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Title
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Tony Schmidt oral history recording on Rodgers Instruments
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Description
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An audio recording of an oral history of Tony Schmidt on the Silicon Forest and Rodgers Instruments, a digital music organ company. Topics include: his education as an accountant; the culture at Rodgers; working his way up from Accounting Manager to Chief Financial Officer beginning in 1989; the relationship between Rodgers and Roland Corporation; the origins of the Rodgers company in 1958; technological advancements in electronic organ design; environmental compliance issues; the market for organs centered on churches; changes to traffic and the landscape of Washington County between the 1980s-2000s as technology companies grew; and other topics. There is a transcript of this interview.
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Contributor
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Leotti, Sandy
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Creator
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Schmidt, Tony
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Date
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2012
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Is Part Of
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High Tech collection
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Format
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MP3
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Language
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English
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Identifier
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WCM_OH_343
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Subject
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Washington County (Or.) -- History
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High technology
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Rights
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In Copyright
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Extent
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5 sound files (1 hr., 4 min.)
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Spatial Coverage
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Washington County (Or.)
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Type
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Sound
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Source
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Washington County Museum
