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  • Koch, Huxhold & Hannemann (KHH) - made the surprising System Korte slide rule that does addition & subtraction
  • Smallwood Folding Shoe Sizing Stick in metric for French shoe sizes 10-48 in increments of a Paris point (⅔ cm)
  • Lawrence MIT Antenna slide rule for radar antenna performance was classified during WWII by UK & US governments
  • ALRO-made ruler unusually with a cursor for analysing ECG printouts of the cardiac Sinus Rhythms
  • Hatters Gauge - for measuring the size of a hat but unusually calibrated in metric & imperial
  • Glovers Rule - for measuring the length of a glove in imperial inches
  • Unusual non-logarithmic QR 41 military model by Dennert & Pape (D&P) for training anti-aircraft gunners
  • Colour combinations slide rule made by German WH-Wohnen for Interior Designers
  • Professor Fuller’s Drum Calculator from 1878 - made by W.F. Stanley
  • Modern wristwatch with slide rule bezel calculator made by German maker Kienzle
  • Ruxton made Multi-Vider combined drop-lead pencil & slide rule
  • Rare Otis King Model N for Retail & Monetary with white scales (422 & 424) on a black background
  • Darnley’s Rotable Lightning Calculator/Pencil Case calculating aid
  • Makeba made Kombinator combination pencil & slide rule
  • Rare Carbic-made Fischer Calculator slide rule
  • Specialist slide rule for a national home cable radio broadcasting system offered in The Netherlands from 1930 to1970
  • Smallest drum (≈ 2.4m) made by renowned Swiss maker LOGA

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A.W. Faber-CastellLaukhuff OrgelpfeifenDesktop Music Organ Pipes - System Renschthick plastic

Specially commissioned by German organ builder Laukhuff (still operating) for scaling organ pipes (wood/metal flues & reeds) based on copyrighted design by German Richard Rensch (1923-1997) but preceded by German Wolfgang Adelung’s earlier (simpler) version - extremely complicated to use (cursor extension + graph paper needed for interim calculations) - superb quality but only 500 ever made - Orgelbau-Verlag started selling their own (inferior) version in 1986

Aero Products Research Inc.ERJAVECMusic Composition plastic

Slide chart copyrighted Music Theory Wheel design by Donald L. Erjavec

Blundell Harling Ltd. (BH)P3679Music Chord Computerplastic/metal

Slide chart specially commissioned by UK copyright holder Dudely Fulller Associates - design invented by musician Dudley Fuller

Blundell Harling Ltd. (BH)P5731Music Note Trackerplastic

Slide chart made for UK patent holder (GB2245409) Peter Davies.

Co AtpressHet Ei van CoMusic Chordsplastic/paper

Slide chart (later version) copyright designed & retailed by Co Atpress (“coat press” nickname = pseudonym for Kees Jaspers) for simply finding any chord on any string or keyboard instrument + Kees was a a bassist & member of Dutch bands Down Town Jazz Band, Dixieland Pipers & Dutch Swing College Band

Co AtpressHet Ei van CoMusic Chords - earlyplastic/paper

Slide chart copyright designed & retailed by Co Atpress (“coat press” nickname = pseudonym for Kees Jaspers) for simply finding any chord on any string or keyboard instrument + Kees was a bassist & member of Dutch bands Down Town Jazz Band, Dixieland Pipers & Dutch Swing College Band

Datalizer Slide Charts Inc.Chord BoardMusic Chord Finder & Key Transposercard

Slide chart copyrighted design by Martin H. Samuel - later replaced by a phone App

DEVCOTel-A-ChordMusic Composition & Transposercard

Slide chart design by Victor Leone for accordion playing

Festus Mfg. Co. / Acu-Rule Mfg. Co.Acu-Rule MR700 Mu-StickMusic Chord Finder & Key Transposerplastic

Unlike any other Acu-Rule or music type - design copyright Mel McSwain - sole distributor: McSwain Co., Arkansas

IWA (Ingenieurbuero fuer wirtschaftliches Arbeiten)15379 (TF 65/2)Music Piano & Harpsichord Buildersplastic

Specially commissioned (2500 made) & exclusively sold by German music retailer Verlag Erwin Bochinsky ​(trading name Verlag Das Musikinstrument) + based on earlier prototype by German master piano builder Klaus Fenner for wound & unwound strings + calibrated for imperial & metric sizes + table on back for recalibrating steel core wound strings - part of sundry applications series

Kembo-CuisenaireMasterKeyMusic Transposer poly-slide (2)plastic

Thick plastic construction with copyrighted design by Australian A.B. Packer + later version was duplex blue & white

Lawrence Engineering Services9-KMusic TransposerWood/painted

For constructing chords in any key & transposing one key to any other

Lawrence Engineering ServicesL.E. WaddingtonMusic & Music Acousticswood/painted

Specially commissioned by L.E. Waddington for adjusting relative vibration rates, degrees of scale, intervals, chord structures, scale indications & transposition data against a piano keyboard - based on several standard frequency level specifications - layout © L.E. Waddington - Reference Frequency table in well - Subscript Notation, Instrument tables, Time Signatures & nomograms on back

Lawrence Engineering ServicesThomasMusic Composition & Transposerwood/painted

Specially commissioned by Thomas Specialities for composing, transposing or creating harmonies - layout © Thomas

M & M EnterprisesCircle-O-KeysPocket Music Compositioncard

Slide chart patented (US2079920) design by Thomas J. Ozanda for musical signatures of various major & major keys

Mears, Neal F.MarvelMusic Transposercard

Slide chart copyrighted design by Neal F. Mears & promoted as: The Slide-Rule of Music

MuseLab Inc.BluesessionMusic Teaching Guitar Playingplastic

Slide chart patented (US5386757) design by Daniel Derrick displaying fingering patterns for 6-string rock & blues guitar

Music Rule Co.Music RuleMusic Piano Sharps & Flats card

​Slide chart for finding sharps & flats for a given key on piano keyboard

Musigraph Company100Music Composing & Arrangingplastic

Designed by two professional musicians for professional composers/arrangers + supposedly only 5000 ever made

Muziekuitgeverij van TeeselingVT180 Guitar-DiskMusic Guitar Compositionplastic

Slide chart copyrighted by Dutch publishers for finding guitar keys (front) & guitar chords (back)

Norwood EnterprisesFPB-120Desktop Music Compositioncard

Slide chart copyrighted design & trademarked DIAL-A-CHORD name

Oahu Publishing Co.Magic Music GuideMusic Guitar Chordscard

Slide chart with copyrighted design by John De Paul designed specifically for Hawain guitar

Oxford University PressMusical Slide RuleBook Musicstiff cardboard

Design of rule & book by tonal fanatic Llewelyn Southworth Lloyd (1876-1956) as introduction to fundamentals of musical scale​s & intervals - works in the same simple way as Oughtred’s original invention + shows & uses relationship between mathematics & music - slide rule in back

Pan American Band Int. Co.SimplexMusic Fingering for Flute and Piccolocard

Slide chart copyrighted design published by American Mills Music Inc.

Pickett & EckelChords & KeysMusic Compositioncard

Slide chart copyrighted design by Lynn T. Harris for organs, pianos & accordions - surprisingly made by manufacturer better known for its aluminium slide rules

Rodgers, J.N. Ltd.Musician'sMusic Composition & Transposercard

Slide chart designed for constructing chords, transposition and general music theory

SHUBBTG1Pocket Music Guitar Transposercard/plastic

​Slide chart for transposing chords & placing guide for a capo on guitar fingerboard + UPC 700682010013 or EAN 0700682010013 barcode numbers - still sold

Stichting Jazz Beheer AmsterdamAccoordenschuifMusic Chordscard

Post-WWII Amsterdamse Jazz Club was a nightspot for traditional jazz that later became a non-profit foundation for jazz-related projects as this educational slide chart for learning to improvise through choice of chords + developed by musician, game creator & foundation member Fred Hoorn + it was accompanied by a book & cassette of musical examples

Trascacco(NoName)Music Guitar Chordsplastic/paper

Slide chart designed by Gianluca Govoni - still sold

Trebb SalesChord-O-MaticMusic Guitar Chordscard

Slide chart with registered designed specifically for Spanish (flamenco) guitar

Uitgeversmaatschappij InterlandToonliniaalBook Music do-it-self scalescard

Dutch language book by Anne Klein Geltink for calculating scales, chords & transposing major & minor chord combinations with a do-it-self scale transposition rule in back ​

UnknownEasy-Keys!Waistcoat Music Chord Indicator & Transposercard

Slide chart copyrighted design by American Norton Gross + table chords & chord structure on back

UnknownII3-I05-0I-I3Music Guitar Chordsaluminium

Russian slide chart with revolving wheel for choosing chords

UnknownMiraccordMusic Guitarplastic

Slide chart for choosing guitar chords

UnknownOrgelbau-Fachverlag Desktop Music Organ Pipes - System Renschthin plastic

Made for specialist German music publisher Orgelbau-Fachverlag for scaling organ pipes (wood metal flues & reeds) but a follow-on cheaper & thinner version of original limited high-quality Laukhuff Orgelpfeifen model by F-C + Table of frequencies on back

UnknownOrgelpfeifenmensuren-Rechenstab (ver. 2)Music Organ Pipesplastic

Copyrighted design by Dr. Wolfgang Adelung (1920–1994) using Töpfer's index for scaling organ pipes - Adelung was a well-known German organist who published many books related to building & playing of organs + "simpler" predecessor to limited high-quality Laukhuff Orgelpfeifen model by F-C  

UnknownPetit & Fritsen (ver. F)Music Carillonsplastic

Specially commissioned slide chart by Dutch bell foundry (still operating) Petit & Fritsen + designed by Hien Fritsen to help carillonneurs choose optimum set-up of bells (tones) for carillons of 1-46 bells + on back a table to calculate strength of housing needed for a given bell weight when being rung - see also GB & NL versions

UnknownPetit & Fritsen (ver. GB)Music Carillonsplastic

Specially commissioned slide chart by Dutch bell foundry (still operating) Petit & Fritsen + designed by Hien Fritsen to help carillonneurs choose optimum set-up of bells (tones) for carillons of 1-46 bells + on back a table to calculate strength of housing needed for a given bell weight when being rung - see also NL & F versions

UnknownPetit & Fritsen (ver. NL)Music Carillonsplastic

Specially commissioned slide chart by Dutch bell foundry (still operating) Petit & Fritsen + designed by Hien Fritsen to help carillonneurs choose optimum set-up of bells (tones) for carillons of 1-46 bells + on back a table to calculate strength of housing needed for a given bell weight when being rung - see also GB & F versions

UnknownSlide Rule of MusicMusic Chord Indicator & Transposer poly-slide(3)stiff cardboard

Designed & copyrighted by American musician Henry E. Pendleton

Véma Drukwerk bvAkkoorden-VinderMusic Chordscard

Slide chart for any instrument for finding 9 most popular chords for 17 different tones + sibling Table D'Accords green version in French also issued