One page typescript on the problem of flatness in the pitch of the seventh harmonic when playing brass instruments with detailed discussion of natural harmonic scales and their comparison to the scale of equal temperament. 'BMM' may be 'Brian Manton-Myatt'.
Typescript entitled: "Those flat seventh harmonics!", signed 'BMM'
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Black and white negative of tree-lined river with dock in pieces set up on bank
object | ARC/GUP/006/041/001
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Black and white negative of three men carving wood into a canoe in the middle of the forest
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Mr. Horniman elected associate of the British Archaeological Association
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/062
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