One page typescript on the problem of flatness in the pitch of the seventh harmonic when playing brass instruments with detailed discussion of natural harmonic scales and their comparison to the scale of equal temperament. 'BMM' may be 'Brian Manton-Myatt'.
Typescript entitled: "Those flat seventh harmonics!", signed 'BMM'
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