Division and Vince Liebler of Columbia Records Corporation. These three men often had lunch together, talking over their various recording and disc problems and the possibilities of designing new acetate master recording styli for higher precision work. Soon other recording engineers joined the group and as their discussions became more involved the found it impossible to come to any definite conclusions during their lunch period. It was from these meetings that the New York Sapphire Group, as they were to be later known, came into existence. The name, "Sapphire Group", was a tribute to Wally Rose who first saw the need of getting such a group together. This name would not interfere with any other audio or electronics group. Then too, the sapphire cutting styli has played a very important role in the art of sound recording since the day Mr. Frank L. Capps designed the first sapphire cutter for Thomas A. Edison. The first meetings of the Sapphire Group were held in the New York Athletic Club. It wasn't before long before the Sapphire Group found it necessary to limit their membership because they wished to only have those who were qualified recording engineers and those who were related to the allied fields as members of the Group. In 1945 several members of the New York Sapphire Group were transferred or became affiliated with various recording and motion picture studios in Hollywood. Two of these members were Chet Boggs of Columbia Recording Corporation and Bob Callen of N.B.C. Recording division. Chet and Bob tried to form a Hollywood Sapphire Group, but it wasn't until 1946 when Chuck Phillips, a New York member, was sent out to Hollywood on an assignment for the O.W.I. that these three men got together and arranged the first Hollywood Sapphire Group meeting.
The Hollywood Sapphire Group's first endeavor was setting the original standardization for the recording industry. However, a majority of the members voted for a more social group and the standardization was left to the A.E.S. and I.R.E. There used to be a San Francisco Sapphire Group known as the Golden gate Sapphire Group, but sadly, they and the New York Sapphire Group have been defunct for a number of years. Inasmuch as the New York and San Francisco Groups have disbanded, the Hollywood Sapphire Group's membership limit has been waved. So even the likes of these scary people were allowed in.... Go see what they all looked like in the 80's by clicking here...
The Hollywood Sapphire Group survives, stronger than ever, and even in a co-ed manner!
Officers As the Hollywood Sapphire Group
grew in size, so did the responsibilities. There was the problem of finding a
qualified speaker or entertainment that would be of interest to the group,
someone to send a cheerful note to members on the sick list, condolences and
flowers in time of sorrow, and so it was Ernie Knight, a fully attending Charter
member, was elected permanent Chairman of the Group and it would be his job to
take care of such matters. For the last long while, and nobody can quite
remember how long that last long while was, we were graced by the
ever-entertaining Oliver Berliner as Chairman. Olly has just retired his
Dictatorship having moved to Maryland, and thus we begin a new era under the
Dictatorship of Bill Hogan, beginning with the June 2003 meeting. Hank Landsberg has been secretary-treasurer of the Group for a number of years. As secretary-treasurer it is Hank's job to collect payment for dinners. As a result of his excellent work, we seem to have no slackers or freeloaders in the Group. EveAnna Manley has been in charge of handling the details of meeting announcements. She receives instruction from the Chairman to notify each member about the monthly meeting. Her only compensation for her efforts is a free meal on meeting night, as approved my the meeting members once upon a time in a meeting far far away.... with the majority of the members being available by email or fax this job has gotten much easier which is why EveAnna is pounding away to create this website... to perhaps justify her free dinner....
Not only historic, but patriotic too!
Rules and Regulations ARTICLE I Section 1: This group shall be
known as the Hollywood Sapphire Group ARTICLE II Section 1: The meeting of this
group shall take place on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm (cocktails at
6:30); provided however no meeting shall be held in August. ARTICLE III Section 1: The duties of the
presiding Chairman shall be to provide an interesting program for the meeting
over which he presides, and to record the minutes of the meeting. ARTICLE IV Section 1: The Hollywood Sapphire
Group shall at no time consist of more than 50 active members. ARTICLE V Section 1: There are no dues for
membership or affiliation. However, each member shall pay to the Treasurer the
amount for his meal and that of any guest he may have invited, plus tips,
incidentals or extra amounts to cover expenses. ARTICLE VI Section 1: The Membership Committee shall consist of six members, 3 of which are chosen from the original Charter Members, and they shall pass on all petitions for membership in the Hollywood Sapphire Group. These rules and regulations have been compiled from the minutes of the Hollywood Sapphire Group Registration Book. SPECIAL NOTE: In case you find a mistake in this roster please
consider it was put there for a purpose.
Read a rare 1948 Audio Engineering Article about Sapphire Sapphire Members: What They Looked Like In the 1980's Sapphire Members: What They Look Like Today
Click here to play the Sapphire Strut !
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