The default SELECT statement created by Radicore should be as follows:
SELECT instruments.*
FROM instruments
LEFT JOIN instrument_models ON (instrument_models.instrument_model_id = instruments.instrument_model_id)
You need to extend this in your _cm_pre_getdata() method (as shown in http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/infrastructure-faq.html #faq84) so that it becomes as follows:
SELECT instruments.*, CONCAT (instrument_type_name, ' - ',
instrument_model_manufacturer, ' ',
instrument_model_name) AS instrument_model
FROM instruments
LEFT JOIN instrument_models ON (instrument_models.instrument_model_id = instruments.instrument_model_id)
LEFT JOIN instrument_types ON (instrument_type.instrument_type_id = instrument_models.instrument_type_id)