Bechtel-Martin letter 7/20/29

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Bechtel-Martin letter 7/20/29
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Dear Mr. Martin,
Enclosed please find (and don\'t laugh) one musician\'s \"frugal\" or maybe \"futile\" attempt at templets. To say that this is a \"rough idea\" is rather a smooth way of quoting it, but I\'ll vouch for the width at the 1st fret and 12th fret (rather hard to get curve from the nut so I worked everything from...\"

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