Slur cutter

Description

One of 36 assorted steel slur cutters and punches, used in music engraving by Alex Boyd at Aird and Coghill, music printers and publishers, Glasgow, 1921 - 1972

Museum reference

H.1995.734.2

Collection

Culture

Object name

Slur cutter, Punch

Date

1921 - 1972

Materials

Steel

Physical description

Steel

Associations

Music printers: Aird and Coghill
Previous owner: Boyd, Alex, 1921 - 1995 (fl.)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Baines, Anthony, Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.