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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
96 lines. Read by computer on 13 September 2026. Printed page 401. See the scan on archive.org.
1General Index.
3Viol, par-dessus, French . . . 342
4 " quinton, French . . . 342
5Viola, tenor, in the Special Exhibition 363
6Viola, d'amore . . . 339
7 " strung with wire . . . 340
8 " in the Special Exhibition . 360
9 " di bardone . . . 264
10 " di braccio . . . 259
11 " di fagotto . . . 266
12 " da gamba, in the Special Exhibition . 361
13 " " English . 122, 336
14 " " German 262, 263, 336
15 " " Italian . 262
16 " " seven-stringed 338, 361
17 " " four-stringed . 361
18 " " played by ladies . 262
19 " di spala . . . 263
20Viole d'amour, viola d'amore . 204, 341
21 " de bourdon . . . 266
22Violetta piccola . . . 341
23Violin, its supposed Eastern origin . 56
24 " Abyssinian . . . 309
25 " Burmese . . . 313
26 " Chinese . . . 178
27 " Circassian . . . 203
28 " German . . . 259
29 " Hindu . . . 164, 314
30 " Russian . . . 204
31 " Turkish . . . 204, 210
32 " of silver . . . 363
33 " given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Leicester . 287
34Violin bow, Hindu . . . 56
35 " " old-fashioned . . . 342
36 " " modern . . . 261
37Violina picciola a la francese . 360
38Violins in the Museum . . . 259, 342
39 " in the Special Exhibition . 362
40Violone, double-bass . . . 267
41Violoncello, its origin . . . 263
42Violoncellos in the Special Exhibition 364
43Virginal . . . 269, 270, 271
44 " music for the . . . 271
45Virginals in the Special Exhibition . 349
46Vissandschi, Negro instrument . 297
47Voigt, Martin, viol maker . 263
48Voll, Georg, regal maker . 375
49Vox humana, organ register . 262
50Vuillaume, J. B., violin maker . 261
52W.
53Wäinämöinen, Finnish demi-god . 54
54Wait, mediæval . . . 117
55Waldhorn, German . . . 371
56Walker, instrument maker . 327
57Wallachian music . . . 217
58 " bagpipe . . . 220
59 " flute . . . 220
60 " lute . . . 219
61 " mountain horn . . . 217
62 " oboe . . . 221
63 " tambourine . . . 221
64 " syrinx . . . 219
65Walther, on the regal . . . 375
66 " on the virginal . . . 274
67Wambee, Negro instrument . 308
68Warrau Indians, their musical performances . . . 66
69Welsh bagpipe . . . 214
70 " cornicyll . . . 293
71 " crwth . . . 294
72 " harp, telyn . . . 294
73 " hornpipe, pibgorn . . . 293
74Whistles, pre-historic . . . 9
75 " Austrian, modern . . . 224
76 " Babylonian, ancient . . . 285
77 " Egyptian, modern . . . 143
78 " Mexican, ancient . . . 65, 285
79 " Spanish . . . 224
80Wilde, inventor of the nail violin . 343
81Wildgren, instrument maker . 302
82Wilhelmi, clavichord maker . 275
83Wolf, Magnus, trumpet maker . 371
84Wolynka, Russian bagpipe . 214
85Wornum, instrument maker . 326
87Y.
88Yang-kin, Chinese dulcimer . 182, 312
89Ye-yin, Chinese fiddle . . . 178
90Yo, Chinese flute . . . 52, 184
91Yo Poo, Chinese . . . 85
92Yotl of the Aztecs . . . 80
93Yu, sonorous stone, Chinese . . . 47
94Yue-kin, Chinese . . . 179, 310
95Yun-lo, Chinese . . . 192
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