Catalogue of the instruments in the collection of Ellis Houghton; also contains the prices of the individual instruments from the string, brass family, and instruments from different countries. There is also a bibliography of musical researchers and their published works.
Ellis Houghton: Violin Inventory
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Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
object | ARC/SUL/002/031
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Hart's Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/001/006
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Deuce nuit. Silent Night, music written for the Dipano zither, circa 1975
object | ARC/HMG/CM/007/C/QUARTERMANALAN/010
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War and the Chase: A Handbook to the Collection of Weapons of Savage, Barbaric, and Civilised Peoples, 1929: Second Edition
object | ARC/HMG/PB/001/027
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