Five pages of heavily annotated handwritten notes on the subject of tuning, sound quality and external conditions affecting wind instruments.
Quality of Sound and the Human Element and its Relation to Tuning, by Eric McGavin
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'Midget' excercise book containing press cuttings
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/C/RAVENSCROFTPAULINE/001
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Black and white print of houses and boats seen from river with clear reflection
object | ARC/GUP/006/281
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35mm slide: Thursday September 27th Members of the tour group walking to a village
object | ARC/BAL/005/001
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Letter from Frederick John Horniman to Mr Kemp regarding the sketch of the clock tower (likely the clock tower of the Horniman Museum), 1897
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/011/006/004
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