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Alexander Galembo
SEEKING PROFESSIONAL JOB
Dear List:
I am a Russian physicist with extensive experience in acoustics,
particularly the acoustics of musical instruments and psychoacoustics, with
a focus on musical tone quality (timbre) problems. The field of my interests
includes also an interaction/segregation of tones in music and music
perception across pitch range and timbres, and other topics (see below).
Before "perestroika", my position was the head of the largest musical
acoustics R&D lab in the Soviet Union. This lab was the research wing of
the Musical Instruments Industrial Corporation of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
In the years following the collapse of industry and science in the Soviet
State I have worked as a Guest Researcher with Dr. A. Askenfelt (Department
of Speech, Music and Hearing at the Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden, 1993, 1995)) and as a Postdoctoral NATO Science Fellow
with Prof. Lola L. Cuddy (Acoustics Lab, Dept. of Psychology, Queen's
University at Kingston, Canada, 1996-1998).
As my present tenure at Queen's University expires in July 1998 and cannot
be renewed, I am seeking employment opportunities beyond this date. I am
open to working in areas outside or within my area of expertise, where my
experience might be of use.
I would appreciate suggestions and/or forwarding my posting to any party
that may have an interest.
My CV and concise list of publications are given below.
Alexander Galembo,
Ph.D.
NATO Post-Doctoral Science Fellow
Acoustics lab, Dept. of Psychology, Queen's University
Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
Phone: (613) 545-6000 ext. 5754
fax: (613) 545-2499
E-mail: galembo@pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca
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CV
Galembo Alexander
Ph. D.
Permanent home address: 47 Furstadtskaia Str., Apt. 17 St.Petersburg
191123, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 273-5359
Present work address: Acoustucs lab., Dept. of Psychology, Queen's
University at Kingston,
Ontario, K7L 3N6 Canada
Tel. (613) 545-6000 + 5754; lab. 545-2490
Fax. (613)545-2499
Present home address: 15 MacPherson Ave., # 18-203 Kingston, ON K7M 2W8;
ph. (613) 530-3644
Present E-mail address: galembo@psyc.queensu.ca
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Objective:
I am seeking the opportunity of work in the field of
- musical acoustics,
- psychoacoustics,
- psychology.
My particular interests and research directions are:
- Timbre and musical quality concept;
- Musical instruments acoustics, technology, quality;
- Perception and description of musical tones;
- Perception of music across pitch ranges and timbres;
- Overlapping, interaction and segregation of tones in music;
- Singer and musical instrument recognition and identification;
- Acoustical, pedagogical and psychological aspects of piano touch.
Experience:
1996-1998: Post-Doctoral NATO Science Fellow, Lab of Acoustics, Department
of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. One of the projects
relates to design, technological and acoustical factors responsible for
timbral differences in pianos. The second project is devoted to a melody
perception across pitch ranges and timbres.
Supervisor: Prof. Lola L. Cuddy
1994, April-Nov: Guest researcher at Music Acoustics Laboratory of the
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, investigating problem of
pitch strength and inharmonicity in piano tones and perceived tones
interaction in musical phrases. Also developed new methods for digital
processing of musical signals for measurement its inharmonicity.
Supervisor: Dr. Anders Askenfelt
1993 Feb.-May: Guest researcher at Music Acoustics Laboratory of the Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Investigated problem related to
pitch and inharmonicity of the tones of stringed instrument, modified pitch
extraction algorithms for its application to pitch strength evaluation.
Supervisor: Dr. Anders Askenfelt
1987-1992: Music Acoustics expert at the Leningrad "Signal" Industrial
Corporation; responsible for the solution of acoustical problems
involving electronic musical instruments.
Supervisor: Mr. Victor Paur.
1976-1987: The head of the acoustic laboratory of Leningrad Musical
Instruments Industrial Corporation. Responsible for acoustic research and
development of pianos, guitars, accordions.
Supervisor: Mr. Evgeny Zharkov, chief engineer of the Corporation.
1970-1976: Chief of the group of engineers and physicists of the acoustic
laboratory of the Leningrad piano factory, responsible for research and
development of piano strings and action, created procedures for
subjective and objective analysis of musical sound quality. Also responsible
for the teaching piano designers, engineers and technicians in musical
acoustics.
Supervisor: Mrs. Bella Gurin
1966-1970: Engineer-physicist, Leningrad piano factory. Responsible for
research and development of piano hammers and felts.
Supervisor: Mrs. Bella Gurin
Education:
- Ph. D. (Russian equivalent - Candidate of Sciences), St. Petersburg
Institute of Cinema and Television, 1995.
Supervisor: Prof. Yasher Vakhitov.
- Special course of musical acoustics - Leningrad State University, 1965;
Prof. Georgy Ostroumov
- Certificate in Patent Engineering, 1972, Leningrad;
- Magister degree in Physics, Leningrad State University, 1965;
Supervisor: Prof. Georgy Ostroumov
Hobbies, abilities:
- Developed musical and analitical ear.
- Amateur playing musical instruments.
- IBM PC: (Word, Excel, Netscape, sound analysis and synthesis using
Soundswell signal workstation and other sound editors, synthesizing sounds
using SIG software of the Soundswell package.
- Beginner in (studying) C++.
- Macintosh: MAX programming of listening tests.
- Russian and American driver's license.
Publications:
3 books, 56 articles, 107 published annotations on musical acoustics and
technology of musical instruments, poetry publications.
Languages:
Active English, some German, native Russian
References:
Prof. Lola L. Cuddy, Acoustics Lab. Dept. of Psychology, Queen's University
in Kingston, Canada
Fax 1 (613) 545-2499
Prof. Iasher Vakhitov, Institute of Cinema and Television, St. Petersburg,
tel. (812) 268-5075;
Prof. Andrzej Rakowski, F. Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, Poland,
fax 48-22-278306;
Dr. Anders Askenfelt, Dept. of Speech Communications and Music
Acoustics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden,
Fax 46-8-790 785;
Prof. Gabriel Weinreich, Randall lab., Univ. of Michigan
Fax 1-313-7639694
Prof. Johan Sundberg, Dept. of Speech Communications and Music
Acoustics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden,
Fax 46-8-790 785;
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Concise list of scientific publications
by Alexander Galembo
Abbreviations
CBSTI of LIM RSFSR - Central Bureau of Scientific Technical Information,
Musical iInstruments Dept, Ministry of Local Industry of Russian Soviet
Federative Socialistic Republic.
SRDTIMI - Scientific Research, Design and Technological Institute of Musical
Industry.
M. - Moscow L. - Leningrad
Articles and reports
2. Galembo, A. "Acoustical investigation of hammer felt for piano (in
Russian)," in Theses of the 7th USSR Acoustical Conference, p. 32 (L., 1971).
3. Galembo, A. "Dependence of the quality of piano hammers on felt
technology (in Russian)," CBSTI of LIM RSFSR, ser. 1, N 3, p. 12-19 (M., 1971)
5. Galembo, A. "Impregnation of the non-impacting part of the piano hammer -
aid for a [tone] improvement (in Russian)," CBSTI of LIM RSFSR, ser. 1,
issue 3, p. 9-12 (M., 1971).
6. Galembo, A. "New data related to the acoustical significance of piano
touch (in Russian)," in Theses of the 8th USSR Acoustical Conference, p. 97
(M., 1973).
7. Galembo, A., Ivanovskaia, L. "Spectral time structure and noise sources
in the high treble of the piano (in Russian)," in Proc. of the 9th USSR
Acoustical Conference, p. 37-40 (M., 1977).
8. Galembo, A. "Devices for measuring of down bearing in piano string (in
Russian)," Information center of Local Industry Ministry, Ser. 3, N 2, p.
1-9 (M., 1978).
9. Galembo, A. "A device for cupola measurement in soundboards (in
Russian)," Technical Center of Leningrad, issue N126-78, p. 1-4 (L., 1978).
12. Galembo, A. "A method for objective evaluation of the timbre in the
piano treble (in Russian)," in Proc. of the 18th Acoustical Conference of
Czechoslovakia (Cesky Krumlov, 1979), p. 45-48.
13. Galembo, A. "Piano hammers - technology and quality (in Russian)," in
the book: Methods for increasing the quality of musical instruments and
their structural parts, p. 30-42 (SRDTIMI, M., 1980).
14. Galembo, A. "Special aids for measurement for piano technology (in
Russian)," CBSTI of LIM RSFSR, Ser. 3, N 3, p. 1-16 (M., 1980).
15. Galembo, A. "Device for evaluation of musical instrument quality,"
Invention certificate No. 828215, Cl. G 10 1/02, 1981. Published in the
Official Bulletin for discoveries, inventions, trade marks and industrial
designs (USSR), N 17, p. 215, 1981.
16. Galembo, A. "Some data on the tonal structure of pianos (in Russian),"
in Proc. of the 4th USSR Scientific Technological Conference on Electrical
Musical Instruments, part 1, p. 49-55 (M., 1981).
17. Galembo, A. "Cross-modal masking in the expertise of complex quality
(in Russian)," in Theses of the 1st USSR Meeting on Statistic and
Discrete Analysis of Nonquantitative Information, Expert Estimation and
Discrete Optimization, p. 24, Moscow-Alma Ata, 1981.
18. Galembo, A. "Quality evaluation of musical instruments (in Russian),"
Technical Aesthetics, No. 5, p. 16-17 (1982).
19. Osadchaia, T., Markitcheva, Z., Galembo, A. "A method for improving the
hammer felt in musical instrument production (in Russian)," in Perfection of
the industry of non-wowen textile materials - problems of increasing quality
and economical efficiency, p. 36-42 (M., 1982).
20. Galembo, A. "The problem of separate estimations of tonal and playing
qualities of musical instruments (in Russian)," in Proc. of the 10th USSR
Acoustical Conference , p. 17-20 (M., 1983).
21. Galembo, A., Uvarov, M. "The stand for measurement of the frequency
characteristic of electromagnetic adapter (in Russian)," Technical
Information Center of Leningrad, N1257-83, pp. 1-3 (L., 1983).
22. Galembo, A., Uvarov, M. "Stand for measurement of parameters of
electromagnetic pickups for a guitar (in Russian)," CBSTI of LIM RSFSR,
Ser. 3, N 3, pp. 1-4 (M., 1983).
23. Galembo, A., Uvarov, M. The stand for a control of parameters of the low
frequencies power amplifiers (in Russian)," Technical Information Center of
Leningrad, N961-84 pp. 1-2 (L., 1984).
24. Galembo, A. "Quality of piano hammers and methods for control (in
Russian)," CBSTI of LIM RSFSR, Ser. 3, N1, p. 1-8 (M., 1985).
25. Galembo, A. "Psychological aspects of quality estimation of musical
instruments (in Russian)," in Measurement of psychical characteristics of
human operators, p. 113-118 (Saratov University Press, 1986)
26. Galembo, A. "Making high quality piano hammers (in Russian)," CBSTI of
LIM RSFSR, ser. 3, N 7, p. 1-18 (M., 1988).
27. Galembo, A. "Subjective evaluation of the tonal quality of musical
instruments - psychological aspects (in Russian)," in Proc. of the 28th
Acoustical Conference on Physiological Acoustics, Psychoacoustics, Acoustics
of Music and Speech, p. 83-86 (Strbske Pleso, Visoky Tatry, Czechoslovakia,
1989).
28. Galembo, A., Kravtchun, P., Shliapnikov, V. "On the influence of the
piano una corda pedal on tone quality and dynamics (in Russian)," in Proc.
of the 11th USSR Acoustical Conference, p. 17-20, M., 1991.
29. Galembo, A., Askenfelt, A. "Measuring of inharmonicity through pitch
extraction," in Proc. of Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference (SMAC93),
Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm, 1994, p. 302-308.
30. Galembo, A., Askenfelt, A. "Measuring of inharmonicity through pitch
extraction," Speech Transmission Laboratory Quarterly Progress and Status
Report, Dept. of Speech Communication and Music Acoustics, Royal Institute
of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, STL-QPSR 1/94, p. 135-143 (1994).
31. Galembo, A. "Musical acoustics in Russia," Speech Transmission
Laboratory Quarterly Progress and Status Report, Dept. of Speech
Communication and Music Acoustics, Royal Institute of Technology, P.O. Box
700 14, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, STL-QPSR 3-4/94, p. 1 - 42 (1994).
32. Galembo, A., Askenfelt, A. "Signal representation and estimation of
spectral parameters by inharmonic comb filters," Speech Transmission
Laboratory Quarterly Progress and Status Report, Dept. of Speech
Communication and Music Acoustics, Royal Institute of Technology, P.O. Box
700 14, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, STL-QPSR 4/94, p. 85 - 93 (1994).
33. Galembo, A., Askenfelt, A. "Investigation of spectral inharmonicity by
pitch extraction" (in Russian), Tehnicheskaia Akustika , v. 3, N 3-4, p.
53-64, 1994.
34. Galembo, A., Askenfelt, A. "Investigation of a signal by inharmonic comb
filters" (in Russian), Tehnicheskaia Akustika , v. 3, N 3-4, p. 64-72, 1994.
35. Galembo, A. "Development of the methods for evaluation of a pitchiness
in musical sounds (in Russian)," Dissertation, 207 p., Sankt Petersburg
Institute of Cinema and Television, Febr. 1995.
36. Galembo, A., Askenfelt, A. "A note on the overlap of piano tones,"
Speech Transmission Laboratory Quarterly Progress and Status Report, Dept.
of Speech Communication and Music Acoustics, Royal Institute of Technology,
P.O. Box 700 14, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, STL-QPSR 1/95, p. 23-28 (1995).
37. Galembo, A. Musical pitch strength evaluation through pitch extraction.
Abstract of the report 5aMU3 to the 129 ASA Meeting, Journal of the
Acoustical Soc. of Amer. - 1995. - V. 97. - N5. - Pt.2. - p. 3390.
38. Galembo, A. "Sounds overlapping in melody played on a piano",
International Congress on Acoustics, Trondheim, (Norway), June 1995, v. 3,
p. 435-438.
39. Galembo, A. Russian (Soviet) contribution to musical acoustics // The
Journal of the acoustical Society of America, 98 (6), p. 3071-3079).
40. Galembo, A., Askenfelt, A. "Representation of signals and estimation of
spectral parameters by inharmonic comb filters with application to the
piano," "IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing" (submitted for
publication).
41. Galembo, A. "Visualization and measuring of spectral inharmonicity in
piano tones" - report for the "Forum Akustikum" congress, Antwerp, 1996.
42. Galembo, A. , Cuddy, L. L. (1997). "String inharmonicity and the timbral
quality of piano bass tones: Fletcher, Blackham, and Stratton (1962)
revisited". Rept. To the 3rd US conference on Music Perception and
Cognition, MIT, Cambridge, July-August 1997.
43. Russo, F. A., Galembo, A., Cuddy, L. L. (1997). Evaluation of perceived
tonality across the musical pitch range. Rept. to the Symposium "Acoustics
Week in Canada" 1997, Windsor , Oct. 1997. Canadian Acoustics, v. 25, N3, p. 35.
44. Galembo, A., Cuddy, L.L. (1988). Large grand vs. small upright pianos:
factors of timbral difference. Invited report to the 134 Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, Dec. 1997.
45. Askenfelt, A., Galembo, A. & Cuddy, L. L. On the acoustics and
psychology of piano touch and tone. Invited report to the International
Acoustical Congress/134 Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,
Seattle, June, 1998.
Books
1. The physics of musical sounds, by Charles Taylor, The English
Universities Press, 1965 - Russian t r a n s l a t i o n by A.
Galembo, Legkaia Industria Press, Leningrad, 1976.
2. The piano - aspects of tone quality. Legprombytizdat Prress, Moscow,
1987.
3. (With Otiugova, T. and Gurkov, I.). Birth of an orchestra. Musika
press, Leningrad, 1987).
4. 87 entries in: Sankt-Petersburg - Petrograd -Leningrad
[encyclopedia], Sovetskaya Encyclopedia Press, Moscow, 1992.
5. Pianoforte - Technical History (in preparing).
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Alexander Galembo, Ph.D.
NATO Post-Doctoral Science Fellow
Acoustics lab, Dept. of Psychology, Queen's University
Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
Phone: (613) 545-6000 ext. 5754
fax: (613) 545-2499
E-mail: galembo@pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca