Typed booklet containing information on Boosey & Hawkes system of automatic compensation valved wind instruments designed to inform manufacturing staff of 'the errors of intonation inherent in brass instruments and the extent to which the most serious of these errors can be improved'.
Notes on the Boosey & Hawkes System of Automatic Compensation of Valved Brass Wind Instruments, by F.C. Draper
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Black and white negative of young Wai Wai tribe member and expedition member standing in front of hut along water preparing food with clothes hanging in background
object | ARC/GUP/003/083
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Color 35mm positive film of man hunting from edge of wrecked boat, pointing bow and arrow into water
object | ARC/GUP/005/173
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Offering stands with rice cones, or tumpeng.
object | ARC/DEZ/397/2034
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Exhibition poster: Discover the Rhythm of Life: 1600 musical instruments brought to life in 1 breathtaking gallery
object | ARC/HMG/PR/001/002/037
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