ACOUSTICAL MEMORABILIA
The equipment shown on this page was used by H. Vivian Taylor who worked in the fields of architecture and acoustics for over 50 years.
General Radio Sound Analyser Type 760-A Serial No. 664
Dimensions: 420 x 240 x 270 mm.
Weight: 14 Kg. (with batteries).
General Radio Sound Analyser Type 760-A Serial No. 664
Showing internal thermionic valve circuitry and batteries used to operate the equipment.
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General Radio Octave Band Noise Analyser. Type 1550-A Serial No. 887
Dimensions 300 x 300 x 210 mm.
Weight 12 Kg (with batteries).
General Radio Vibration Analyzer Type No. 762-B Serial No. 733
Dimensions: 420 x 240 x 270 mm
Weight 12 Kg. (with batteries).
General Radio Vibration Analyzer Type 762-B Serial No.733
Showing internal thermionic valve circuitry and batteries used to operate the equipment.
H. Vivian Taylor started practice as an Architect in Victoria, Australia during 1923 and in acoustics in 1928. The arrival of "talking pictures" in Australia in 1929 required acceptable acoustic conditions to ensure satisfactory reproduction of the sound. From 1930 to 1941 he acted as consultant for at least 434 theatres and public halls. Other projects that H. Vivian Taylor was consulting architect and acoustician to include:-
- The Establishment of a reverberation chamber in Melbourne in 1931.
- Between 1935 and 1940 was acoustic adviser for the South Australian Government during the completion of the Houses of Parliament in Adelaide.
- Consultant to the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
He became of Life Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1971 and was elected the first Fellow of the Australian Acoustical Society in 1972
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