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LOGGER'S SHEET 

LOGGER: Susie Miller
REEL NUMBER: 2 Side B
STAGE: Cultural Conservation
DATE: June 28, 1986
PRESENTOR: Jane Beck
GROUP NAME: The Workshop Community: Stone Carvers
REGION/STYLE: Barre, Vermont

| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
|Angelo Ambrosini|     Stone carvers
|Gino Sassi|
|Eleanor Sassi|

CONTENTS

1. Intro - history of the granite industry & Barre, Vermont. where the stone carvers came from - Italy.
2. Angelo - in the granite business for 37 years, learned from his father who came from Northern Italy. tells history of his father
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4. Gino - in the granite business for 38 years, tells of his history starting in the business, talks about his son Gary, very proud of his artistic ability; lost a lot of sculptors over the years, there are only 12 left.
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7. Angelo - first started just learning how to use the tools worked side by side with a master sculptor named Marselli.
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9. Shows a model of a "dough boy" made by his father.
10. Gino - worked with straight steel tools which needed grinding constantly. Now they have carbide tools;
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12. Jane - mentions about a disease that granite dust can  cause. not such a problem now because of suction hoses they use.
13. Angelo - describes the types of tools they use in the industry.