Mamaroneck Schools Foundation Grant Awards

2004-2005 ($217,000)

-Piano for Hommocks Auditorium: The Foundation will partner with the school district

and music department to purchase a Steinway Concert Grand piano for the new Hommocks Auditorium. This room is a fantastic space for music, theater and dance and will become a focal point for cultural life in the community. A piano of this quality will enhance performances in this space for years to come.

-Keyboard Workstations: Two grants provide 13 electronic keyboards each to Chatsworth

and Central elementary schools. They will be used to create individual music technology workstations in the music classrooms to help in the teaching of musical concepts and the creation and performance of music. These grants are the result of an earlier pilot grant made by the Foundation to the Murray Ave. school.

-Master Class Instruction/Artists in Residence: This grant provides for a year-long program

of nationally renowned master class instructors and guest artists who will work with district music students in various formats. Students in all of the musical groups at the High School, including the Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra and Choir, will receive instruction from noted professionals and be exposed to a variety of musical styles and approaches.

-Portable Sound Recording System: This grant will be used to purchase the components for

a sound recording system at Mamaroneck High School. The system will be used to record the concerts of the various high school musical groups, and give students the ability to record individual CDs of their musical performances for their portfolios. Because the system is portable, it can be taken to competition stages and music rooms outside the building.

-Electronic Tablets for Elementary Art Instruction: This will fund 13 electronic tablets to

be utilized for art instruction at Murray Avenue School. The tablets provide cordless, pen-based control and pressure sensitivity that enables students to produce finely controlled lines and textures. These tablets will broaden the appeal of art, reaching students who might otherwise dismiss art as not relevant to them.

-Dance, Theater and Music Summer Enrichment: In conjunction with the district, which

will be purchasing electronic keyboards for Mamaroneck Avenue School and CO-OP camp, the Foundation will provide costumes and scenery to produce a Historical Music and Dance Review by the children at CO-OP Camp. All campers will study different styles of art, music and dance throughout history and will work to produce their own music and dance routines related to a specific historical period.

-Cultural Experiences: For students who attend the Hommocks Summer Day School and

Camp, this program provides academic assistance within a camp-like setting. The grant will fund cultural and academic field trips to places such as the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem, which these students might not otherwise have the opportunity to explore. These enriching experiences will help to broaden the students' life experience and cultural knowledge, which are important foundations for learning.

-Weaving at Lunch: This grant, awarded to the Mamaroneck Avenue School art teacher

will enrich the children’s lunchtime experience by offering weaving and other fiber-related art activities (knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and braiding). This lunchtime program will be supervised by teacher aides and parent volunteers.

-Improving Physics Student Lab Experiences using PASCO 750 Interfaces: The physics

teachers at Mamaroneck High School will purchase ten PASCO Scientific 750 Interfaces which will be used in conjunction with a computer to enable the precise measurement of force, position, temperature, pressure, angular velocity, acceleration, current, magnetic field, wave characteristics and more and will facilitate immediate data analysis and interpretation. Each of the two new physics labs will have five sets of the 750 Interfaces. This equipment will improve physics understanding by allowing hands-on investigation.

-Smart Boards: This grant, to mathematics teachers at the High School, will connect presentation boards to a classroom computer, allowing for notes and problems that the teachers write on them to be printed and/or saved. Students can then access the notes if they missed class, as a refresher or for test prep. This technology will allow students with a variety of needs and abilities more opportunity to think, engage and participate in class discussions. These teachers will pilot two permanently installed boards and two portable boards. Funding will cover the equipment, curriculum planning and workshops.

-TI Navigator - A Classroom Learning System: Mathematics teachers at the High School will pilot this exciting new tool to enhance student learning. The TI Navigator provides a wireless network between the students’ graphing calculators and the teacher’s computer. Teachers benefit by more quickly assessing students’ understanding and progress; students benefit from instant feedback on their work, and both benefit from the quick and easy transfer of material back and forth. Funding will cover the equipment and curriculum planning.

-Making Algebra Child's Play: This will allow for the teaching of algebra to fifth grade classes at Mamaroneck Ave. This is a hands-on program utilizing objects and tools that are held in the hand to help students better visualize problem-solving in algebra. The program is flexible and can be used both for children with strong math skills as well as students who struggle in this area. Funding will cover the cost of teacher training and materials.

-Wonders of Nature: Naturalists from the Sheldrake Environmental Center will lead

environmental education classes for children from the Mamaroneck Child Development Center (MCDC). The 35 students in the three- and four-year-old classes will alternate weekly 90-minute visits to the Reservoir for a walk, story and craft with the naturalists as they learn about the wonders of our environment.  This grant includes money for books that will become part of the MCDC library. This program will run for two years with the goal of training the MCDC staff to instruct the children at the Reservoir in future years.

-L.I.N.K.S.- Literacy in Non-Fiction Knowledge Support: This grant, awarded to the four

elementary school principals, as well as special assignment teachers, establishes the L.I.N.K.S. program, a district-wide storehouse of non-fiction resources for fourth and fifth grade students, teachers and parents. A variety of non-fiction materials, including short, printed texts, videos and audiotapes will be purchased for each elementary school and a set of similar materials will be purchased for parents. Teachers will use the materials to teach content and reading strategies and will utilize the different types of materials to engage all learners, including those who might respond more favorably to visual or aural information. Parents will be introduced to L.I.N.K.S. in a district-wide evening hosted by the elementary school principals.

-Expanded Reading with Differentiated Materials: This grant will be used to purchase five

non-fiction Time for Kids kits for third and fourth graders at Central School. The kits will build background knowledge appropriate to the curriculum and include stimulating information relevant to the real world.

-Traveling Trunks: Murray Avenue School was awarded this grant to create a program

that will enhance the learning experiences for all Murray students in grades 2-5. The trunks will enable teachers to immerse students in artifacts and activities that directly connect them to social studies curriculum units, also allowing for differentiated instruction for diverse learners. Each grade’s trunk will have a different theme – 2^nd grade: Colonial Communities; 3^rd grade: Native Americans of New York; 4^th grade: Industrialization and Immigration; 5^th grade: Latin and South America.

-AlphaSmarts for Second Grade Writing: This will fund the purchase of 25 AlphaSmarts

for Mamaroneck Avenue School. AlphaSmarts are portable laptops that enable students to word process in the classroom, on a class trip, or at home. They will be used by the second grade teachers to increase student interest in writing and revising written work.

-”Building Community” Reading Project: Presently, Central School is engaged in a school-

wide program called CORE, funded by the Foundation, which focuses on themes such as community, respect, cooperation, communication and conflict resolution.  This grant will be used to purchase books to reinforce and enrich these CORE themes and connect them to literacy instruction. The books will be read aloud by teachers with follow-up student discussions and activities, so that a common understanding and language can be built across grade levels.

-Multicultural/Bilingual Literature for Parent/Child Book Clubs: This grant, to a

Mamaroneck Avenue School fifth grade teacher, will purchase books for a series of parent/child book clubs targeted at bilingual families of multicultural backgrounds. This project will give parents the opportunity to read the same book as their child in their primary language, have discussions based on their interpretation of the text and, hopefully, foster connections among families at the school.

-P.A.W.S (Parents as Writing Students): An Exploration of the World of Writing: This

grant to Mamaroneck Avenue School administrators and faculty, invites parents to explore the writing process. Pam Allyn and the staff of LitLife (including a bilingual facilitator) will take parents though such topics as non-fiction writing, using mentor texts to encourage and inspire writing, writing for an audience, and using conventions in writing. The final workshop evening will be a family celebration for children and parents.

-Special Education House Plan: This grant will allow the approximately 60 students who

are in Mamaroneck High School’s self-contained special education classes to receive more concentrated academic and extracurricular support. The components of the grant are: planning time for teachers to create a more interdisciplinary, relevant curriculum; quarterly trips to cultural events; two weekly after-school groups with facilitators, one focusing on personal choices and decisions, and the other on vocational options; and two parent meetings.

-Dana by Alphasmart Starter Set: This grant will fund 10 Dana handheld computers for

use by Mamaroneck High School students. The Danas combine the power, ergonomics, and functionality of a computer with the size and affordability of a handheld. They will be used for note taking and writing activities by students whose physical and perceptual difficulties limit their ability to write extensively by hand.

-Superintendents Conference Day: This grant is a partnership with the school district to

bring nationally known speaker Richard Lavoie to Superintendents Conference Day to be the keynote speaker on differentiated instruction. Following the main speech to all the teachers, there will be workshops lead by Mr. Lavoie and other well-known facilitators in the field of differentiated instruction. We have partnered with SEPTA to have Mr. Lavoie give a workshop for parents the night before the Superintendent’s Conference Day. This grant is partially funded by the Foundation’s Barbara Bennett-Rones Memorial Endowment.

-Transition Planning: An Essential School Planning Concept: This grant will help students

from Mamaroneck High School’s STEPS Program in their transition from the school environment into the community. They will have a community-based work experience as part of their current education program. Community activities will be linked with work activities. Specialists in the field will assist to maximize the transition process. Training and workshops for parents and staff will be included.

-Tech Tools: This grant to the Special Education Department will be used to create an

assistive technology literacy toolkit in each school for grades Pre-K through 12. The low- to mid-range tech tools range from special pencil grips, slant boards and adaptive paper to electronic spell checkers to help students improve literacy and writing mechanics. Teachers will receive training in the use of these tools for assessment and to maximize learning in an inclusive classroom setting.

-Commons Improvement for Hommocks Middle School: Over the last two years,

Hommocks Middle School has undergone a remarkable transformation to better meet the needs of today’s middle school students. One critical area of the building has not reached its full potential: the Commons near the main entrance. This grant will fund a professional designer to develop a plan to renovate the Commons as a Village Square. Like the village square in a New England town, the Commons would become the focal point for Hommocks community life—providing for a meeting place, news, commerce, recreation—and help build a sense of community

-Traverse Climbing Wall: This grant will fund the purchase and installation of traverse

rock climbing system for the Central School gym. The entire Central population will benefit from this major addition to the physical education program. Students will be familiar with this equipment when they reach the Hommocks, where all students participate in Project Adventure, a comprehensive climbing program, as part of the physical education curriculum.

-Project Adventure: This grant will fund the purchase and installation of a “vertical

playpen,” a climbing station that is used in conjunction with the existing climbing wall, at the Hommocks Middle School. Our funding will further enhance the already popular and successful Project Adventure program, a physical education unit in which all Hommocks students participate.

-Fencing Team Expansion Initiative: This grant will purchase fencing scoring machines

and reels. This modern equipment, used by students in both the high school and middle school, will be used in competition and during practices. The very popular fencing program is a leader in the tri-state area and has consistently ranked among the top programs for many years.

2003-2004 ($101,250)

-TI-83 Graphing Calculators for Underachieving Math Students: This grant provides academic, financial and social assistance to support underachieving math students at the Hommocks. The grant will fund the purchase of thirty TI-83 graphing calculators and an after school workshop to help students learn how to use the calculator and reinforce applied math concepts. This grant is partially funded from the Barbara Bennett-Rones endowment.

-Great Minds Don’t Think Alike: Empowering Students to Understand Their Own Learning Strengths and Differences. Jonathan Mooney, writer, lecturer and self-described 6^th grade dropout, who is learning disabled, dyslexic and has ADHD, came to Mamaroneck High School for two days of workshops with 150 learning disabled students, and parents, families and community members. An additional $5,000 was contributed by SEPTA and the District to fund professional development for special education teachers to follow up with Mooney on his work.

-Theater Movement Arts Workshop: The Rajeckas and Intraub Movement Theater provided a common experience in theater movement arts for all district kindergarteners through a series of three in-class workshops. They taught skills common to theater, successful studies and life: cooperation, concentration and commitment. Teachers attended a workshop in advance of the children so they could be an integral part of implementing these techniques in the classroom in a meaningful and ongoing way.

-Gay/Straight Alliance: This grant funded a speaker series for the Gay/Straight Alliance, a High School club. The series focused on issues pertaining to the gay student population and provided speakers for the three specific audiences: students, teachers and families. These events were open to all students, faculty and parents in the community in the interest of broadening the discussion around tolerance and diversity.

-Mamaroneck Parent-Child Home Program: This grant funds educational supplies and support for ongoing operations and a summer program for Westchester Jewish Community Services’ Parent-Child Home Program. It is a proven parenting and family literacy program that encourages verbal interaction and educational play between parents and their preschool children.  It specifically serves families challenged by poverty, low levels of education, language barriers and other obstacles to educational success.  This home-based programming reaches isolated families who may not access center-based services (pre-school) because of literacy/language barriers, lack of transportation or childcare.

-Math Challenge Study Group for Minority Students: An interdisciplinary team of High School math teachers, counselors and administrators works with a select group of minority students performing well in Course 2 to encourage their continuation of math studies throughout high school and beyond. Students participating in this weekly study group receive a TI-89 calculator for use throughout their ongoing studies and participate in college visits with the group. Funds received from the Martin Luther King, Jr. award are being applied toward this grant.

-Hommocks Dance Troupe: This new club provides students with the opportunity to be exposed to dance forms and music from a multicultural perspective. This grant provides funds for the troupe’s advisors, costumes and music.

-Connecting Children with Autism with Their Peers: This grant funds a "reverse mainstreaming" program at Central School between the TEACCH I classroom and students from the fourth grade classes. The students from both classes will be paired up and guided by an art teacher in projects designed to stimulate the TEACCH I children. This will culminate in a collaborative effort between the two classes to install a perennial garden surrounded by the children's sculptures. In addition, teachers and staff from the entire District will attend workshops at the Eden School--a school whose mission is to meet the lifespan needs of individuals with autism, and Professor Gary Mesibov will lecture and consult to the District's TEACCH program.

-Family University Day: This grant co-funded a community-wide event with the Mamaroneck Public School District. It was developed in response to a recent survey of middle and high school children that reflected a lack of community cohesiveness. The overall objective is to enhance the communication between adults and children in our community. This event included a keynote address, workshops addressing the interests and needs of all age groups, a book sale on related topics, childcare for children in sixth grade and younger and a dinner.

-Mother/Daughter and Father/Son Book Clubs: This grant funds four reading clubs comprised of Hommocks Middle School children and parents, which will meet 4 times during the year. Teacher group leaders will facilitate the discussion for the first several sessions. Thereafter, parents will co-facilitate the groups. The books selected include strong gender role models and topics that are meaningful to middle school students and parents.

-Murray Ave. Artist in Residence: Ms. Tova Snyder, a painter and muralist, will collaborate with the faculty and other artists-in-residence to engage students in a common experience with multi-cultural literature as part of the school’s extensive cultural arts program.

-Mamaroneck Avenue Track Club: 75 children from grades three through five will participate in after-school track program twice a week for a six-week period supervised by three coaches and an assistant. The program’s primary goal is to build self-esteem and confidence, and to serve as a stepping-stone to encourage students to join sports teams when they get to the Hommocks.

-The “CORE”: This grant will fund the training by the Creative Response To Conflict (CRC) group of a “core” committee of Central School administrators, teachers and parents as permanent facilitators to address the school’s diversity and to promote communication, community, and constructive conflict resolution.

-Science Research Program: This grant is for the purchase of both a dedicated laptop computer and a projector for science research programs at the High School. Each of the 80 students in the research program, from grades 9-12, identifies an area of scientific research that interests him/her and eventually does field work with professional scientists. The culminating work is an original piece of research that is presented at various competitions throughout the state and country.

-Cardio Kickboxing: Equipment for a new cardio-kickboxing program as an elective in the High School phys. ed. department, to encourage students to engage in a lifetime aerobic activity.

-Stereomicroscopes for Fourth Graders: Three stereomicroscopes were purchased for each fourth grade class at the Chatsworth Ave. to enhance the study of ecosystems and earth materials and offer an exciting introduction to the use of microscopes in science study.

2002-2003 ($118,200)

-Focus: A Step Towards the Classroom of Tomorrow: This grant brought a "Classroom of Tomorrow" to select fifth grade classes in each of the elementary schools as a pilot program, and also purchased 80 student microscopes. State-of-the-art video projection equipment allows teachers to instantly project student work or microscopic images on a monitor for all to see.

-New York City Writing Project: Workshops for high school teachers focused on writing strategies to help students interact with and make sense of texts. 

-Opportunity Plus: After-school program for students at Hommocks who have recently immigrated from Central or South America. This pilot program for 40 students provided academic support, literacy development, access to computers, interaction with teachers and support professionals, help for parents in communicating with the school and their children, and a place for the students to “belong” and be productive after school.

-Teacher in the Library: The Mamaroneck Public Library provided ten hours a week of professional after-school assistance for elementary and middle school students to help them understand and complete homework assignments.

-Computer Workstations: This grant provided the APPLE program at Mamaroneck High School with seven workstations to allow sixteen members of the program to work together in an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum.

-Keyboard Korner: 18 electronic keyboards for the Murray Ave. music classroom, providing technological resources for teaching musical concepts and the creation and performance of music.

-Multimedia Technology in the Science Classroom: Five large-screen projection systems for the Hommocks science department to allow the teachers to integrate multimedia in the classroom. 

-Tiger’s Learning Lounge: This grant created the Tiger's Learning Lounge in the High School for after-school tutoring services and a supervised place for students to study. 

-Pottery Wheels: Fifteen pottery wheels for the High School art department’s ceramics program.

-Foreign Language Media Program: Dubbing equipment and Califone machines enabling up to eight students at a time to listen to the same cassette tapes in foreign language classes at Hommocks. This equipment provides students, particularly those learning Chinese, with opportunities to listen to native speakers, and practice sounds and speech patterns inside and outside the classroom.

-Butterfly Garden and Woodland Environment: Construction of a butterfly garden, woodland environment and an outdoor classroom at Chatsworth allowing for the enhancement of study units on growth, rocks and soil. 

-Commissioned Composition: An original composition was commissioned for the premiere of the new Hommocks auditorium.

-Applied Science and Computer Technology: Mechanical equipment and machinery to update and integrate the old industrial arts program (shop) with the science, math and computer curriculum. In this required course students create topographical maps to apply principles learned in science, create rockets to explore dynamics of math and physics, develop fully autonomous robotic vehicles to integrate their computer science education, and utilize math and science skills to further enhance the hands-on projects they create.

-Presentation by Ruby Bridges: This grant brought Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school in New Orleans in 1960, to Hommocks to speak at the inauguration of the Hommocks auditorium and to meet with the 8th grade students as part of their curriculum on the study of the civil rights movement. 

2001-2002 ($116,500)

-DNA Fingerprinting in the Classroom: State-of-the-art equipment to study DNA “fingerprinting” and perform scientific “detective work” in the classroom.

-Family Reading Project: An extension of the program initiated the previous year at the Mamaroneck Avenue Pre-K to develop pre-literacy skills for children and their families. Books and materials that foster positive parent-child interactions are provided on a regular basis for families to use at home.

-Dramatist in Residence: A drama consultant worked with grades 1 and 4 at Murray Ave. to train both teachers and students how to use drama as a way to further explore the curriculum.

-International Class-to-Class Web Conferencing: Computer equipment and software that enables tenth grade Global History students to engage in a live, ongoing dialogue with high school students in another country

-“Facing History and Ourselves” Professional Development: “Facing History and Ourselves” is a national non-profit education organization whose mission is to promote democratic citizenship through curriculum and strategies in teaching social justice for teachers, students and communities.

-Read at Home Program: Books, books on tapes, in English and Spanish, and tape players for kindergarten through third grade students at Mamaroneck Ave. so that they can enjoy the benefits of listening to books read aloud at home and involve parents and relatives in the reading process.

-Refurbishing of the Mamaroneck High School Free Weight Room: Free weights, bench presses and other equipment to add weight training to the personal fitness physical education elective.

-Fitness Equipment for Mamaroneck High School Fitness Center: New equipment to help students achieve a lifelong commitment towards fitness and wellness.

-Digital Video Project: Equipment for digital recording and editing for the Mamaroneck High School TV studios.

-Integration of MAC Technology in High School Art Classes: Macintosh computers, configured for graphics and designed for visual thinkers, enable students to use complex, professional art programs.

-Hispanic/Latino Literature Project: This grant for the High School’s APPLE program was used to purchase texts, and to allow students to collaborate with Latino writers and attend a performance by a Hispanic theater group.

-Central After School Enrichment Program: This grant developed a formal after-school enrichment program at Central School, specifically targeting its third and fourth grade students who could benefit from increased academic and social interaction support.

2000-2001 ($92,929)

- Hooked on Books: A program to provide Central second graders with select books and supplemental support to promote the routine of independent reading

-Young Writers’ Workshop: Hands-on workshops with writers of various backgrounds including journalists, novelists and poets, at Central School.

-Lincoln Center Institute: Workshops and performances at both Lincoln Center and Murray Ave. School introduced students, teachers and parents to the offerings at the Lincoln Center Institute.

-Art Appreciation: Through classes taught by professionally-trained parent volunteers, Chatsworth children of all grades learn to look at a variety of art forms in a more inquisitive way.

-Student Art Magazine: Funds will to create an annual student art magazine at the High School to showcase student artwork.

- Symposia for Children and the Schools: A series of symposia for teachers and parents that encouraged dialogue about basic questions and issues of education. Guest speakers addressed such topics as the Emotional Growth of Children in Schools and Multicultural Education.

-Fashion Design: Two state-of-the-art sewing machines and software for High School and Hommocks students interested in fashion design.

- Environmental Science: Naturalists from the Local Involvement for Environment (L.I.F.E.) Center developed an environmental science curriculum for each of the elementary schools in the district. The programs take place on-site at each school and take advantage of each unique habitat.

-Poet in Residence: Poet Georgia Heard assisted students in kindergarten through second grade at Mamaroneck Ave. with writing and publishing original works of poetry.

- Computers for Kids: Eligible Hommocks students who do not have a home computer are able to borrow computers for home use that have been donated to the Foundation and fully upgraded by computer professionals.

-Alpha Smarts: Computers used for word processing, research and writing lessons in Hommocks English and Social Studies classes.

- Family Reading Project: Children and families at Mamaroneck Avenue’s Pre-K general and special education programs received a weekly packet of books and materials and teacher home visits to help encourage reading and develop pre-literacy skills.

-Learning to Look: Integrating Reading, Writing and the Arts: Through museum visits, classroom experiences and visits by both an artist and author-in-residence, second graders at Central and Mamaroneck Ave. Schools learned to look at art with an emphasis on developing visual literacy and strengthening reading and writing skills.

1999-2000 ($85,000)

- Technologically Enhanced Curriculum: The Foundation partnered with the district to create two fully-computerized classrooms at Chatsworth and Mamaroneck Ave.

- Probing Science – Computers: Purchsed computers, probe packages and sophisticated software to enable students to collect, manipulate and analyze data more efficiently.

- Anti-Defamation League World of Difference Program at Central School

- Composer in Residence – David Fetheroff was commissioned to compose an original musical work performed by Mamaroneck High School students.

- Science Curriculum - Outdoor Education: A series of workshops led by a professional science educator was offered to district parents, LIFE naturalists and teachers.

- Deepening the Writing Experience - A Collaborative with Teacher's College: Murray Ave. teachers received training to improve teaching techniques in writing.

- Artists and Writer's Workshop: In a series of seven workshops with writer Emily Hanlon, teachers at Central School strengthened their writing and teaching skills.

- Poetry with Andy Green: Poet helped expose 2^nd and 3^rd graders at Murray Ave. to the joys of writing poetry.

- Partners in Writing: Three published writers-in-residence at Mamaroneck Ave. School assisted 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th graders with writing skills.

1998-1999 ($68,735)

- School libraries: Enhancement of interactive technologies

- Drew Lamm - Author in residence at Central School

- Teacher's aid training at Chatsworth and Murray Avenue Schools

- Building Instrumental Music Education within our Minority Community: Giving minority students supervised instrumental practice with music instructors and student mentors.

- Identities: A Collaborative between Central School and the Whitney Museum: An eight-session program featuring student visits to the Museum and culminating in a special exhibition of students' work.

- Lunchtime Chess brought the successful "Chat Chess" program to Murray and Mamaroneck Avenue Schools

- Life Skills Training Program incorporated a drug prevention component to the popular sixth grade "rap group" program run by the Larchmont/Mamaroneck Community Counseling Center.

- Mamaroneck High School and Community Fitness Center: Strength-training equipment

1997-1998 ($67,000)

- Hommocks School Planetarium: new optical equipment

- SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity): anti-bias training for teachers

- E PLURIBUS: Promoting Diversity Awareness at Mamaroneck

Avenue School

- Missoula Theater Arts program at Murray and Central Schools

- Lunchtime chess program at Chatsworth School

- Oral Histories Project: Purchase of tape recording equipment

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