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Stave Line Cutter - Music Engraving Tool Set, Circa 1880
Reg. No: ST 041277 17
- Summary:
- This item is part of a music engraving tool set used mostly by Gordon Baker who worked for a. Kynoch & Co. Pty. Ltd. in Melbourne from the 1930s to the 1980s. Gordon Baker was apprentice to his father Jack. At the time, Gordon was the only music engraver working in Australia.
- Description:
- Metal tool with curled end with five 'teeth' for engraving stave lines. Wooden handle had brass ring at tool end. Pouch made up of a strip of vinyl folded and stapled. The pouch contains a strip of cotten material
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 12 mm (Width), 181 mm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | music, printing, tools |
| Themes this item is part of: | Music Engraving - a description of the method using a metal plate, Information & Communication Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | COMMUNICATIONS |
| Secondary Classification: | Printing |
| Tertiary Classification: | music engraving |
| Inscriptions: | Both sides of pouch: 2 |
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