Extract from the musical Journal "The Musical Progress and Mail" including an advertisement for Coronation Fanfare Trumpets; there is also an extract from an article about Military Band News; Notes on the Origin of the Cornet-A-Pistons.
Extract from the Musical Progress and Mail
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Folio 19
St Annes, woman grinding food (body decorations)
Photograph: Harper's slide trumpet
Horniman Museum Accession Register: Musical Collections 1, 1979-1998
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