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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Coastlands Sawmitte, Boerasirie
object | ARC/GUP/002/204
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Black and white print of young man smiling while sitting on network of stilts on hill extending into river
object | ARC/GUP/006/100/002
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Black and white negative of criss-cross dock extending into water with boat docked
object | ARC/GUP/006/075
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Black and white medium format negative of view of falls framed by trees and foliage
object | ARC/GUP/006/163
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