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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
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1General Index.
3Egyptian, ancient, cymbals . . . 20
4 " " drums . . . 19, 20
5 " " flutes . . . 18, 19
6 " " harps . . . 11
7 " " gongs . . . 19
8 " " lyres . . . 14
9 " " tambourines . . . 19
10 " " trigonon . . . 14
11 " " trumpets . . . 19
12 " " sistrum . . . 21, 141
13 " " stringed instruments . . . 11
14 " " flute concert . . . 18
15 " " military band . . . 19
16 " " nofre . . . 17
17 " modern stringed instruments . . . 142
18 " " bagpipe . . . 214
19 " " drums . . . 144, 145
20 " " flutes . . . 143
21Ehe, trumpet maker . . . 371
22Eisenvioline, nail-violin . . . 268
23E-korro, negro instrument . . . 151
24Elizabeth, Queen, musical instruments of her time . . . 304
25 " " her poliphant . . . 331
26 " " her violin . . . 287
27 " " her virginal . . . 349
28 " " her musical accomplishments . . . 270, 331
29Elliot, John, his hymns . . . 88
30El-oud, Arabian lute . . . 60
31Embuchi, African trumpet . . . 154
32English bagpipe . . . 215, 373
33 " " bells . . . 127
34 " " bell-harp . . . 332
35 " " flageolet . . . 225, 317
36 " " harpsichord . . . 277, 352
37 " " lute . . . 321
38 " " organ . . . 108, 284, 374
39 " " small cither . . . 330
40 " " spinet . . . 290, 350
41 " " trumpet . . . 371, 372
42 " " virginal . . . 270, 271, 349
43 " " viols . . . 336, 338, 340
44 " " viol makers . . . 366
45 " " instruments in the Special Exhibition . . . 349-352, 359-372
46English horn . . . 225, 373
47Epigonion, ancient Grecian . . . 38
48Epinette, spinet . . . 274, 351
49Erard, S., pianoforte maker . . . 352
50Erard's pedal-harp . . . 237
51Erzlaute, German . . . 246
52Ethnology and national music . . . 6
53Etruscan flutes . . . 40
54 " " horn . . . 40
55 " " water-organ . . . 40
56Euphonicon, pianoforte . . . 303
57European instruments, of the Middle Ages . . . 89
58 " " post-medieval . . . 119
59Eustachio, inventor of a triple harp . . . 292
60Evans, Richard, Welsh instrument maker . . . 294
61Evelyn, his notice of the lute . . . 244
62 " " of the viola d'amore . . . 340
64F.
66Fagotto, bassoon . . . 227
67 " " piccolo . . . 227
68Fagott, German . . . 227
69Fang-hiang, Chinese . . . 50
70Farunt, supposed inventor of the lyra-viol . . . 266
71Father Smith, organ builder . . . 374
72Fichthold, lute maker . . . 244
73Fidis, ancient Roman . . . 41
74Fiddle, Abyssinian . . . 309
75 " " Anglo-Saxon . . . 101
76 " " Chinese . . . 178
77 " " early English representations of it . . . 101
78 " " early German . . . 101
79 " " Hindu . . . 164, 314
80 " " Persian . . . 309
81 " " Welsh . . . 293
82Fidla, Norwegian . . . 254
83Figella, viol . . . 100
84Finnish kantele . . . 96
85Fistula, ancient Roman . . . 44
86Fithele, Anglo-Saxon fiddle . . . 259
87Flageolet, English . . . 225, 317
88 " " Hindu . . . 164
89 " " Persian . . . 159
90 " " Turkish . . . 212
91 " " Wallachian . . . 220
92 " " in the Special Exhibition . . . 372
93Flauto dolce . . . 224
94Flügel, German . . . 222, 277
95Flute, Arabian . . . 63
96 " " Assyrian . . . 25
97 " " Chinese . . . 52
98 " " Egyptian, ancient . . . 17
99 " " Etruscan . . . 40
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