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1. Add MS 49633-49637

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Add MS 49633-49637
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1951
Extent:
6 items

2. Add MS 49634-49636

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Add MS 49634-49636
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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 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1902-1934]
Extent:
4 items

3. Add MS 49633

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Add MS 49633
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Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 49637

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Add MS 49637
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Scope & Content:
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. i+395). 1. ff. 1-8b. Correspondence relating to the stringing and tuning of a harp-lute; 1946. Partly signed and printed. 2. ff. 9-145b. Notes from published works on the history of keyboard instruments; compiled 1934-1936. 3. ff. 146-395. Notes of Bri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1951
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 49636

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Add MS 49636
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Scope & Content:
J. L. STEPHEN COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. ii+121). 'Book no: 4.' (f. i); 1914-1921, 1926, 1933.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1933
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49634

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Add MS 49634
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Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1934
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 49635 A

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Add MS 49635 A
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Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1928
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 49635 B

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Add MS 49635 B
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Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item