Colin Newton
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Instrument catalogue "besson brass"
Photocopied publication, untitled, schools music association manual for the clarinet
Catalogue: "antique musical instruments of historical interest"

Instrument catalogue "besson woodwind instruments"
Catalogue: "the may fair concertina"
Selection of documents relating to instrument histories
Photocopied publication: "in the beginning"
Wheatstone concertina advertising ephemera
Specifications for various boosey and hawkes' clarinet models
Photocopied publication page: "a treatise on mouthpieces"
Photocopied publication: "the history of the horn"
Photocopied typescript "the manufacture of musical instruments"
Photocopied publication, untitled, relating to the mechanics of brass instruments
Photocopied typescript: "lecture/demonstration series, no. 2 - the clarinet, with special reference to company products"
Instrument catalogue: "the wheatstone concertina"
Booklet: "care and maintenance of your woodwind instrument"
Photograph of a boosey and hawkes showroom
Newton collection of boosey and hawkes catalogues
Instrument catalogue / leaflet "wheatstone concertinas and aeolas"
Brochure "denis wick mouthpieces and mutes"
Flow diagram titled "investment casting"
"boosey and hawkes main dealer educational instrument catalogue 1972-1973"
Photocopied typescript: "the development of brass instruments"
Photocopied typescript: "from log to finished instrument"
Photocopy of boosey and hawkes advertisement: "high quality tone from maranyl"
Photocopied publication, "a short history of the trumpet" by douglas smith
Booklet: "the clarinet"
Book “buffet-crampon depuis 1825”
Photocopied publication, untitled, relating to the mechanics of brass instruments
"retail price list of wheatstone concertinas"
Photocopied publication: "the story of the national"
"the wheatstone catalogue of music for the concertina"
Photocopied publication, "the manufacture of musical instruments"
Catalogue by boosey and hawkes “musical instruments and accessiories”
Sheet of clarinet nomenclature
"the wheatstone catalogue of music for the concertina"
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