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Entire frame, without any attachment, F, fourth line, F clef; handle-bar Bflat under first ledger line, G clef; a piece of tubing C; brake handle, D; front fork, Eflat; right crank with a portion of attachment to sprocket wheel, Esharp; left crank only, F; handle-bar post, G; saddle post, A; brake-rod with brake, Bflat; sprocket wheel, C; front hub, D; spokes, E on the first line and its octave above; step F; front axle, G.


“The Music of the Bicycle”,
Musical Standard, November 1897

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I don’t like to appear parochial or churlish – no, really! – but this week I find myself somewhat replete with churl. (Not much about bicycles unless you count a chap who can allegedly cycle very quickly and repeatedly in circles…)

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