Extracts of notes written by musical scholars including on different instruments including the clarinet and the bassoon. Notable amongst these names is Zenas T. Purday who authored "New and Improved Preceptor for the Clarinet" and "Clarionet Tutor" and "The Bandsmen" by G. Tamplini.
Old "Tutors" in Library of the R.C.M
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Barber in the North
Black and white print of head and shoulders close up of a woman with a plait over one shoulder
Black and white medium format negative (scanned positive) smart looking 2 storey thatched home
Slide of Sourje in the pouring rain
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