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Vertical Line Cutter - Music Engraving Tool Set, Circa 1880
Reg. No: ST 041277 18
- 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 knife blade. Turned wooden handle has brass ring at tool end. Pouch made up of a strip of vinyl folded and stapled.
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 11 mm (Width), 120 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: 8 Knob of handle: P |
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