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‘Made in London 2’: Makers, designers and innovators in musical instrument making in London, from the 17th to 21st centuries London Metropolitan University, Conference Room CCG–02, 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP Friday, 23 September 2016 This is a final reminder; if you would like to book a place, please register by Wednesday 21 September via this link: *https://www.eventbrite.com/e/made-in-london-2-london-metropolitan-university-tickets-27211435135* <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/made-in-london-2-london-metropolitan-university-tickets-27211435135> This second 'Made in London' one-day conference continues the theme of the first conference, held on 28 May 2016, in examining the making and development of musical instruments in London from the seventeenth century to the present day. All interested parties are invited to attend and, through shared discussion of current research, to generate a better understanding of cultures of music and instrument making, the standing and significance of London as a centre of music and instrument making, and issues affecting past and current practitioners. The programme has been selected to promote dialogue between the practical and theoretical, to refresh organological thinking, and to develop new collaborations in the practice and analysis of musical instrument making. The Made in London initiative aims to address questions such as these: How did the making and development of musical instruments in London develop; to what influences was this subject and what influence and impact did it have? How do cultures of music making in and around London relate to those of instrument making there? How has the development of musical instrument making related to and been supported by other specialised crafts, trades and industries, such as toolmaking, clockmaking, the decorative applied arts, and supply trades, including those depending upon international commerce? *The centenary of the founding of the National School for the Music Trades in 1916* The conference also marks and celebrates the centenary of the founding in 1916 of the National School for the Music Trades at the Polytechnic Institute of North London. Via a succession of institutional name changes, the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design of London Metropolitan University, which incorporates the former London College of Furniture, is the direct heir to the School. With the collaboration of the university archives, a small exhibition of documents, drawings and artefacts will trace the history of the School. *Conference Programme* 9.30 REGISTRATION and COFFEE 10.00 *James Westbrook *(University of Cambridge) *The London-made ‘Melophonic’ guitar and its influence upon the American steel-string acoustic guitar* 10.30 *Simon Waters *(Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast) *Innovation, modification and continuity in flute design and manufacture in London between 1760 and 1840* 11.00 *Jocelyn Howell* *Demand and supply: wind instruments for Britain and the Empire* 11.30-11.50 COFFEE 11.50 *Hetti Price* *Bass violins in seventeenth and eighteenth-century England* (University of Birmingham) 12.20 *Maria Cleary* (University of Leiden, The Netherlands, and Orpheus Institute, Gent, Belgium) *Harp pedal technique in London* 12.50-1.50 LUNCH (not provided) 1.50 *Jing Ouyang* (Royal Northern College of Music) *The influence of **the **Broadwood piano on the London Pianoforte School in **the **early nineteenth century* 2.20 *Tom Strange* (Independent Researcher) * Cultural Evolution: How London pianos became All American* 2.50 *David Gerrard* (University of Edinburgh) *Early keyboards in London: Thomas Goff's Opus 2* 3.20-3.30 Announcements 3.30-3.50 AFTERNOON TEA 3.50 *Benjamin Hebbert* (Benjamin Hebbert Violins Limited & St Cross College, University of Oxford) *Violin making and the progression of the London trade from early modern times to the early 1900s* 4.20 *Lewis Jones *(London Metropolitan University)* and Marie Kent* (Institute of Musical Research) *Celebrating the Centenary: a short history of the National School for the Music Trades of the Northern Polytechnic Institute and its successors 1916–2016* 4.50 Closing observations and discussion The event is sponsored by London Metropolitan University and is free to attend. Registration is now open via this link: *https://www.eventbrite.com/e/made-in-london-2-london-metropolitan-university-tickets-27211435135* <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/made-in-london-2-london-metropolitan-university-tickets-27211435135> We hope you will be able to join us, and look forward to seeing you there. Lewis Jones and Marie Kent When: Friday, 23 September 2016 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Where: London Metropolitan University Room CCG–02 16 Goulston Street London E1 7TP -- Lewis Jones (School of Art) Research Degrees Coordinator Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design London Metropolitan University 16 Goulston Street (room CM1-50) London E1 7TP T : 020 7320 1841 W: http://www.thecass.com/ -- London Metropolitan University is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 974438 and VAT registered number GB 447 2190 51. Our registered office is at 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB. 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