Timbers used in the musical instruments industry (1956)
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A review of timbers used by UK firms for making musical instruments; information is given for each instrument, together with brief notes on drying methods and glues. It covers: pianos, organs, violins, violas, cellos, and other stringed instruments, woodwind instruments such as clarinets, oboes and flutes, bagpipes, recorders, percussion instruments such as drums, and classical instruments such as harpsichords and harps.