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Author: weberfan
Date: 2008-07-28 01:50
F.Y.I.
This paid death notice appeared in The New York Times on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
HOLLANDER--Ralph, violinist, composer and inventor of the
DAMPIT, died peacefully on July 23, 2008 at age 91 at his
home in NYC. Born in Mount Vernon, NY on November 9, 1916.
Preceded in death by his wife Ingrid in 1990. Survived by
his brother Norman, three nieces and one nephew. He began
performing classical trios at age eight with his two
brothers as The Hollander Trio. A graduate of Juilliard
School of Music, he had a career as a virtuoso violinist,
performing with Casals Festival Orchestra and as soloist
with national and international orchestras. Among other
compositions, he composed and recorded an oratorio "Psalms
of David" with Agnes Moorehead as narrator. He invented and
manufactured the DAMPIT, the first humidification device to
preserve and restore dry and damaged wood of violins and
other valuable stringed instruments. The DAMPIT was endorsed
by Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pablo Casals, Yo Yo
Ma, Leopold Stokowski and Arturo Toscanini. A memorial
service will be held Monday 11:30am at "The Riverside" 76th
St. and Amsterdam Ave. Donations in his memory may be made
to Juilliard School of Music for students scholarships.
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Author: CPW
Date: 2008-07-28 13:11
I wonder if he will have a Dampit in his casket.
Against the windmills of my mind
The jousting pole splinters
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2008-07-28 16:11
For those of us with at least a modest interest in US patents, his "humidifying "snake"" # is 3,407,700, as applied to violins and other stringed insts., no mention of woodwinds. Perhaps the pats cited in 700 may include our ww's, as may those [laters] in which 700 was cited vs their inventions. R H has at least another patent. Happy reading. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2008-07-29 00:53
I wonder if he will have a Dampit in his casket.
that's some pretty mean humor dude.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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