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Fact #2203

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The University Instrumental Clubs at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, hold their mid-winter trials at the Music Building. Musicians are tested for four clubs - the Banjo Club, Mandolin Club, Vocal Club and Specialty Division. Instruments eligible in the trials are, for the Banjo Club, the tenor banjo, straight banjo, piano, traps, saxophone, cornet, flute and piccolo, and for the Mandolin Club the mandolin, mandola, mando-cello, guitar, violin, cello and base viol. For the Specialty Division, unusual instruments including xylophone, accordion, Hawaian guitar and musical saw are considered.