Extract of a text about the clarinet including some French quotations.
Written text on the Clarinet
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Black and white medium format negative of landscape with trees, hills and clouds in distance
Black and white negative of people walking and playing cricket on beach and in shallows (view from water looking to land)
Palm wine tapper
Photograph: Eric McGavin and others displaying a range of Boosey & Hawkes brass instruments and a conch shell
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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