Music teaching aid
J. Curwen & Sons Ltd
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
330 mm (width); 1155 mm (height)
Place of origin
Berners Street, 24
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670990
Summary
A long narrow wall chart printed on white paper glued to fabric backing. There are black wooden rollers at the top and bottom. The top roller has rings at both ends to take a cord for hanging, but it has more recently been hung from a tape nailed to the top roller. It bears the 'Tonic Sol-fa' names of sixteen notes, one above the other, painted in red, blue and black inks.
Marks and inscriptions
In the panel at the bottom: 'London, J. Curwen and Sons Ltd., 24, Berners St., W.1.// U.S.A., Curwen Inc.,// Germantown, Philadelphia// Price 4/- net cash// Made in England' In the panel at the top: 'CURWEN MODULATOR/ Curwen Edition 7004 Copyright'
Makers and roles
J. Curwen & Sons Ltd, maker