Experimental
IN ,8. few minutes of 4ZB’s Sunday night "Reserved" period, we met with a new and interesting experiment, the performance beside the microphone of an actual scientific experiment. The demonstrator, Miss Blackie (lecturer at
Otago University), proved in a couple of experiments the existence of sound waves (which most of us have to take on trust), and the fact that what at first hearing resembles a meaningless noise is actually composed of a variety of sounds of different pitch, The demonstrations came over well and the points proved would have been clear to all listeners. I cannot imagine that other varieties of experiment would make good radio material, for most would require a great deal of explanation to let listeners
know what’ was going forward; but experiments in sound can be actually heard, and are obvious material for radio. I remember, for example, a series of tests for discovering children’s musical possi-bilities-time, rhythm, and so on. These, and others, would be of interest to a wide circle of listeners, and I can think of no better medium for their presentation than radio.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 383, 25 October 1946, Page 22
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183Experimental New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 383, 25 October 1946, Page 22
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