1942 ‘Caveat Emptor’, some thoughts relating to Comms 1939 and 1941 Eric Franklin 3 1943 Catgut, some comments John Catch 5 1944 Napoleon and a seven-course oud John Downing 6 1945 A mediaeval oud, Ikhwan al-Safa and the ‘Pythagoras of Ulm’ lute John Downing 17 1946 Volumes of different kinds of double reeds M. van der Most 23 1947 One more instance of musical onomataopoeia, further to Comm 1932 Chris Goodwin 27 1948 The Brussels #0164 Oud case and 16th C lute case design John Downing 28 1949 Pitch relativity in the renaissance and the sizes of fiddles and viols Ephraim Segerman 31 1950 A fixture for cutting windways on a metal-working lathe Sid Jones 33 1951 The story of Giuseppe Fiorini – appeal for assistance Roberto Regazzi 40 1952 The guitar and Praetorius’ finger John Downing 41