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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments in the South Kensington museum, preceded by an essay on the history of musical instruments, 1874
83 lines. Read by computer on 14 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 383. See the scan on archive.org.
1GENERAL INDEX.
3A.
5Abel, viola da gamba player . . . 262
6Abyssinian drum . . . 146
7 fiddle . . . 309
8 lyre . . . 149
9 trumpet . . . 153
10Academy of the ancient Mexicans . . 85
11Acocotl, Mexican . . . 73
12Adlung, on the regal . . . 375
13Adrien le Roy, on the lute . . . 241
14Adufe, Arabian . . . 32
15Æolian harp . . . 200
16 " in the Special Exhibition . . . 377
17Afranio, inventor of the bassoon . . 227
18African instruments . . . 141
19Agricola, his illustrations of the Geige 260
20Aireton, violin maker . . . 366
21Ajacaxtli, of the Aztecs . . . 79
22Akadu, instrument of Timor . . . 306
23Albanus, violin maker . . . 360
24Aldred, viol maker . . . 366
25Alexander Alexandrinus, trigonon player . . . 42
26Al-Farabi, Arabian musician . . . 61
27Algoojia, Indian flageolet . . . 164
28Alphorn, Swiss . . . 218, 320
29Amati, violin maker . . . 260
30 " violins in the Special Exhibition 362
31 " violas " " . . . 363 one of two readings
32 " violas " " " . . . 363 one of two readings
33 " violoncellos " " . . . 364 one of two readings
34 " violoncellos " " " . . . 364 one of two readings
35Amautas, Inca Peruvian . . . 84
36Amazon-stone . . . 81
37Ambira, Negro instrument . . . 297
38American Indians, their musical instruments . . . 65
39Anciuti, instrument maker . . . 224, 225
40Anglo-Saxon fiddle . . . 101
41 " harp . . . 93
42 " trumpet . . . 107
44Annibale dei Rossi, spinet maker 272, 275
45Antiquated instruments, their qualities of sound . . . 121
46Antiquated instruments in the Museum . . . 222, 304
47Antonius Bononiensis, viol maker . . . 377
48Apunga, Negro trumpet . . . 154
49Arabs, their musical scale . . . 60
50 " their instruments . . . 57
51Archicembalo . . . 377
52Archlute . . . 246, 324
53Archiluth . . . 246
54Arciliuto . . . 246
55Areytos, Inca Peruvian . . . 84
56Arghool, Egyptian . . . 143
57 " Turkish . . . 213
58Armonica, glass harmonica . . . 232
59Arpa doppia . . . 367
60Arpanetta . . . 367
61Arpichord . . . 351
62Arrabel, Spanish . . . 142
63Ashantee war trumpet . . . 154
64Afiatic instruments . . . 157
65Asitua, Inca Peruvian . . . 83
66Asor, Hebrew . . . 27, 162
67Assyrian instruments . . . 6
68 " musical band . . . 23
69 " bells . . . 25
70 " double-pipe . . . 25
71 " drums . . . 26
72 " dulcimer . . . 23
73 " harp . . . 21
74 " lyre . . . 24
75 " tamboura . . . 25
76 " trigonon . . . 24
77 " trumpet . . . 25
78Attilio, player on the viola d'amore . . . 339
79Aulos, ancient Grecian . . . 38
80Aura, German instrument . . . 173
81Aztecs, their instruments . . . 65
82 " their whistles in the Museum 285
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