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July 23, 2023 By anita

Nicholas White

Chicago-based musician Nicholas White has amassed the largest number of antique traps (whistles, blocks, bells, ratchets, anvils, and all manner of delightfully specific noisemakers to perform sound effects for silent movies) in the world, along the way researching exactly how they were put to use. … [Read more...] about Nicholas White

Filed Under: Musicians at SFSFF, Uncategorized

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