Arthur C. Keller
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Arthur C. Keller was a pioneer of high-fidelity and stereophonic recording techniques.
He attended Cooper Union
, Yale University
and Columbia University
. Mr. Keller joined the Western Electric Engineering
Department in 1917, and became an employee of Bell Laboratories in 1925.
Mr. 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. 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.
Mr. Keller was awarded the Gold Medal from the Audio Engineering Society
(AES) 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.
He attended Cooper Union
Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...
, Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. Mr. Keller joined the Western Electric Engineering
Department in 1917, and became an employee of Bell Laboratories in 1925.
Mr. 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. 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.
Mr. Keller was awarded the Gold Medal from the Audio Engineering Society
Audio Engineering Society
Established in 1948, the Audio Engineering Society draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, other individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. The membership largely comprises engineers developing devices or products for audio, and persons working...
(AES) in 1981 for outstanding developments in stereophonic disk recording. He was a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
Acoustical Society of America
The Acoustical Society of America is an international scientific society dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.-History:...
and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
, and a member of the American Physical Society
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
and the Yale Engineering Association.