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Took family to PSC, arriving about 0900. The mike lines are ok, but the 6 sets of joints are in junction boxes without covers, so, some undesired pickup occurred during the service. I couldn’t eliminate it all by reducing the speech reinforcing gain. We will have to replace all three cables.
J. Alden Cheever pointed out that we (he & I) will have to reach a unanimous agreement w/ Ken Olsen, as he has been critical of what has been done. If he donates the hardware, this is fine, but not if he makes it himself. In talking with him he criticizes the logic of the block diagram from Klepper. I think part of his trouble is his lack of precise understanding of exactly what the operating problems are. He and John A-C agreed to come in Friday night and run the 4-#16 wires to the new speakers. The more of this the better! Ken agreed to also get a power amplifier to drive the new speakers with also. The Altec preamp and power amplifier belonging to Lake that they removed while I was at Kwaj was not carefully thought out, as we are now unable to send the soloists to the SS Room to support the TV as it is necessary to almost completely reduce music reinforcement in the Sanctuary! I think this will give them something to think about.
Most of our troubles stem from a lack of a coordinating architect.
Had some discussion w/ Geo. Pickering who had the architects sketch for the speaker enclosure. It didn’t reflect Dr. Wilson’s idea, so I agreed to coordinate it with the architect Mr. Abbot, 1278 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.