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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1with which they have met us upon all occasions. The names of these gentlemen, and the nature of their assistance, are more fully explained in a note of Captain Day's, which I requested him to draw up, and which I therefore judge better to give at length below.
3T. B. SHAW-HELLIER, Colonel,
4Commandant, Royal Military School of Music.
6NOTE.—In the compilation of this Catalogue much valuable assistance has been received from various gentlemen, many of whom, at considerable personal inconvenience, unselfishly gave up valuable time and devoted themselves to minute examination of the instruments described in the following pages. I wish especially to thank Mr. RICHARD ROCKSTRO, who very kindly undertook the whole of Section II., relating to Flutes, and who not only furnished the necessary details and "copy," but contributed the admirable prefatory Essay to that Section, revising and seeing all through the press. Especial thanks are also due to the Rev. F. W. GALPIN, F.L.S., for his energy and labour in connection with Sections I. and IX. The details and measurements of almost all the instruments described in these Sections were furnished by him, and his varied and practical knowledge has been of the greatest value.
8Of the assistance and co-operation of Mr. D. J. BLAIKLEY, the able manager of Messrs. Boosey and Co's manufactory, it would be impossible to speak too highly. His knowledge of acoustics and his unique practical experience he generously placed at my disposal, and the value of his help, not in one Section alone but throughout the work, cannot be overrated. The learned and exhaustive Essay upon Musical Pitch, a subject of ever-increasing importance, and printed in the Appendix, is from Mr. BLAIKLEY's pen, and has been written by him especially for this work.
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