Memo regarding a patent application made by Florenzio Orsi titled 'Improvements in saxophones' (patent application 20271/39) which described his improvements in the design of the instrument to improve the control of high notes using the right hand.
Memo from Geoffrey Hawkes to Brian Manton Myatt regarding a British Patent Application titled 'Improvements in Saxophones', with a photographic copy of the application
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object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/079
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object | ARC/HMG/EXH/1957/001/004/024
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