HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. VIII (ff. 121). Nos. 17-20:- (1) Parts of nos. 17-20. The parts for no. 17 include a number of insertions and alterations. Clarinet parts, not in the full scores, are included for nos. 18-20 (ff. 37-38b, 83-84b, 105-106b). ff. 1-69, 81-121;- (2) Full score of no. 19, in...
HERSCHEL SYMPHONIES. Vol. IX (ff. 74). Nos. 21-24. The parts for no. 22 include clarinets (ff. 20-21b) which are not in the full score. The parts for no. 23 differ considerably in instrumentation from the full score.
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. I (ff. 196). Record of a round-the-world journey to secure information relating to the piano export market; 1920-1921. Arranged as follows:– 1. ff. 1-33. 'The objects of my journey abroad' (ff. 3, 4), notes on hotels, travel, etc., and of expenses. 2. ff. 34-19...
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Notes on the pianoforte and the piano trade by J. Leslie Stephen, London piano maker, repairer and tuner; 1902-1951. Stephen worked for some time for Broadwood, White and Co. at their Helmsley Pianoforte Works in London Fields. A collection of printed catalogues and other material is at J/07902.b.1. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. Five volumes. Quarto.
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Music: Notes on the pianoforte trade and on 19th and 20th century pianos by J. L. Stephen: 1903-1951. James Leslie Stephen, piano maker, repairer and tuner: Notes on pianoforte trade and on 19th and 20th cent. pianos: 1903-1951.
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. II (ff. i+163). 'Notebook . . . No: 2' (f. i); 1902-1908, 1930, 1934. Includes (ff. 5-15b, 103-105) reports of visits to Germany, 1903, 1905; notes (ff. 93-100b) on the organ of St Thomas's Church, Camden Town, built 1876 and rebuilt 1906; 'Imprints of rubber stamp...
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vols. II-IV. Notebooks recording details of pianos Stephen worked on, general observations on action, stringing, frames, case-work, polishing, etc., often derived from conversations with other makers or repairers, and notes from published works. Illustrated with sketches of details of actions, frames and case-work, photographs of frames and pencil rubbings of the arrangement of pins in the wrest plank of some instruments. Each volume is preceded by an index. Half ...
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. III A (ff. i+190). 'Book 3' (f. 7); 1908-1914, 1928. Includes (ff. 31b-36b, 155b-162b) reports of visits to Germany, 1908, 1912.
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. III B (ff. 70). Calculations of the tensions of strings on upright pianos made or strung by Stephen, including two numbered 'B[roadwood] W[hite]' 8 and 9; 1927. Removed from Add. MS. 49635 A. Loose folios from Add. MSS. 49634-49636 are bound up with this volume.