Arthur C. Keller
Arthur C. Keller | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 18, 1901 New York, United States |
| Died | August 25, 1983 (aged 82) Bronxville, New York, USA |
| Alma mater | Cooper Union Yale University Columbia University |
| Known for | Sound recording and reproduction |
| Awards | Institute of Radio Engineers Fellow (1961) Audio Engineering Society Gold Medal (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | Western Electric Bell Laboratories |
Arthur C. Keller (August 18, 1901 – August 25, 1983)[1][2] was a pioneer of high-fidelity and stereophonic recording techniques.[3]
He attended Cooper Union, Yale University and Columbia University. He joined the engineering department of Western Electric in 1917, and became an employee of Bell Laboratories in 1925.[4]
Keller's invention of a "moving-coil" playback stylus made possible the first hi-fi records. In 1931-32 Keller made the first known stereophonic and high-fidelity recordings of orchestral music.[5] On April 19, 1938 Keller was issued US patent number 2,114,471 for his idea of recording the two channels of a stereo recording in one record groove each at 45 degrees from vertical.
Keller led the design team at Bell Laboratories which developed the first modern wire wrap tools.
Keller was awarded the Gold Medal from the Audio Engineering Society in 1981 for outstanding developments in stereophonic disk recording. He was a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a member of the American Physical Society and the Yale Engineering Association.
In August 1928, Keller married Margaret D. McHale (1906?–1989?). Their daughter Margaret Gwendolyn Keller was born in 1936. He died on August 25, 1983, in Bronxville, New York; he was eighty-two. Upon his death he was survived by his widow, his daughter, and two granddaughters.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Frederik Nebeker. "Sound-recording engineer Arthur Keller was born: 18 Aug. 1901". July and August in EE history. IEEE. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Journal of the Audio Engineering Society" (PDF). 31 (10). October 1983: 805.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Harvey, F. K. (April 1984). "Obituary: Arthur C. Keller". Physics Today. 37 (4): 100. doi:10.1063/1.2916175.
- ^ a b Wolfgang Saxon (August 27, 1983). "A. C. Keller Dead; Expert on Stereo". The New York Times. New York, New York.
- ^ "Leopold Stokowski, Dr. Harvey Fletcher and The Experimental Recordings of Bell Laboratories". stokowski.org. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2010.