Notebook covers various topics and contains short essays which may have been drafts for published books and articles on the history of wind instruments. Titles as follows;
The Clarinet (notes and diagrams on the history of the clarinet from its earliest origins)
The Keyed Bugle
Vibrato
Untitled timelines recording instrument makers and instruments from 1660.
Notebook belonging to Eric McGavin
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London County Council: Ninth Annual Report of the Horniman Museum and Library, 1910
object | ARC/HMG/GOV/003/1910
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April 9th. Wanzi village. Braiding stool
object | ARC/BAL/004/080
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Floor Plans Ground Floor
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/001/004/006/001
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Photograph of Emslie Horniman
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/016/003
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