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The Quest to Tune the Guitar Bridge, c1830-1956 by PARDOE, CHARLES

“…Throughout history, guitars have attracted efforts to make them louder. It is nearly as well known that guitarists who are heard do not always play in tune. If…”
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The Romero-System Clarinet by Rubio, Pedro

“…Photographs of the Romero-System clarinet are provided…”
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The Secret of the Bagpipes: Controlling the Bag. Techniques, Skill and Musicality by BALOSSO-BARDIN, CASSANDRE, ERNOULT, AUGUSTIN, DE LA CUADRA, PATRICIO, FABRE, BENOÎT, FRANCIOSI, ILYA

“…Despite their many organological and esthetical differences, bagpipes are all played by the movement of the arm on a bag, creating enough pressure to activate…”
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Mordaunt Levien and his Instruments by SUGIMOTO, HAYATO

“…Mordaunt Levien (c1784-1854), an English musician of the nineteenth century, is widely known as the inventor of the guitare harpe (patented in Paris, 1825)…”
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The Shape of the Mouthpiece - a New Parameter in Recorder Making? by Nordblom, Naomi

“…Photographs of the spectrum of the note "f" using a recorder without (upper part) and with (lower part) a "hat" in front are provided…”
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Mordaunt Levien and his Instruments by Sugimoto, Hayato

“…Photographs of Mordaunt Levien's harp-guitars are provided…”
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André P. Larson (1942-1917) A Memorial Portrait by KOSTER, JOHN

“…Andre Pierre Larson, who established the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota, as one of the preeminent centers of the field, died March 24, 2017…”
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The "Wa kǎpung dyo" of the Tangsa in North East India, and a Suggestion for the Classification of Thermoacoustic Instruments, Thermophones and Pyrophones by SCHÖPF, JÜRGEN K.

“…A recent field work find, the fire driven sound tool Wa kǎpung dyo in North-East India leads Jürgen Schöpf to follow the tracks of heat driven musical…”
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The Secret of the Bagpipes : Controlling the Bag by Balosso-Bardin, Cassandre

“…A photograph and an image of an experiment regarding the bagpipes are provided…”
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Additional Information for "Four Centuries of Musical Instruments: the Marlowe A. Sigal Collection" by RICE, ALBERT R.

“…This article supplies supplemetary information for the author's book that was reviewed by Jenny Nex in the previous issue of this journal…”
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The Quest to Tune the Guitar Bridge, c1830-1956 by Pardoe, Charles

“…Photographs of guitar bridges c1830--1956 are provided…”
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An Investigation of a Baroque Musette Bourdon Using Micro-Computed Tomography by WOOD, FRANCIS, BROCK, FIONA, UDEN, JEREMY

“…The drone system or bourdon of the aristocratic French bagpipe, the Baroque musette, is an extraordinary invention. Neatly contained within a cylinder of ivory…”
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The Romero-System Clarinet: A Landmark in the Age of Woodwind Mechanization by RUBIO, PEDRO

“…Antonio Romero y Andía (1815-1886) was one of the most active and interesting figures in nineteenth-century Spanish music. He was an exceptional clarinettist,…”
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The Billingsgate Trumpet Re-examined and Re-assessed by KLAUS, SABINE K., SCHOFIELD, JOHN

“…In 1984, during construction of an office building next to the former Billingsgate Fish Market in the City of London, parts of a medieval trumpet were found in…”
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How the F-Hole Arose: Soundhole Shapes and Bridge Position on Bowed Instruments between 1500 and 1800 by RAYMAEKERS, WIM

“…The question concerning how the f-hole emerged has remained largely unanswered until now. By comparing surviving instruments and iconographical evidence, the…”
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In Memoriam Rob van Acht (1943-2017): Some Personal Memories by BOUTERSE, JAN

“…Rob subsequently studied flute and orchestral conducting at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam and musicology at the University of Amsterdam: a perfect foundation…”
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Kenneth Mobbs (1925-2017) by MARKS, BEN

“…In 1941, aged just 16, Mobbs was awarded the Licentiate Performing Diploma of the Royal Academy of Music (L.R.A.M.) before going up to Clare College,…”
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Made in Manchester: Instruments of the Higham Firm by MYERS, ARNOLD

“…Of all the provincial British brass instrument makers, the firm of Joseph Higham was the longest-lasting and the most productive and innovative, energetically…”
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Editorial by Whitehead, Lance

“…The 13 articles in the current issue demonstrate the continued diversity of our journal and the contribution it makes to the study and definition of…”
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Tracking Flutes on Nineteenth-Century Pohnpei: Queries about Instruments and their Movements in the Colonial Pacific by DIETTRICH, BRIAN

“…This article explores flutes on the island of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia across the nineteenth century and into the first decade of the…”
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