Peter H. Adams

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

Phone: 650-261-1586

Organologist@aol.com

Website:

PeterHAdams.com

Employment

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

Sales agent.

Selling hand-made furniture to exclusive customers. This part-time position combines the work of retail clerk, museum curator, art educator, and monitor.

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, 1999-2005.

Content Editor.

Indexed business and health articles for Infotrak (bibliographic database). Wrote abstracts for same. Oversaw work of new content editors.

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, 1989-1990.

Library technician (archivist).

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.

Musicologist.

Wrote reference books, editing and publishing music from the 17^th century, and digitizing rare and fragile reference material for sale.

Education

University of Maryland, College Park.

Completed graduate courses in Library Science, 1989-1990.

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

University of South Dakota, Vermillion.

Completed graduate courses in Musical Instrument History, 1987-1989.

Publications

An Annotated Index of Selected Articles from The Musical Courier. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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.

The Music of the Best and Most Esteemed of The Songs of Charles Dibdin, with New Piano-Forte Accompaniments, by Various Composers. Peter H. Adams, 2006.

Collections of music for viola da gamba. Peter H. Adams, 2000-present.

CDs of digitized 19^th and early 20^th century musical instrument trade catalogs. Peter H. Adams, 2006-present.

Awards

Two Junior Fellowships at the Library of Congress, 1989-1990.

Volunteer Work

Copy cataloger for the San Mateo County Library System processing non-print media, 1994-1995.

Membership chair person for the Sequoia Gem and Mineral Association, 2008-present.

Additional Skills

Proficient in: Chicago Manual of Style, Microsoft Word, Photoshop, FileMaker Pro, Excel, Outlook, and music notation software. My typing speed is 60 wpm.