Handwritten notes on the Flat Trumpet, as well as a short episode of musical manuscript describing the musical structure of the instrument. This has been attached to the notes presumably by glue.
Notes on the Flat Trumpet and a musical manuscript
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Hand-written letter sent to Diana Poulton by Cecile Dolmetsch, 1987
Village girl
Information concerning the harpischord for auction catalogue
The Horniman Museum New Lecture Hall and Library. Drawing 14
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