'Buying Secondhand Instruments' and other texts prepared for Boosey & Hawkes' corporate publications

Text prepared by Eric McGavin for Boosey & Hawkes publications principally on the subject of instrument care and music education. Some of these short essays, such as 'Care and Maintenance Brass Instruments’, were published by Boosey Hawkes. Titles included in the file include (item numbers in brackets):
Buying Secondhand Instruments (211)
Repairs (212)
Forming a Brass Ensemble (213)
Care and Maintenance- Brass Instruments (214)
The Problems of Forming an Instrumental Group in the School (215)
Planning Instrumental Music in the School (216)
Untitled essay on school orchestras and woodwind groups (218)
Quality of Sound (223)
NOTE: item 217 is unaccounted for.

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MUSEUM NUMBER
ARC/MCG/MS/0211-0226
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
15 items
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
paper
CATEGORY
Archive: Musical Instruments
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