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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
101 lines. Read by computer on 13 September 2026. Printed page 389. See the scan on archive.org.
1General Index.
3Flute, Grecian, ancient . . . 38
4 " of Krishna . . . 54, 165
5 " mediæval . . . 106
6 " Mexican . . . 68
7 " from Morocco . . . 298
8 " Peruvian . . . 69
9 " Wallachian . . . 220
10Flûte d'Angleterre . . . 225
11Flûte à bec . . . 224, 318, 372
12Flûte douce . . . 224
13Flûte traversière . . . 225
14Flutes in the Special Exhibition . . . 372
15 " tenor and bass . . . 318
16 " ancient Egyptian concert of . . . 17
17Flute-cimbal . . . 345
18Foresters' horns . . . 229, 372
19Forster, S. A., on the viola da gamba 336
20 " W., violin maker . . . 366
21Fouchetti, on the mandoline . . . 248
22France, prehistoric relics from . . . 10
23Frank, Ch., trumpet maker . . . 371
24Franklin, inventor of the glass-harmonica . . . 232
25Franz, Karl, virtuoso on the viola di bardone . . . 265
26Free reed in wind instruments . . . 5
27French instruments 231, 233, 278, 326, 341
28Frettele, mediæval . . . 106
29Frettau, mediæval . . . 106
30Frey, Hans, lute maker . . . 244, 377
32G.
34Gamâlan, Javanese . . . 135
35Gand, Abyssinian trumpet . . . 153
36Ganesa, Hindu deity . . . 54
37Gangurih, trumpet of the Kalmucks . . . 296
38Gardiner, W., his account of a huge double bass . . . 268
39Gaspar di Salo, double-basses by 268, 365
40Gendang boeloe, Sumatra . . . 306
41George III., King, his harpsichord . . . 283
42Georgian dulcimer . . . 204
43Gerader Zinken, German . . . 292
44Gerbert, Martinus . . . 90
45Gerle, Hans, lutenist . . . 241, 244
46German bagpipe . . . 214
47 " dulcimer . . . 235
48 " flute . . . 225
49 " gros-cither . . . 330
50 " harpanetta . . . 367
51German organ . . . 374
52 " trumpet . . . 371
53Ghaïda, Turkish . . . 214
54Ghenta, Abyssinian . . . 153
55Ghirif, Turkish . . . 212
56Ghittern, guitar . . . 253
57Ghunta, Hindu bell . . . 129
58Gipsy bands, musical . . . 217, 236
59Gittern, guitar . . . 253
60Gittith, Hebrew . . . 33
61Gittron, small guitar . . . 334
62Glass harmonica . . . 232
63Glover, Miss, her Sol-fa harmonicon 302
64Goldt, H., lute maker . . . 247, 323
65Gong, tam-tam . . . 128
66 " Burmese . . . 299
67 " Chinese . . . 191, 300
68 " Japanese . . . 198
69 " supposed ancient Mexican . . . 87
70Goto, Japanese . . . 197
71Gragnani, Antonius, viol maker . . . 342
72Grassineau on the bell-harp . . . 332
73 " on the dulcimer . . . 370
74 " on the harpsichord . . . 277
75Gravicymbalum . . . 223
76Grecian, ancient, castanets . . . 39
77 " cymbals . . . 39
78 " double pipe . . . 39
79 " flute . . . 39
80 " hand-drum . . . 39
81 " harp . . . 35
82 " hydraulos . . . 40
83 " lyre . . . 35
84 " syrinx . . . 39
85 " trumpet . . . 39
86 " various stringed instruments . . . 38
87Grieser, violin maker . . . 377
88Grosjean, instrument maker . . . 251
89Gros-s-cither, German . . . 330
90Grosse bass-geige . . . 267
91Guarnerius, violin maker . . . 260
92 " his violins in the Special Exhibition . . . 363
93Guido d'Arezzo, supposed inventor of stringed instruments with a keyboard . . . 278
94Guillaume, inventor of the Serpent . . . 319
95Guimbarde, French . . . 172
96Guitar . . . 253, 254
97Guitare, French . . . 253, 254, 325
98Guitarra, Spanish . . . 253, 254
99Guitar-lyre, English . . . 326
100Gunibry, Morocco . . . 299, 306, 307
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