It is a foam shoulder pad made of foam covered in brown corduroy, with an elastic band connector. This item was sold by Albert Moglie (b. December 16, 1890, Rome; d. June 9, 1988, Washington DC), ...

Thomas Gould had this unfortunate realisation when his E string snapped a few bars before the violin solo in Benjamin Britten’s song cycle, Les Illuminations. Swiftly swapping instruments with his ...