Avery Fisher
Avery Fisher was an
audio specialist who made numerous contributions to the field of
sound.
Avery Fisher was born in
Brooklyn, New York on
March 4 1906. He graduated from
New York University in
1929 and subsequently worked two years in the publishing industry. During this time, Fisher, an amateur
violinist, began experimenting with audio design and
acoustics. By
1937, he established his first company,
Philharmonic Radio. In
1945, Fisher sold the company and began his second audio company, called
Fisher Radio.
In the
1950s, Fisher invented the
transistorized amplifier and the first
stereo radio-
phonograph. These breakthroughs brought Fisher both fame and fortune. From
1959 to
1961, his company also made important improvements in
AM-
FM stereo
tuner design. In
1969, Fisher sold his company to the
Emerson Electric Company for US $31 million, which in turn sold the company to
Sanyo of Japan. Fisher was a
consultant for both Emerson and Sanyo.
Fisher was a noted
philanthropist during his life, sitting on the boards of the
New York Philharmonic and
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Fisher died in
New York City in
1994. Today, Avery Fisher is best known for the auditorium in the Lincoln Center cultural complex in upper
Manhattan that bears his name.
Avery Fisher Hall houses the New York Philharmonic, among various other cultural performances and musical ensembles. The hall was named for Fisher in
1973 after he made a US $10.5 million donation to the Philharmonic.
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