Fred Waring also invented the blender.
In 1922, Stephen Poplawski invented the blender. Frederik Osius later
began working on ways to improve the Poplawski blender, and he
invented and patented the blending "Miracle Mixer".machine in 1937-38.
Fred Waring was the financial source and marketing force behind all
this, and in 1938, Waring renamed his Miracle Mixer Corporation as
the Waring Corporation, and the mixer's name was changed to the
Waring Blendor (the "o" in blendor giving it a slight distinction
from "blender").
It was Waring that thrust the Waring Blendor into the marketplace.and
it popularized the"smoothie" in the 1940s.
PS..This was taken from a variety of online sources, and writing
posts like this at 4:30 am DEFINITELY proves I need a life:)
Bob
On Feb 24, 2010, at 3:08 AM, [email protected] wrote:
"It's not funny if you have to explain it", but Fred Waring also
invented the blender. I guess I was too obtuse.
---- John Howell <[email protected]> wrote:
At 6:04 AM -0500 2/23/10, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
On Tue, February 23, 2010 12:01 am, [email protected] wrote:
Was that so they would blend?
See John Howell's response -- all the answers!
Thanks! But not quite all.
No, not primarily for blend. Choral blend comes from matching vowel
qualities exactly, and that's something Fred would have insisted on.
And English is full of diphthongs and triphthongs and he was
concerned with the exact moments of transition. But he (and his tone
syllables) were primarily concerned with intelligibility, for which
the voicing of consonants and their unison execution are vital.
Beautiful tone comes from vowels; intelligible speech comes from
consonants. In ANY language, including the Italian that singers love
so much.
Blend, balance, and diction are three separate factors that all go
into good choral performance. Waring did have some personal quirks
of interpretation that many other choral directors didn't care for,
and therefore they often rejected his tone syllable approach. But we
have to remember that a young Robert Shaw was Waring's assistant
conductor for a while, and he certainly adopted Waring's approach
without the stylistic quirks, because they just made good sense. And
Shaw is considered the absolute master by many, especially those who
had the pleasure of working with him.
John
--
John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music
Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034
(mailto:[email protected])
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html
"We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's
definition
of jazz musicians.
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