A Practical System of Tangible Musical Notation and Point Writing and Printing for the Use of the Blind [Boston line letter; New York point.]

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Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
Collection KSB Collection
Author Wait, William B.
Credit line Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 1992.310
Publish date 1882
Summary "A Practical System of Tangible Musical Notation and Point Writing and Printing For the Use of the Blind By William B. Wait, Superintendent of the New York Institution for the Blind, Second Edition - Revised, Stereotyped and Printed by American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Ky., 1882" --t.p. Marbled boards with leather spine and corners; green embossed labels on spine provide shortened title, "Wait's Musical Notation," in print and New York point; 110 pages; pages 43-110 are bound upside down and are in reverse order. Free front endpaper is loose; pages are yellowed; cover is worn.
Object ID 1992.310
Object Name Book
Phys Desc 14 x 12 1/2 x 3 in.
Pub Place Louisville, Ky
Subjects Music for the blind and visually handicapped.
Music.
Tactile writing.
Title A Practical System of Tangible Musical Notation and Point Writing and Printing for the Use of the Blind [Boston line letter; New York point.]
Print Place Louisville, Ky
Print Date 1882.
Printed by American Printing House for the Blind.
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