Archival material from the Distin Family of musical insturment players and wind instrument agents. The Distin Family was led by John Henry Distin who formed, with his four sons, a brass ensemble known as the Distin Family Quintet. In 1844 the family went to Paris, where they tried the new instruments of Adolphe Sax and immediately adopted them for their quintet. In 1846 John Distin’s firm, Distin & Sons, became British agents for ‘saxhorns’, and in 1850 it began its own manufacture of brasswinds.
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Brazil - Monte Aleque Channel, 2 fishing boats: Zodiac (Am/7)
object | ARC/GUP/001/005
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Slide of the Dalai Lama's monogram at the end of the mani wall at Chendebji chorten
object | ARC/BAL/003/138
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Drying tobacco leaves near Igbetti
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/547/006
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/001/162
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