Printed diagram of the musical structure of an octavin. originally written in German. Although the illustration has been drawn on paper, it is also mounted on textile. It was published by Julius Heinrich Zimmermann (Leipzig, St Petersburg, Moscow and London).
Griff-Tabelle für das Octavin ("Fingering Chart for the Octavin")
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