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Whereas most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> data for PSWAL had been<br />

ga<strong>the</strong>red <strong>in</strong> university phonetics laboratories, <strong>Peter</strong><br />

began to push for truly field-usable experimental<br />

phonetic equipment<br />

By <strong>the</strong> early 1980’s <strong>Peter</strong>’s field equipment —<br />

besides tape recorders, microphones, etc — <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />

items such as a bulky Polaroid dental camera for<br />

photograph<strong>in</strong>g palatography, <strong>and</strong> a heavy alum<strong>in</strong>um<br />

trunk conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a modulator/demodulater system for<br />

record<strong>in</strong>g DC signals for aerodynamic <strong>and</strong><br />

physiological experiments<br />

Luckily, <strong>Peter</strong> was fit <strong>and</strong> strong

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