Lloyd P. Farrar Music Instrument Collection and Personal Papers, 1850-2005

Collection Overview

Title: Lloyd P. Farrar Music Instrument Collection and Personal Papers, 1850-2005

ID: 12/9/92

Creator: Farrar, Lloyd Phillip

Extent: 84.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: The Collection is arranged into four unique series: Series 1) Musical Instruments, Series 2) Personal Papers, Series 3) Published Books of Museum Exhibitions and General Histories, and Series 4) Treatises on Instrument Builders and Performance Practice. Series 1 is arranged chronologically by date of acrual. Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by title. Series 3 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries 1) Museum Catalog Books and Exhibits of Musical Instruments and Subseries 2) Published Biographies and General Histories, Both are arranged alphabetically by title. Series 4 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries 1) Publications, Dissertations, and Unpublished Manuscripts on Instrument Builders and Subseries 2) Treatises on Musical Instrument Performance Practice, Both are arranged alphabetically by title.

Date Acquired: 09/26/1995

Languages: English [eng], German [ger], Dutch;Flemish [dut], Czech [cze], Japanese [jpn]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of Woodwind, string, and brass instruments by predominantly American, but some European, musical instrument manufacturers; Personal papers including notes on instrument builders, articles written about musical instruments, and photographs of musical instruments; and Books on musical instrument builders, museum collections and exhibits of musical instruments, treatises on performance practice and building musical instruments, and general histories about music in the 19th century.

Biographical Note

Lloyd P. Farrar (ca. 1932) has been interested in musical instruments since he was a child. After starting college as a geologist in North Carolina he hitchhiked across the country to the University of Illinois where he studied trombone and musicology. After joining the Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity he met his wife Doris Vogt, then a member of Mu Phi Epsilon, both were involved in musical activities at the University and they were married in 1956. At the University of Illinois he performed as the principal trombonist in the University Symphony Orchestra as well as on sackbut with the Collegium Musicum. Farrar graduated with his bachelors degree in music in 1955 and his masters degree in 1956. After his time at the University of Illinois, Farrar spent a year in the Netherlands on a Fullbright Grant studying early Dutch music. He and his wife then traveled to the University of Texas at Austin where he began his PhD in Musicology, but he never completed his dissertation. While he was in Washington DC studying at the Library of Congress, Farrar took a job teaching music history and band at Mary Washington College in Viriginia. In addition, he helped to form the nearby Prince George's Civic Orchestra in Washington DC, conducting the orchestra from 1965 to 1969. Around 1971, Farrar began to lose his sight and abandoned much of his intensive bibliographic work at the time, but continued his organological work. During the mid 1970s he collected hundreds of musical instruments as a means of correcting and expanding Lindesay Langwill's instrumental history book to include American manufacturers. Between the late 1970s and mid 1980s, Farrar was one of the country's leading organologists writing articles for The Woodwind Quarterly, The International Trumpet Guild, The American Musical Instrument Society, The Serpent Newsletter, and the American Musicological Society as well as serving on the board of governors for the American Musical Instrument Society where he chaired the committee for revisions to the Langwill Index. In 1988, Farrar examined and arranged the John Held and Chatfield Band Library at the Utah State Archives. In the late 1980s he began the Patuxent Martial Musick Collection in Colesville, Maryland, which was later transferred to the Sousa Archives in 1995. In 1996, the Farrars moved to Norris, Tennessee, where Mr. Farrar continues to collect and write about musical instruments.

Administrative Information

Accruals:

Additional materials were acquired from Lloyd Farrar on September 29, 2004; January 25, 2005; March 4, 2012; and June 26, 2016.

Yamaha Bb Flugelhorn received from Geoffrey Britten on May 2, 2019.

Serpent, Sackbut, Alto Shawm, and Tenor Shawm transferred from the School of Music on July 22, 2024.

Addition of unprocessed historical flutes, fifes, piccolos, clarinets, and research files acquired from Mark Farrar on March 10, 2025

Acquisition Source: Lloyd Farrar

Acquisition Method: Gift of Lloyd and Doris Farrar.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Music Instruments, ca. 1850-1967

Item 1: Valved Trombone: La Fletche Cie, 1880-1910

Accession number: 2004.120992.027

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver

Note: La Fletche Cie was probably an imported instrument by the Sears Roebuck company

Item 2: Baritone Horn: Monarch, 1882-1890

Accession number: 2004.120992.029

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Brass

Item 3: Cornet: C.G. Conn, 1892

Accession number: 2004.120992.006

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Silver

Item 4: Cornet: C.G. Conn, 1933

Accession number: 2004.120992.049

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Brass

Item 5: Cornet: C.G. Conn, 1903

Accession number: 2004.120992.048

Physical condition: Very Good

Material composition: Silver

Item 6: Cornet: Ch. Missenharter, 1882

Accession number: 2004.120992.003

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 7: Cornet: Missenharter and Coleman Excelsior Bb, ca. 1893

Accession number: 2004.120992.002

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 8: Cornet: John Heald, ca. 1920

Accession number: 2004.120992.020

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 9: Cornet: Frank Holton (Chicago, IL), ca. 1914

Accession number: 2004.120992.017

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 10: Cornet: C.G. Conn, ca. 1923

Accession number: 2004.120992.018

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Copper and Bronze

Item 11: Cornet: C.G. Conn, ca. 1923

Accession number: 2004.120992.019

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 12: Cornet: Charles Parsons, ca. 1880

Accession number: 2004.120992.014

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Brass

Item 13: Cornopean, ca. 1850

Accession number: 2004.120992.016

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Brass

Item 14: Double Horn: Carl Lehmann & Co., Ca., 1920

Accession number: 2004.120992.024

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 15: Euphonium: E. A. Couturier, 1930

Accession number: 2004.120992.030

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Silver

Item 16: Flute: C. G. Conn, 1930

Accession number: 2004.120992.001

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver

Item 17: Helicon B-flat: Brua C. Keefer, 1915

Accession number: 2004.120992.023

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 18: Helicon E-flat: Henry Distin, 1905

Accession number: 2004.120992.022

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 19: English Slide trumpet and tuning bit: C. Pace, London

Accession number: 2004.120992.015a and 2004.120992.015c

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Copper

Reproduction mouthpiece 2004.120992.15b (see also mouthpiece box 1)

Item 20: Bass Trombone: C. G. Conn, 1954

Accession number: 2004.120992.009

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Rose and Yellow Brass

Item 21: Tenor Trombone: C.G. Conn, 1933

Accession number: 2004.120992.032

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 22: Tenor Trombone: F. E. Olds Co., ca. 1920

Accession number: 2004.120992.008

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Brass

Engraving on Slide Portion reads: 1912 PAT APP'ld FOR, refering to tuning mechanism in slide. Has TIS Slide Mechanism.

Item 23: Tenor Trombone: Henry Lehnert, ca. 1890-1915

Accession number: 2004.120992.012

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Silver

Item 24: Trombone: F. E. Olds Co., 1954

Accession number: 2004.120992.010

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Nickel

Item 25: Tenor Trombone: Holton Special Model (Chicago, IL), c. 1916-1917

Non-accession number: 2004.120992.007

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Brass and Gold

Item 26: Tenor Trombone: Marceau, 1900-1910

Accession number: 2004.120992.025

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Note: Mareau was a puppet company based in the Cech Republic that was owned and operated by Sears Roebuck and Co.

Item 27: Tenor Trombone: C. W. Osgood, 1915-1925

Non-accession number: 2004.120992.026

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 28: Trumpet: Leblanc, 1958

Accession number: 2004.120992.005

Physical condition: Very Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 29: Trumpet: Frank Holton, undated

Accession number: 2004.120992.013

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Gold plating

Item 30: Trumpet: C. G. Conn, 1931

Accession number: 2004.120992.004

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver and Brass

Item 31: Herald Trumpet, 1920-1930

Accession number: 2004.120992.028

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Brass

Item 32: Trumpet: C.G. Conn, ca. 1957

Accession number: 2004.120992.033

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Silver, Nickel and Brass

Item 33: Trumpet: Excelsior, undated

Accession number: 2004.120992.031

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Brass

Item 34: Trumpet: William Frank Co., 1935-1942

Accession number: 2004.120992.011

Physical condition: Excellent

Material composition: Gold Plated

Item 35: Trumpet B-flat: C. G. Conn, ca. 1930

Accession number: 2004.120992.021

Physical condition: Very Good

Material composition: Brass

Item 36: Violin: H. Pohl, 1920

Accession number: 2004.120992.034

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition: Wood and Plastic

Item 37: Violin case, undated

Accession number: 2004.120992.036

Physical condition: Poor

Material composition: Wood

Item 38: Violin case, undated

Accession number: 2004.120992.035

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Leather

Item 39: Lyre, undated

Accession number: 2004.120992.047

Physical condition: Good

Material composition: Brass

Item 41: London Bombardon Tuba E-Flat: Henry Distin, 1869

Accession Number: 2012.120992.001

Serial: 20722.

Physical Condition: Slow valves, 1st and 3rd slides inoperable.

Note:Â Came with Mellophone mouthpiece and lyre.

Item 42: Cornet: Amari Kraslice ACR 252, undated

Accession number: 2012.120992.002

Serial: 121391.

Physical condition: Valves stuck. Good condition otherwise.

Material: Silver plated brass.

Item 43: London Ballad Horn: Boosey-Distin, 1870-1880

Accession number: 2012.120992.003

Serial: 29394 on bell and 27733 on second valve case.

Physical Condition: Good

Material: Silver

Item 44: Natural Horn: Boosey, 1880

Accession number: 2012.120992.007

Serial: 117322

Physical Condition: Playable, slides inoperable

Material: Brass

Item 45: Diagonal E-Flat Tenor Horn: Henry Lehnert, 1870

Accession number: 2012.120992.004

Physical Condition: Missing 2nd valve slide, unplayable

Material: coin silver

Item 46: E-Flat Tenor Horn: Henry Distin, c. 1885

Accession number: 2012.120992.006

Serial: 15840 on bell and 18143 on second valve case.

Physical Condition: Stuck 1st valve, 1st and 3rd slides inoperable.

Material: Brass

Item 47: Upright B-flat Tenor Horn: Henry Lehnert (Philadelphia), 1870-1880

Accession number: 2012.120992.005

Physical Condition: Good

Material: Brass

Item 48: E-flat Bell Front Tenor Flugal Horn: Zoebisch of New York, c. 1870

Accession number: 2012.120992.008

Physical Condition: Good

Material: Silver-plated brass

Note: Period mouth piece included with instrument. It came from a Paris, Texas music store according to Farrar.

Item 49: Alto Horn: Brua C. Keefer (Williamsport, PA), undated

Accession number: 2012.120992.009

Serial: 5452 on bell and 6226 on second valve case.

Physical Condition: Good condition, first valve tuning slide frozen.

Material: Brass

Item 50: Tenor Trombone: Thein (Bremen), undated

Accession Number: 2012.1209092.016.

Material/Condition: Brass, Excellent.

Contains Screw Bell.

Item 51: Reproduction of Baroque Natural Horn: Helmut Finke Herford, ca. 1960s

Accession Number: 2012.1209092.017a-e.

Material/Condition; Brass, Fair Condition.

Contains Four Crooks and Pig Tail Lead Pipe. Engraved on Bell "Angefertig von Helmut Finke Herford".

Item 52: Reproduction of Eb Alto Horn: Amati Kraslice, ca. 1980s-1990s

Accession Number: 2012.1209092.018.

Material/Condition: Silver Lacquer, Excellent Condition.

Amati Mouthpiece Size 5 Included in Case.

Item 53: Tenor Trombone: William Anderson Key Note Model, ca. 1923-1930

Accession number: 2016.1209092.001.

Silver Lacquer, Fair Condition.

No Mouthpiece.

Item 54: Tenor Trombone: Brua C. Keefer Simons Model, ca. 1919-1920

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.002a

Condition/Material: Silver Lacquer with Gold Bell, Excellent Condition

Contains original Case, Lyre (accession number 2016.1209092.002b), Keefer Mouthpiece (Gold Lacquer, excellent condition - accession number 2016.1209092.002c), Cleaning rod, Keefer Oil container (accession number 2016.1209092.002d), slide (accession number 2016.1209092.002e). Trombone has TIS system.

Item 55: Euphonium: Henry Distin (Williamsport, PA), ca. 1867

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.003a.

Material/Condition: Silver Lacquer with Gold finishing, Good Condition

Mouthpiece: Gold Plated Distin (undated) Accession number: 2016.1209092.003b.

NOTE: Original Case is Cloth, Handle with Extreme Care.

Item 56: Tenor Trombone: Besson, ca. 1940s

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.004.

Material/Condition: Brass, Fair Condition.

Original Case, Contains Lyre.

Item 57: Bass Trombone in G: Besson, ca. 1914

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.005.

Material/Condition: Silver Lacquer, Good Condition.

Trombone has slide handle for lower positions.

NOTE: Original Leather Case Extremely Fragile, Handle With Care.

Item 58: Tenor Trombone: Brua C. Keefer, ca. 1918

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.006.

Material/Condition: Silver Lacquer, Good Condition.

Item 59: Tenor Horn in Eb: Henry Lehnert, ca. 1860-1890

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.007.

Material/Condition: Silver Lacquer, Good Condition.

Note: Case is Damaged, Handle with Care.

Item 60: Tenor Horn in Eb: Brua C. Keefer (Williamsport, PA), ca. 1922

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.008.

Material/Condition: Silver Lacquer, Good Condition.

Stamped with USQMC on Bell (U.S. Quartermaster Corps)

Item 61: Bass Trombone with F Attachment: C.G. Conn, 1967

Accession Number: 2016.1209092.009.

Material/Condition: Brass, Good Condition.

Mouthpiece Box 1

Item 15b: L. Pace Slide Trumpet Copy Mouthpiece: 2004.120992.15b

Box 1

Item 1: Tonette: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.037 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Plastic
Item 2: Tonette: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.038 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Plastic
Item 3: Fitchhorn Song Flute: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.039 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Plastic
Item 4: Tin Whistle: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.040 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Brass?
Item 5: Tin Whistle: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.041 Physical condition: Fair Material composition: Brass?
Item 6: Tin Whistle: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.042 Physical condition: Fair Material composition: Brass?
Item 7: Tin Whistle: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.043 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Brass?
Item 8: Tin Whistle: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.044 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Unidentified metal with plastic mouthpiece
Item 9: Melody Flute: Non-accession number: 2004.120992.045 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Unidentified metal
Item 10: Fife (Melody Flute): Non-accession number: 2004.120992.046 Physical condition: Good Material composition: Tin

Box 6

Item 1: Tenor Military Serpent: Christopher Monk, ca. 1994

Material/Condition: Wood, Leather, Brass. Condition excellent. Contains serpent, bocal, lead pipe, and mouthpiece. Created as a prototype instrument by Jeremy West for Christopher Monk Instruments, no serial number or case is included.

Accession number 2018.1209092.001a through 2018.1209092.001d.

Item 62: L. R. (Richardson) Leland & Son, (Worchester, MA), 1890-1905

Accession number: 2012.1209092.012

Physical condition: Fair, main water key spring broken

Material Composition:

Item 63: Distin E-flat "Superior" Tuba, (Philadelphia), serial no.5065, 1889

Accession number: 2012.12090092.020

Physical condition: Fair, tuning slides to first and third valve slides, and main tuning slide frozen

Material composition:

Very rare Distin model

Item 64: Distin E-flat "Superior" Tuba, (Williamsport), serial no. 6213, 1890

Accession number: 2012.12090092.021

Physical condition: Good

Material composition:

Very rare Distin model

Item 65: Boosey "Solbron" Class-A B-flat Tenor Horn, (London), serial no. 104485 on bell and serial no. 79853 on second valve, ca. 1890

Accession number: 2012.1209092.011

Physical condition: Poor, first valve frozen

Material composition:

Inscription on bell reads "Guaranteed British made throughout the R. S. Williams & Sons Company, Toronto."

Item 66: Charles H. Parson E-flat Tuba, (New York), undated

Accession number: 2012.1209092.022

Physical condition: Good

Material composition:

Item 67: Bohlund & Fuchs Tenor Horn, (Graslitz, Bohemia, undated

Accession number: 2012.1209092.024

Physical condition: Fair, first tuning slide frozen

Material composition:

Item 68: Dodworth-Busch F Tuba, 4 rotor valves, 1892

Accession number: 2012.1209092.029

Physical condition: fair, engraving on bell is badly worn, second valve is sticky, main tuning slide frozen, and one valve missing rotor screw cap.

Material composition:

Very rare model.

Item 69: Keefer E-flat Tenor horn, (Williamsport), serial number 12997 L2P located on second valve, ca. 1910-1920

Accession number: 2012.1209092.019

Physical condition: second valve frozen

Material composition:

Horn is in the shape of a baritone and is possibly low-pitch

Item 70: Keefer E-flat Tenor, (Williamsport), serial number 10271 on second valve, ca. 1910-=1920

Accession number: 2012.1209092.015

Physical condition: Poor, third valve tuning slide frozen, 4-inch patch on bell next to engraving, and first and second valve buttons no original.

Material composition:

The instrument was probably dropped and the bell is heavily damaged. The instrument is probably high pitch.

Item 71: Stratton Over-the-shoulder E-flat Tuba, ca. 1856-1858

Accession number: 2012.1209092.026

Physical condition: Poor, no valves and badly deteriorated

Material compositon: Nickel-plated brass

Very early example of a Stratton Over-the-shoulder tuba

Item 72: Lehnert 3-rotor valve E-flat Tuba, 1874

Accession number: 2012.1209092.027

Physical condition: Poor, extensive de-zincification throughout the instrument, thumb brack is broken, and several joints are taped together.

Material composition: Nickel plated brass

Item 73: Thein Bremen Trombone, serial number 1932, undated

Accession number: 2012.1209092.016

Physical condition: Good, slide lock inoperable

Material composition:

Rare model trombone

Item 74: Boosey-Distin B-flat Euphonium, serial number 22794, 1870

Accession number: 2012.1209092.013A and B

Physical condition: Good, has original mouthpiece

Material composition:

Item 75: Early 20th-century reproduction Baroque Natural Horn (Angefertig von Helmut Finke Herford), ca. 1960

Accession number: 2012.1209092.017

Physical condition: Fair, original mouth piece with 1 slide section and pigtail leadpipe

Material composition:

Item 76: Amati E-flat Alto Horn, serial number 109151, undated

Accession number: 2012.1209092.018

Physical condition:Good

Material composition:

This is a 20th-century recreation

Item 77: Joseph Lidl Wagnerian Bass Trumpet, serial number LTR591, 2010

Accession number: 2012.1209092.031A & B

Physical condition: Very good

Material composition:

Intrument includes an original mouthpiece

Item 78: E-flat Melody Horn, 1905

Accession number: 2012.1209092.030

Physical condition: Good

Material composition:

Item 79: Zobisch B-flat Tenor Horn in Helicon Form, ca. 1870

Accession number: 2012.1209092.025

Physical condition: Fair

Material composition

Item 80: Ernst Reinh Voigt (Mark Neukirchen Sachen) B-flat Oval Tenor Horn, 1890

Accession number: 2012.1209092.014

Physical condition: Good

Material Composition:

Wagnerian tuba modeled after it.

Item 81: Lehnert "American Standard" B-flat Euphonium, (Philadelphia), ca. 1875-1895

Accession number: 2012.1209092.010

Physical condition: Fair, large patch around the circumfrance of the bell, and second valve tuning slide frozen

Material composition:

Item 82: C. E. Doeling E-flat Tuba, (Philadelphia), ca. 1885-1895

Accession number: 2012.1209092.028

Physical condition: Fair, third valve tuning slide frozen

Material composition:

Item 83: Yamaha Bb Flugal Horn, ca. 1972

Instrument acquired by Geoffrey Brittin from Lloyd Farrar in the early 2000s, acquired by the Sousa Archives as part of the Farrar Collection on May 2, 2019. See also Musical Americana, Series 3, Box 73, Folder 1, containing photograph and letter related to the instrument.

Case contains Bach 7C mouthpiece. Yamaha Flugelhorn manufactured in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Physical condition: Good

Material: Rose and Yellow Brass

Item 84: David Harding Serpent, ca. 1990

Accession no. 2018.1209092.002. Wood and brass serpent, wrapped in leather, with brass bocal and wooden mouthpiece. Serial number 153.

Item 85: Kaiser Serpent, ca. 1990

Acquisition No. 2024.120992.001.

Item 86: Gebr. Alexander Sackbut, ca. 1990

Acquisition No. 2024.120992.002.

Item 87: Otto Steinkopf Alto Shawm, ca. 1950

Accession No. 2024.120992.003. Includes box of reeds.

Item 88: Otto Steinkopf Tenor Shawm, ca. 1950

Accession No. 2024.120992.004. Includes box of reeds.

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1939-2005

Box 2

Folder 1: Articles about Musical Instruments by Lloyd Farrar and Others, 1966-2002: Articles and clippings.
Folder 2: Fitchhorn, E.J. - Correspondence Related to, Articles, Information About, 1939-1991: Correspondence, news clippings, advertisements.
Folder 3: Herbert W. Brunner Sight Reading Record, 1968: A demonstration record of the Oral Reading and Self Directing procedures used with the Practical Procedures for Sight Reading course. Used by 6th grade instrumental class at Shaw Butte School, Phoenix, AZ. Narrator: Winston RIchard, music coordinator; teacher: Herbert W. Brunner. Progammed to aid in learning sight reading. Copyright 1968, Henri Elkan Music Publisher, Philadelphia, PA.
Folder 4: John Held Band Library, Utah State Historical Society - Holdings, 1983: Inventory of and finding aid for band arrangements held by the library. Includes concert music, dance music, marches and popular tunes.
Folder 5: Lanahan, Walter D. - Correspondence Related to; Articles, Information About, 1990-1991: Correspondence related to Walter D. Lanahan, Articles by and about him, ads for his Melody Flute.
Folder 6: Lecture Notes about Farrar Instruments, undated: Notes about instruments in collection.
Folder 7: Lloyd Farrar Music Instrument Collection - Alto & Tenor/Baritone Valve Trombones, 1888-2005: Detailed descriptions of instruments in Farrar's collection, including provenance information. Also includes ads and detailed diagrams of some instruments. Dates indicate dates of instrument manufacture or date of acquisition.
Folder 8: Lloyd Farrar Music Instrument Collection - B-Flat Tenor & Baritone/Bass Horns, ca. 1882-1920, 2005: Detailed description of instruments in Farrar's collection, including provenance information. Dates indicate estimated manufacture date and date of acquisition by the University of Illinois.
Folder 9: Lloyd Farrar Music Instrument Collection - Coronets and Trumpets - Soprano, ca. 1878-2005: Detailed descriptions of the instruments including provenance, some patent information, diagrams, and advertisements. Dates indicate manufacture dates and acquisition dates by University of Illinois.
Folder 10: Lloyd Farrar Music Instrument Collection - E-Flat & BB Flat Contrabass Horns & Tubas, ca. 1900 -1901, 2005: Detailed description of the instruments, including provenance and condition of the instruments. Dates indicate the manufacture dates and date of acquisition by the University of Illinois.
Folder 11: Lloyd Farrar Music Instrument Collection - F & E-Flat Tenor or Alto and French Horns, 1888, 1926-1930, 2005: Detailed description of Horn in F/B-Flat, including patent information and diagrams and condition. Also includes advertisements. Dates indicate dates of patents, manufacture, and acquisition by the University of Illinois.
Folder 12: Lloyd Farrar Music Instrument Collection - Slide Trombones, ca. 1900-2005: Detailed description of the instruments, including provenance, condition, manufacture and acquisition dates. Patent information and diagrams. Advertisements.
Folder 13: Lloyd Farrar Music Instrument Collection - Valve Trombone, Alto in E-Flat, ca. 1885-1890: Detailed description of instrument, including diagram, provenance and condition. Date indicates manufacture date.
Folder 14: Patents and Ads for Brass Instruents: Conn, Holton, Zimmerman., 1910-1941: Patent information. Ads for instruments.
Folder 15: Personal Correspondence and Notes, 1986-1997: Personal correspondence and notes, diagrams, detailed descriptions of musical instruments, articles.
Folder 16: Photographs, undated
Folder 17: Star Dust Fox Trot, by Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Jimmy Dale, 1931: New York: Mills Music, Inc.
Folder 18: Swanson, Ziegner - Correspondence Related to; Articles, Information About, 1991: Also includes patent informaiton.

Box 5

Folder 21: The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress - Vol. 35 No. 2, 1979: Contains ear-marked and edited article, "The American Brass Band Movement," by Jon Newsom (P. 114-140). CAUTION: Also contains fragile recording, "Music of the Civil War Era conducted by Frederick Fennell: Captain Finch's Quickstep and Slow March Midnight."

Series 3: Published Books of Museum Exhibitions and General Histories, ca. 1901-2004

Sub-Series 1: Museum Catalog Books and Exhibits of Musical Instruments

Box 3

Folder 1: "Amadeus: His Music and the Instruments of 18th c. Vienna Exhibition - Shrine to Music Museum", by Andre P. Larson, 1990: Exhibition of The Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, at the Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, February 4 - March2, 1990.
Folder 2: "American Musical Instruments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art," by Lawrence Libin, 1985: Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., New York. Foreward: Philippe de Montebello. Preface: Henry Steinway. Book also contains loose correspondence and materials related to musical instruments.
Folder 3: "Banjos: The Tsumura Collection," by Akira Tsumura, 1984: Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo. First edition.
Folder 4: "The Bate Collection of Historical Wind Instruments," Introduction by Anthony Baines., 1976: Catalogue of the Instruments. The Bates Collection, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford.
Folder 5: "The Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp Collection of Musical Instruments," by C. Van Leeuwen Boomkamp and J. H. Van der Meer, 1971: Descriptive Catalog. Publisher: Frits Knuf, Amsterdam, 1971.
Folder 6: "Catalog of the Collections - The Shrine to Music Museum Vol. 1, Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments and Keyed Brass Instruments," by Gary M. Stewart, 1980: Printer: Hill's Creative Printing, Vermillion, SD. Also contains loose copy of Farrar's review of the book. Book contains hand-written notations about the instruments.
Folder 7: "Catalog of the Collections - The Shrine to Music Museum Vol. 2, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet," by Thomas E. Cross, 1982: Printer: Hiill's Creative Printing, Vermillion, SD.
Folder 8: "Catalogue of the European Musical Instruments of the 17th, 18th, & 19th Centuries in te Ueno Gakuen Collection.", 1980: Author: Institute for the Study of Musical Instruments, Ueno Gaukuen College, Tokyo. Language: Japanese and English.
Folder 9: "A Checklist of Western European Fifes, Piccolos, and Transverse Flutes", 1977: Introduction: Lawrence Libin. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Musical Instruments."
Folder 10: "David and Nina Shorey Antique Flutes", 1991: The 1991 Catalog of Antique Flutes. Private collection. Bowdoinham, ME.
Folder 11: "Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection, The: A Checklist of the Instruments", 1961: Compiled by Laura E. Gilliam & WIlliam Lichtenwanger. Library of Congress, Music Division, Reference, Washington. Contains loose notes and materials. Book also contains hand-written notations.
Folder 12: "Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik: Katalog der Blasinstrumente.", 1980: Publisher: Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munchen. Languange: German.
Folder 13: "European Musical Instruments in Liverpool Museum,' Ed. Pauline Rushton., 1994: Publisher: Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London. Also contains several loose items.
Folder 14: "Floten: Musik instrumenten - Museum der Karl-Marx-Universitat, Leipzig.", 1978: Author: Herbert Heyde. Publisher: Veb Deutscher Verlag fur Musik, Leipzig. Language: German. Also contains several loose items and notes, including book reviews of books on music instruments including this volume.
Folder 15: "Fuhrer durech das Musicinstrumenten - Museum der Karl-Marx-Universitat.", 1964: Publisher: Veb Breitkopf & Hartel Musikverlag, Leipzig. Language: German.
Folder 16: "Fuhrer durch das Musikinstrumenten - Museum Markneukirchen, ca. 1901: Publisher: Vogtland-Druck und Computersatz GmbH Markneukirchen. Language: German.
Folder 17: "Haags Gemeentemuseum: Cata losus van de muziek instrumenten - Hoorn- en trompetachtige blassinstrumenten.", 1970: Publisher: Krits Knuf, Amsterdam. Languages: Dutch and English.
Folder 18: "The Hill Collection," by David D. Boyden., 1969: Publisher: Oxford University Press, London.
Folder 19: "Historic Flutes from Private Collections," Andre Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986: Also contains several loose items.
Folder 20: "Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburg University Collection," Vol. 2, Part H, Fascicle i: Horns and Bugles., 1992: Second edition. Editor: Arnold Myers. Contains several loose items.
Folder 21: "Die Holzblasinstrumente im Oberosterreichischen Landesmuseum" by Pillip T. Young, 1999: Published by Vereingte Druckereien und Verlags GmbH and Co. KG, Linz. Language: German and English.
Folder 22: "Musikinstrumenten Museum Markneukirchen," edited by Hanna Jordan, 1975: Published by DDR. Language: German. Includes entry tickets to the museum of Markneukirchen, a reproduction photograph of a saxophone ensemble from 1935 which is captioned "Das Saxophon - Fabriks - Orchester der Musik = instrumentenfabrik V. Kohlert's Sohne - j. 1935." Also contains a brief article in Czech on the museum.
Folder 23: "Musical Instruments in the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection at the Library of Congress," Vol. 1 by Michael Seyfrit, 1982: Published by the Library of Congress, US Government Printing Office. Also contains correspondence between Lloyd Farrar and Robert Sheldon at the Library of Congress from July 22, 1988.
Folder 24: "Musical Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum," designed by Stuart Silver with introduction by Philippe de Montebello, 1978: Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Folder 25: "Musical Instruments at the Victoria and Albert Museum" by Carole Patey, 1978: Published by Raithby, Lawrence and Company LTD.
Folder 26: "Our Tuneful Heritage: American Musical Instruments from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," by Lawrence Libin, 1994: Published by Brigham Young University Press.
Folder 27: "The Proud Bassoon: The Waterhouse Collection of Bassoons and Related Items," by William Waterhouse and a foreward by Lindsay Langwill, 1983: Published for the 1983 Edinburgh International Festival by Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments.
Folder 28: "Raritaten der Blasermusik: Die Blasinstrumente im Wandel der Zeit," by Herbert Heyde, Eugeen Brixel, Franz Xaver Streitwieser, and Berthold Antoniuk, 1996: Published by Musica Kremsmunster. Language: German. Also includes Correspondence between Franz Xaver Streitwieser and Lloyd Farrar.
Folder 29: "The Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments Catalogue: Part 1 - European Wind Instruments," by E.A. K. Ridley, 1982: Published by the Royal College of Music. Also includes select pages from the book " The Ridley Collection of Musical Wind Instruments in the Luton Museum," (1957) [used as a page marker between pages 10 and 11].
Folder 30: "Sachsische Museen Museum Markneukirchen," by Hanna Jordon et al., 2000: Published by Deutscher Kunstverlag Munchen. Language: German.
Folder 31: "Stad Antwerpen Oudheidkundige Musea Vleeshuis Catalogus," by Drukkerijen C. Govaerts, ca. 1970: Published by Deurne Antwerpen. Language: Dutch.
Folder 32: "Twenty-Five Hundred Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of the Major Collections," by Phillip T. Young, 1982: Published by Pendragon Press.

Sub-Series 2: Published Biographies and General Histories

Box 3

Folder 33: "1876: a Centenial Exhibition," edited by Robert C. Post, 1976: Published by the National Museum of History and Technology, the Smithsonian Institution. Also includes copy of the journal The American Guild of Organists Vol. 10 No. 11 (Nov. 1976).
Folder 34: "Arthur Pryor: His Trombon, His Band, His Music," by Loren J. Luper, 1987: Published by Kimberly Press.
Folder 35: "Catching the Tune: Music and William Sidney Mount," edited by Janice Gray Armstrong, 1984: Published by the Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook University.
Folder 36: "Of Civil War Era Musical Instruments and Military Bands," by Robert Garofalo and Mark Elrod, 1985: Published by Pictoral Histories Publishing. CAUTION: Contains fragile recording of Heritage Americana Cornet-Saxhorn Brass Band recording, conducted by Robert Garofalo. Tracks include: "Red, White, and Blue," "Dixie," "Dixie and Bonnie Blue Flag," and "Here's Your Mule Gallop." Also includes handwritten notes by Lloyd Farrar, photocopie of photograph of civil war era musician, and Smithsonian Press Advertisement for "The Music Men."
Folder 37: "Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Antiken und Mittelalterlichen Rohrblattinstrumente," by Hanz Becker, 1966: Published by Musikverlag Hans Sikorski Hamburg. Language: German.

Box 4

Folder 1: "Fred Jewell (1875-1936): His Life as a Composer of Circus and Band Music, Bandmaster, and Publisher," by Charles Phillip Conrad, 1994: Unpublished Dissertation.
Folder 2: "George Rosenkrans and the Grampian Band," by Fred E. Long, 1981: Published by Blair County Historical Society.
Folder 3: "Harpsichords and Clavichords," by Cynthia A. Hoover, 1969: Published by The Smithsonian Institution Press.
Folder 4: "Illustriertes Lexikon der Musikinstrumente," by Bohuslav Cizek, 2004: Published by Doerfler. Language: German.
Folder 5: "Keyed Bugles in the United States," by Robert E. Eliason, 1972: Published by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
Folder 6: "Music and Musket: Bands and Bandsmen of the American Civil War," by Kenneth E. Olson, 1981: Published by Greenwood Press. Contains correspondence to Lloyd Farrar dated October 23, 1984.
Folder 7: "Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente," by Curt Sachs, 1964: Published by Dover Publications. Language: German.
Folder 8: "Sylvester Ahola: The Gloucester Gabriel," by Dick Hill, 1993: Published by Scarecrow Press.
Folder 9: "The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments," by Jeremy Montagu, 1976: Published by the Overlook Press. Also contains cover page for J & J Lubrano Catalog no. 36 (spring 1987).

Series 4: Treatises on Instrument Builders and Performance Practice, 1871-2002

Sub-Series 1: Publications, Dissertations, and Unpublished Manuscripts on Instrument Builders

Box 4

Folder 10: "A Compendium of United States Military Bugles and Trumpets," by J.T. Carter, ca. 1981-1992: Unpublished Manuscript on Makers of Military Bugles between (1800-1900). Also Includes "The Music Imprints Bibliography of Field Bugle and Field Trumpet Calls, Signals, and Quicksteps for the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps: 1812-1991," by R. Ranch and "A Day in Markneukirchen," International Trumpet Association Article by Kees van Hage. In addition, folder contains correspondence between Lloyd Farrar and Jack T. Carter.
Folder 11: "The Cornet Compendium: The History and the Development of the Nineteenth Century Cornet," by Richard I. Schwartz, 2001: Unpublished Manuscript on Cornet Performers, Recordings of Cornettists, Pieces that feature Cornet, and Builders of Cornets from the 19th Century.
Folder 12: "The Cornet Compendium: The History and the Development of the Nineteenth Century Cornet," Supplement, by Richard I. Schwartz, 2002: Unpublished Treatise Containing Extensive History of Cornet Builders of the 19th century.
Folder 13: "Dictionary of Twentieth Century Italian Violin Makers," by Marlin Brinser, 1978: Published by American Graphic.
Folder 14: "Early American Brass Makers," by Robert E. Eliason, 1979: Published by The Brass Press. Contains information on brass instrument builders J. Lathrop Allen, E.G. Wright, and Isaac Fiske.
Folder 15: "The Elkhart County Historical Society: Musical Instrument Manufacturing in Elkhart, Indiana," Compiled by Dean McMakin, 1987: Unpublished manuscript on builders in Elkhart Indiana, including: C.G. Conn, Buescher, Martin, E.K. Blessing, Elkhart Musical Instrument Company, Seidel Band Instrument and E. A. Couturier Company, C.W. Osgood, American Manufacturing Company and the Harry W. Pedler Company, Babbit Brothers, Elkhart Band Instrument Company, Pan American, Selmer, W.T. Armstrong, Art Musical Instrument Company, the Linton Company, Indiana Brass Instrument Company, Artley, Larilee, Fischer, Reid, Hardy, Hoosier Band Instrument, Platz, J.W. Yunker and Bros, Lesher Woodwind Company, K.G. Gemeinhardt Company, R. Lee Bailey, Bundy Band Instrument Corp., Richards Music Corp., Windsor Oboes, Deford, Westwind Products, Pan Industries, Green, Moore, Jack M. Linton, Emerson Musical Instrument, Diamond Cutter Flute Works, Alcazar, Cauffman, and Clark Baton. Also includes Program for special exhibit at the Elkhart County Historical Museum, 1986.
Folder 16: "An Index of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers," 2nd Ed. Lyndesay G. Langwill, 1962: Published by Lorimer and Chalmers. Includes Annotations and Additions to the Index by Lloyd Farrar. Also includes Correspondence between Lloyd Farrar and William E. Gibbon dated July 15, 1977.
Folder 17: "Italian Violin Makers," by Karel Jalovec, 1957: Published by Anglo-Italian Publication Limited.
Folder 18: "Die Geigenmacher der Familie Hopf in Kingenthal," by Bernard Zoebisch, 1999: Published by Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein. Language: German.
Folder 19: "Mitteilungen des Vereins fur Geschichte der Stadt Nurnberg," by Freidrich Bloch, 1954: Published by Zerreis and Co. Language: German. Contains information on Trumpet and Trombone builders in Nurnberg from the Renaissance to the 19th century.
Folder 20: "Musical Instrument Making in New York City During the 18th and 19th Centuries (Vol. 1 and 2)," by Nancy Jane Groce, 1982: Unpublished Dissertation.

Box 5

Folder 1: "Musical Instruments of the Southern Appalachian Mountains," 2nd ed. by John Rice Irwin, 1983: Published by Schiffer Publishing. Includes ethnographic and historiographic information on builders of Banjos and Dulcimers in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, including home-made instruments.
Folder 2: "Musical Instrument Trade Catalogs listed in E. Richard McKinstry's 'Trade Catalogues at Winterthur: A guide to the Literature of Merchandising 1750-1980,'" unknown Author, ca. 1984-1990: Unpublished Manuscript. Also includes unpublished manuscript, "Handlist of Musical Instrument Trade Catalogs in the Library of Congress Music Division and Dayton C. Miller Collection," Prepared by Peter H. Adams, February 14, 1990. Also includes handwritten notes by Lloyd Farrar, undated.
Folder 3: "Patents for Inventions: Abridgements of Specifications Relating to Music and Musical Instruments, AD 1694-1866," by Tony Bingham, 1871: Published by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press). Includes abridged patents (without diagrams) filed in London for musical instruments. Also includes handwritten note by Lloyd Farrar, undated.
Folder 4: "United States Military Drums, 1845-1865: A Pictoral Survey," by G. Craig Caba, 1977: Published by Civil War Antiquities LTD. Includes handwritten notes and Published Review of the book in the American Musical Instrument Society Journal by Lloyd Farrar.
Folder 5: "Vaclav Frantisek Cerveny: Vynalezce a Hudebni Nastrojar Europskeho a Svetoveho Vyznamu," by Vaclav Korbel and Gunther Joppig, 1987: Unknown Publisher. Languages: Czech, German, English. Contains information on Czech brass instrument maker Vaclav Cerveny.
Folder 6: "Vaclav Frantisek Cerveny: Musikant, Podnikatel, Vynalezce," by Josef Moravec, 1996: Published by Betis s.ro. Praha - Bechovice. Langauge: Czech. Also contain postcard to Lloyd Farrar dated August 12, 2012.
Folder 7: "The Woodwind and Brass Guidebook," by Scott Hirsch, 1995: Published by Stranger Creek Productions. Contains Serial numbers and production dates for American, British, French, and Japanese Woodwind and Brass instruments, including: Armstrong, Artley, Benge, Blessing, Besson, Boosey and Co, Boosey and Hawkes, Boosey Hawkes/Buffet Crampon, Boston Musical Instrument Manufacturory, Buescher/Bundy, Calicchio, C. Fischer, Cleveland Musical Instrument Co., Conn, Covey, Emerson, F.E. Olds and Co, Frank Holton, Fox, G. Leblanc, Gemeinhardt Co., Getzen, H & A Selmer, H.N. White, Hardie, Hawkes, Heckel, Haynes, Henry Distin, Henry Hill, Jupiter Band Instruments, L.A. Sax, Laubin, Lawrie, Linton, Loree, Lot (Louis), Marigaux, Martin Band Instruments, Miraphone, Miyazawa Flutes, Monzani & Co., Olds and Reynolds, Puchner, Rigoutat et Fils, S. Frederics Piccolos, Schilke, Selmer, United Musical Instruments, United Musical Co., Vincent Bach, York, and an index of Trade Names.
Folder 8: "Von Zinken, Floeten, und Schalmeien: Katalog einer Sammlung Historischer Holzblasinstrumente," by Josef Zimmerman, 1967: Published by A Bezani, Birkesdorf-Dueren. Language: German.

Sub-Series 2: Treatises on Musical Instrument Performance Practice

Box 5

Folder 9: "Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind," by Brian Frederiksen, 1996: Published by Windsong Press Limited. Contains Biographical information on Arnold Jacobs, tubist, and Jacob's writings on Performance practice, lung support, embouchure, and technique for tuba.
Folder 10: "Der Completely Abridged Method fur das Bass und der Oder Streich-instrumente," by Yascha Schmutzig (Arthur E. Goldstein), 1960: Published by Cor Publishing. A Joke Treatise on performing the Bass.
Folder 11: "The Flute and Flute Playing in Acoustical, Technical, and Artistic Aspects," by Theobald Boehm, 1964: Published by Dover Publications.
Folder 12: "Geschicte des Violinspiels," by Andreas Moser and Hans-Joachim Nosselt, 1966: Published by Hans Schneider - Tutzing. Langauge: German.
Folder 13: "Die Instrumentation: Posaune," by Hans Kunitz, 1977: Published by Breitkopf und Hartel Musikverlag Leipzig. Language: German.
Folder 14: "Die Instrumentation: Trumpete," by Hanz Kunitz, 1956: Published by Breitkopf und Hartel Musikverlag Leipzig. Language: German.
Folder 15: "Die Italienische Lira da Braccio: Eine kunst historische studie zur geschichte der violine," by A Hajdecki, 1965: Published by Antiqua - Amsterdam. Language: German.
Folder 16: "Making Early Percussion Instruments," by Jeremy Montagu, 1976: Published by Oxford University Press.
Folder 17: "Oboe Reed Styles: Theory and Practice," by David A Ledet, 1981: Published by Indiana University Press. Also Includes Handout for "Historical Bassoon Reed Making - The missing pieces," lecture by David J. Ranchor for the 2003 AMIS conference.
Folder 18: "Steel Drums: How to Play Them and Make Them," by Peter Seeger, 1964: Published by Oak Press.
Folder 19: "Typen europaischer Blockfloten in Vorzeit, Geschichte, und Volksuberlieferung," by Hermann Moeck, 1967: Published by Moeck Verlag. Language: German. Contains information on German and Eastern European folk flutes and recorders.
Folder 20: "A Word or Two on the Flute," by W. N. James, 1826 and 1982: Originally Published by Charles Smith and Co - Edinburgh. Third Edition published by Tony Bingham.