Peter H. Adams

1107 2nd Ave., #607 Redwood City, CA 94063

Phone: 650-261-1586

organologist@aol.com

Website:

PeterHAdams.com

 

Experience

Gallery M, Half Moon Bay, CA 2001-present.

Sales agent.

Selling one-of-a-kind hand-made furniture to exclusive customers. This position is a blend of art educator, information coordinator, and retail clerk.

 

Krames Communication, San Bruno, CA 12/05-03/06.

Bibliographic researcher.

Verified content of printing brochures with medical data found online requiring extensive use of online search engines.

 

Gale Group, Foster City, CA 1999-2004.

Content Editor.

Indexed business and health articles for Infotrak (bibliographic database). Wrote abstracts for same.

 

Garcia Consulting Inc., Crystal City, VA 1993-1994.

Library technician.

Completed retrospective conversion of library card catalog. Cataloged English and non-English publications during the above-mentioned project. Performed copy cataloging of serials.

 

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 1991-1992.

Library Technician.

Performed copy cataloging of CDs using OCLC database.

 

Library of Congress, Music Division, Washington, DC, 1989-1900.

Library technician.

Created hand list of uncataloged music librettos housed within the Music Division. Created hand list of uncataloged musical instrument trade catalogs housed within the Music Division.

 

Self Employed, 1981-1987, 1994-1999, and 2004-present.

Author, composer, artist, and musician.

Indexed The Musical Courier. Performed music throughout the Washington, DC and San Francisco Bay areas, produced artwork in various media, edited music from the 17th century, digitized rare and fragile reference material, and composed music in various genre.

 

Education

University of Maryland, College Park.

Completed graduate courses in Library Science program in 1989-1990.

Received Bachelor’s degree in Music History 1977-1981.

 

University of South Dakota, Vermillion.

Completed graduate courses in Music History, 1987-1989.

 

Publications

Antique Brass Wind Instruments. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1998.

Antique Wood Wind Instruments. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2006.

Articles published in The American Musical Instrument Society Newsletter and Notes (Music Library Association’s journal; in press).

An Annotated Index of Selected Articles from The Musical Courier  1880 to 1940 (in press).

 

 

Volunteer Work       1994-1995. Copy cataloger for the San Mateo County Library

                                      System processing non-print media.

                                       2007-2008. Membership chair for the Sequoia Gem and Mineral

                                        Association.

 

Additional Skills       Proficient in: Microsoft Word, Chicago Manual of Style, Photoshop,

                                       FrontPage, FileMaker Pro, Excel, Outlook, and music notation software.

                                       Typing speed is 70+ wpm.