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In Reply to: Blast from the past... posted by mkuller on July 23, 2015 at 11:22:06:
(Slight editing is mine, and I've put JG's bold-face additions within double asterisks.) "I was recently contacted about this photo by another former TAS employee (Donna Resnick, who worked in the office and was also Harry's next door neighbor) and was told that it had been taken at HP's first "Friendship Party."In that context, I wasn't sure it was me in the front row--I guess I've lost some weight since then, eh?--as I had no recollection of having attended that party.
But in this context, I do recall the event and Yes, that no doubt is me in the font row.
As for the others, here's what I can add:
In front--Jeff Goggin
Front row--John Nork **(I don't think this is him, as I recall him being much taller and having a beard)**, Kevin Messmer, unknown, Christina Yuin, Roger Kagan, **Margaret Shearer (she worked in the TAS office)**, unknown **(not sure, but I think it was the cartoonist from Austin, TX ... something Schwartz?)**
Next row--unknown, Brian Gallant, Fred Kaplan, **Ron Levine (fairly certain, but not absolutely certain)**, Tam Henderson
Next row--Sallie Reynolds, the late Bob Reina, Andy Benjamin, Robert Greene, **Kevin Conklin**, Sheryl Lee Wilson, unknown
Back row--Jack Orbach, Art Dudley, HP, (mkuller), Frank Doris, Tom Miiller, David Wilson, **John W. Cooledge**.
Also, the room in the photo isn't the room where the IRS lived, but HP's former bedroom, prefire. IIRC what Harry told me, when the house was originally built in 1886, this was one of two rooms that were divided by an arch and a pair of doors. The doors could be closed to separate the two rooms or left open to combine them. I can't recall if the doors were still in place and just kept closed when I arrived in at TAS in 1984 or if they had been replaced with a solid wall, but I do recall that he used the two rooms separately, with the front one being a listening room and the rear one his bedroom.
Before the fire, Harry occupied only the first floor of the original house and rented the second floor to a tenant--imagine living upstairs from him with all that sound below!--as well as the two apartments in the addition that had been added to rear of the house sometime around WWII. (He once told me the only way he could afford to buy the house was to rent most of it and use the income to help pay his mortgage.)
Only the less-damaged original house was initially rebuilt after the fire, and the addition was stabilized to prevent it from collapsing and sealed to protect it from the elements until such time as he could afford to rebuild it as well. During the reconstruction, Harry decided that he would live on the second floor and also that he would restore the house to its original floorplan, opening the two rooms into one. He had the arch restored but left out the doors (which could be easily added later) so he could use the combined room to review audio and audio-visual equipment. (To that end, there is a large screen on the wall behind the curtains that was initially used with a Barco projector setup.) The door on the right of the photo leads to a small closet where equipment not in use was stored.
Hope this helps and if I do think of any more names, I'll let you know...
JG"
I met JG in 1980 or '81 when he had a pair of Fulton Gold speakercable for sale in the local newspaper's classified ads; I don't remember if I bought it. We became best buddies and soon partners in Two Jeffreys Audio, a very-part-time retailer of high-end audio equipment that lasted a few years--I was employed full-time and soon got tired of the time spent on TJA. While TJA was still operating, JG left and went to work for Harry Pearson as Technical Director. He soon earned the moniker 'Dr. Negativo' from Harry, as he apparently could hear some negative aspects of equipment that Harry couldn't hear.
Jeff is still a goodbuddy and still lives a dozen or so miles east of me. Fortunately for him, he no longer is an audiofile.
Here's today's update from Jeff. Again, I've placed his additions within double asterisks.
"In front--Jeff GogginFront row--John Nork (I don't think this is him, as I recall him being much taller and having a beard), Kevin Messmer, unknown, Christina Yuin, Roger Kagan, Margaret Shearer (she worked in the TAS office), **Gary Oliver (not positive, but he was the cartoonist from Austin, TX)**
Next row--**Roger Modjeski (not positive, but he was my first thought)**, Brian Gallant, Fred Kaplan, Ron Levine (fairly certain), Tam Henderson
Next row--Sallie Reynolds, the late Bob Reina, Andy Benjamin, Robert Greene, Kevin Conklin, Sheryl Lee Wilson, **Dick Marsh (not positive, but I believe this is when he and Sallie Reynolds met.)**
Back row--Jack Orbach, Art Dudley, HP, me, Frank Doris, Tom Miiller, David Wilson, **John W. Cooledge**."
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- My goodbuddy Jeffrey Goggin sent me this message. - jeffreybehr 07/26/1514:52:03 07/26/15 (0)
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