Sherman Fairchild's Home Studio

Also known as Sherman Fairchild Studio. American recording studio, now defunct, was located in the Sherman Fairchild Mansion at 17 East 65th Street in New York City, just a block away from Central Park — a private residence of an inventor, aviation pioneer, businessman and multimillionaire Sherman M. Fairchild (1896—1971). It was one of the first modernist townhouses in New York, designed and built in 1940–41 by architects William Hamby and George Nelson. Sherman Fairchild was a lifelong avid music fan and high-fidelity enthusiast and owned Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation, a renowned manufacturer of professional audio electronics, including the "holy grail" of outboard studio gear, Fairchild 660/670 limiters. He had a fully-equipped studio at his home with two grand pianos, where many jazz musicians had recorded. Towards the end of his life, Fairchild actively collaborated with jazz pianist and composer Marian McPartland and producer, photographer, and ex-CIA agent Hank O'Neal. In 1969, they co-founded Halcyon Records and then a renowned Chiaroscuro Records.