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Musical Instruments

by Alfred J. Hipkins

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Author
Hipkins, Alfred J. (Alfred James), 1826-1903
Title
Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
ML: Music: Literature of music
Subject
Musical instruments
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 58117
Release Date
October 17, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Historic, Rare and Unique
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4.PLATE I. BURGMOTE HORNS.
  5. 5.PLATE II. QUEEN MARY’S HARP.
  6. 6.PLATE III. THE LAMONT HARP.
  7. 7.PLATE IV. CORNEMUSE, CALABRIAN BAGPIPE, MUSETTE.
  8. 8.PLATE V. BAGPIPES.
  9. 9.PLATE VI. CLAVICYTHERIUM OR UPRIGHT SPINET.
  10. 10.PLATE VII. OLIPHANT.
  11. 11.PLATE VIII. QUEEN ELIZABETH’S VIRGINAL.
  12. 12.PLATE IX. QUEEN ELIZABETH’S LUTE.
  13. 13.PLATE X. THE RIZZIO GUITAR.
  14. 14.PLATE XI. POSITIVE ORGAN.
  15. 15.PLATE XII. REGAL.
  16. 16.PLATE XIII. PORTABLE ORGAN AND BIBLE REGAL.
  17. 17.PLATE XIV. CETERA.
  18. 18.PLATE XV. LUTE.
  19. 19.PLATE XVI. THE ORBO.
  20. 20.PLATE XVII. DULCIMER.
  21. 21.PLATE XVIII. VIRGINAL.
  22. 22.PLATE XIX. VIOLA DA GAMBA.
  23. 23.PLATE XX. DOUBLE SPINET OR VIRGINAL.
  24. 24.PLATE XXI. THREE CHITARRONI .
  25. 25.PLATE XXII. SPINET.
  26. 26.PLATE XXIII. QUINTERNA AND MANDOLINE.
  27. 27.PLATE XXIV. WELSH CRWTH. RUSSIAN BALALÄIKA.
  28. 28.PLATE XXV. VIOLIN, THE HELLIER STRADIVARIUS, AND TWO OLD BOWS NOTED FOR THE FLUTING.
  29. 29.PLATE XXVI. VIOLINS, THE ALARD STRADIVARIUS, THE KING JOSEPH GUARNERIUS DEL GESÙ.
  30. 30.PLATE XXVII. VIOLA D’AMORE .
  31. 31.PLATE XXVIII. CETERA, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS.
  32. 32.PLATE XXIX. GUITAR, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS.
  33. 33.PLATE XXX. BELL HARP AND HURDY-GURDY.
  34. 34.PLATE XXXI. SORDINI.
  35. 35.PLATE XXXII. CLAVICHORD.
  36. 36.PLATE XXXIII. THE EMPRESS HARPSICHORD.
  37. 37.PLATE XXXIV. PEDAL HARP.
  38. 38.PLATE XXXV. STATE TRUMPET AND KETTLEDRUM.
  39. 39.PLATE XXXVI. CAVALRY BUGLE, WITH TASSELS. CAVALRY TRUMPET, EMBOSSED. TRUMPETS, THREE INSTRUMENTS—WITH CROOKS, GILT, AND SILVER MOUNTED.
  40. 40.PLATE XXXVII. LITUUS, ROMAN CAVALRY. BUCCINA, ROMAN INFANTRY. CORNET, WITH TWO VALVES. TRUMPETS.
  41. 41.PLATE XXXVIII. TWO DOUBLE FLAGEOLETS, A GERMAN FLUTE, AND TWO FLÛTES DOUCES .
  42. 42.PLATE XXXIX. DOLCIANO . OBOE. BASSOON. OBOE DA CACCIA . BASSET HORN.
  43. 43.PLATE XL. SITÁRS AND VÍNA.
  44. 44.PLATE XLI. INDIAN DRUMS.
  45. 45.PLATE XLII. SAW DUANG & BOW. SAW TAI & BOW. SAW OO & BOW. KLUI. PEE.
  46. 46.PLATE XLIII. RANAT EK. KHONG YAI. TA’KHAY.
  47. 47.PLATE XLIV. HU-CH’IN & BOW. SHÊNG. SAN-HSIEN. P’I-P’A.
  48. 48.PLATE XLV. CHINESE TI-TZU, SO-NA, YUEH-CH’IN. JAPANESE HIJI-RIKI. CHINESE LA-PA.
  49. 49.PLATE XLVI. JAPANESE KOTO.
  50. 50.PLATE XLVII. SIAMISEN, KOKIU, BIWA.
  51. 51.PLATE XLVIII. MARIMBA, OF SOUTH AFRICA.
  52. 52.INDEX

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