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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …
1891.
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| 13 | PREFACE. | Read | |
| 14 | As the development of military music is,… | Read | |
| 15 | importance, and cannot be overrated. Tha… | Read | |
| 16 | with which they have met us upon all occ… | Read | |
| 17 | Valuable assistance has been rendered by… | Read | |
| 19 | CONTENTS. | Read | |
| 20 | LIST OF LENDERS. | Read | |
| 21 | A CATALOGUE | Read | |
| 22 | From Greece the instrument appears to ha… | Read | |
| 23 | In the time of Père Mersenne (Harmonie U… | Read | |
| 24 | 1732, a system which obviated the necess… | Read | |
| 25 | (Cantigas de Santa Maria). Instruments o… | Read | |
| 26 | 1. | Read | |
| 27 | 2. | Read | |
| 28 | mouthpiece there is a carved representat… | Read | |
| 29 | but in place of the additional hole for… | Read | |
| 30 | 10. | Read | |
| 31 | 13. | Read | |
| 32 | The compass and pitch of this instrument… | Read | |
| 33 | 13 | piece is 15 inches, but this of course d… | Read |
| 34 | 14 | the commencement of the 17th century pip… | Read |
| 35 | 15 | and general design prove it to be French… | Read |
| 36 | 16 | 26. | Read |
| 37 | 17 | 29. | Read |
| 38 | 18 | 32. | Read |
| 39 | 19 | 34. | Read |
| 40 | 20 | and four keys, which give c'''', b'', f'… | Read |
| 41 | 21 | f", and c". Stamped "Simpson, Regent Str… | Read |
| 42 | 22 | instrument is that of an ordinary double… | Read |
| 43 | 23 | II. | Read |
| 44 | 24 | that it was soon generally adopted, exce… | Read |
| 45 | 25 | No. 44 is a most interesting specimen of… | Read |
| 46 | 26 | history of the c'' key (which was at fir… | Read |
| 47 | 27 | (and of course every other note of the s… | Read |
| 48 | 28 | 43. | Read |
| 49 | 29 | 47. | Read |
| 50 | 30 | of the maker, F. Boie, the word "Quantz"… | Read |
| 51 | 31 | 52. | Read |
| 52 | 32 | 55. | Read |
| 53 | 33 | 60. | Read |
| 54 | 34 | neither tuning slide nor screw-stopper.… | Read |
| 55 | 35 | oval exterior. There is the usual screw-… | Read |
| 56 | 36 | 70. | Read |
| 57 | 37 | 74. | Read |
| 58 | 38 | by Oberlender (No. 54) excepting in the… | Read |
| 59 | 39 | c''#, e''b, g'', b''b, c'''# (from the t… | Read |
| 60 | 40 | 88. | Read |
| 61 | 41 | first finger, as always used by Nicholso… | Read |
| 62 | 42 | 97. | Read |
| 63 | 43 | 98. | Read |
| 64 | 44 | 99. | Read |
| 65 | 45 | The cylindrical part of the bore has a d… | Read |
| 66 | 46 | 105. | Read |
| 68 | 48 | 107. | Read |
| 69 | 49 | hole, with a closed key connected with t… | Read |
| 70 | 50 | 112. | Read |
| 71 | 51 | appearance to those of No. 97 but very m… | Read |
| 72 | 52 | 124. | Read |
| 73 | 53 | III. | Read |
| 74 | 54 | present day. The single drone rests upon… | Read |
| 75 | 55 | use in Europe generally about the 16th c… | Read |
| 76 | 56 | improved and perfected by Hotteterre the… | Read |
| 77 | 57 | the Egyptian Arghool, or the primitive "… | Read |
| 78 | 58 | chanter, which has seven finger-holes in… | Read |
| 79 | 59 | The drone, called Bourdon, consists of a… | Read |
| 80 | 60 | 129. | Read |
| 81 | 61 | light red wood and tipped with horn, con… | Read |
| 82 | 62 | and this arrangement, which allows of a… | Read |
| 83 | 63 | ornamented by long streamers of blue sil… | Read |
| 84 | 64 | IV. | Read |
| 85 | 65 | to note that contrivances of a somewhat… | Read |
| 86 | 66 | (ii.) The discant schalmey, of which the… | Read |
| 87 | 67 | according to M. Chouquet, first employed… | Read |
| 88 | 68 | in the Barret oboe of the present day, h… | Read |
| 89 | 69 | produce a more compact and reliable bass… | Read |
| 90 | 70 | In 1850 Cornelius Ward took out a patent… | Read |
| 91 | 71 | conjunction with the well-known instrume… | Read |
| 92 | 72 | touch-pieces for the low note. The inton… | Read |
| 93 | 73 | 144. | Read |
| 94 | 74 | 147. | Read |
| 95 | 75 | 149. | Read |
| 96 | 76 | 152. | Read |
| 97 | 77 | 156. | Read |
| 98 | 78 | 160. | Read |
| 99 | 79 | 164. | Read |
| 100 | 80 | an instrument for military purposes of l… | Read |
| 101 | 81 | of keys, and the disposition of the fing… | Read |
| 102 | 82 | those for the first three fingers of eac… | Read |
| 104 | 84 | harmonic only can be obtained. Hence the… | Read |
| 105 | 85 | By means of an octave key, and greater p… | Read |
| 106 | 86 | middle joint. The instrument is tipped w… | Read |
| 107 | 87 | 182. | Read |
| 108 | 88 | 186. | Read |
| 109 | 89 | 189. | Read |
| 110 | 90 | 193. | Read |
| 111 | 91 | 198. | Read |
| 112 | 92 | 201. | Read |
| 113 | 93 | 205. | Read |
| 114 | 94 | 209. | Read |
| 115 | 95 | 213. | Read |
| 116 | 96 | V. | Read |
| 117 | 97 | England, where it was no uncommon thing… | Read |
| 118 | 98 | states that they were the work of one Lo… | Read |
| 119 | 99 | Sammlung at Vienna, and which formerly b… | Read |
| 120 | 100 | 219. | Read |
| 121 | 101 | VI. | Read |
| 122 | 102 | added. About the end of the 17th century… | Read |
| 123 | 103 | maker of Brunswick, about the middle of… | Read |
| 124 | 104 | The clarinet has during the present cent… | Read |
| 126 | 106 | the first finger. The instrument was mad… | Read |
| 127 | 107 | The clarinet, although invented in 1700,… | Read |
| 128 | 108 | 1828; and his instrument was constructed… | Read |
| 129 | 109 | same direction, and an instrument, desig… | Read |
| 130 | 110 | facilitate their use. These shutters wer… | Read |
| 131 | 111 | 222. | Read |
| 132 | 112 | 224. | Read |
| 133 | 113 | CLASS—REED INSTRUMENTS. | Read |
| 134 | 114 | 232. | Read |
| 135 | 115 | same intervals as those of No. 234 descr… | Read |
| 136 | 116 | 241. | Read |
| 137 | 117 | An f key has apparently been planned, bu… | Read |
| 138 | 118 | 247. | Read |
| 139 | 119 | knob, from the same block of wood as the… | Read |
| 140 | 120 | 255. | Read |
| 142 | 122 | on the upper, and the "extra c''# key" o… | Read |
| 143 | 123 | An extra key on the top joint, giving a… | Read |
| 144 | 124 | 263. | Read |
| 145 | 125 | crank or swivel-keys (similar to those o… | Read |
| 146 | 126 | working upon it, but this has since been… | Read |
| 147 | 127 | eight brass keys with square flaps on kn… | Read |
| 148 | 128 | 273. | Read |
| 150 | 130 | 276. | Read |
| 151 | 131 | VII. | Read |
| 152 | 132 | effected by the "Association Générale de… | Read |
| 153 | 133 | In the orchestra, for the production of… | Read |
| 154 | 134 | which, in point of construction, do not… | Read |
| 155 | 135 | 280. | Read |
| 156 | 136 | VIII. | Read |
| 157 | 137 | The bore is usually turned once or twice… | Read |
| 158 | 138 | The mouthpieces used for clarino parts w… | Read |
| 159 | 139 | The completion of the scale of the horn… | Read |
| 160 | 140 | The shofar is of especial interest as be… | Read |
| 161 | 141 | was somewhat smaller. That the cornu and… | Read |
| 162 | 142 | The following intervals are furnished by… | Read |
| 163 | 143 | 288. | Read |
| 164 | 144 | 292. | Read |
| 165 | 145 | is bent round so as to form one long tur… | Read |
| 166 | 146 | 300. | Read |
| 167 | 147 | 304. | Read |
| 168 | 148 | the outside of the bell across the coils… | Read |
| 169 | 149 | thanks to the kindness of Mr. Goodison,… | Read |
| 170 | 150 | common horn; then when the valves are no… | Read |
| 171 | 151 | 314. | Read |
| 172 | 152 | IX. | Read |
| 173 | 153 | the natural bass to this family. The cor… | Read |
| 174 | 154 | possible to place the holes at their pro… | Read |
| 175 | 155 | it is still preferable to any piston ins… | Read |
| 176 | 156 | its turn was, according to M. Lavoix (Hi… | Read |
| 177 | 157 | 318. | Read |
| 178 | 158 | 322. | Read |
| 179 | 159 | were called "stille zincken." The name "… | Read |
| 180 | 160 | ring, with a screw, which regulates the… | Read |
| 181 | 161 | INSTRUMENTS WITH CUP-SHAPED MOUTHPIECES. | Read |
| 182 | 162 | 334. | Read |
| 183 | 163 | 337. | Read |
| 184 | 164 | 340. | Read |
| 185 | 165 | 343. | Read |
| 186 | 166 | 345. | Read |
| 187 | 167 | 349. | Read |
| 188 | 168 | chromatic scale. The notes which the key… | Read |
| 189 | 169 | mouthpiece, 50 1/2 inches. Diameter at b… | Read |
| 190 | 170 | fundamental sounds, though they could be… | Read |
| 191 | 171 | 360. | Read |
| 192 | 172 | it was impossible to ascertain its pitch… | Read |
| 193 | 173 | 368. | Read |
| 194 | 174 | X. | Read |
| 195 | 175 | 1511) calls it busaune, and from this wo… | Read |
| 196 | 176 | seven different positions (like the shif… | Read |
| 197 | 177 | und Pauken Kunst, Halle, 1795), and it a… | Read |
| 198 | 178 | of the Latin Buccina. The origin of this… | Read |
| 200 | 180 | appears in the scores of many German com… | Read |
| 201 | 181 | 378. | Read |
| 202 | 182 | XI. | Read |
| 203 | 183 | gradually into use. The scale of instrum… | Read |
| 204 | 184 | diameter, in which the passages in each… | Read |
| 205 | 185 | by Dr. Oates in the 1851 International E… | Read |
| 206 | 186 | patent the invention was adopted by inst… | Read |
| 207 | 187 | The seven positions are completed by the… | Read |
| 209 | 189 | cylinder, connected with a touch-piece p… | Read |
| 210 | 190 | tubings, gave eight dependent positions;… | Read |
| 211 | 191 | valves in such a way that, when the thir… | Read |
| 212 | 192 | the line C C represents the air passage… | Read |
| 213 | 193 | tubing into use by the depression of a s… | Read |
| 214 | 194 | valve notes and their harmonics are perf… | Read |
| 215 | 195 | The most recent application of such an a… | Read |
| 216 | 196 | proper proportions for the euphonion or… | Read |
| 217 | 197 | The application of the valve to the Kent… | Read |
| 218 | 198 | employed at a previous date in the Germa… | Read |
| 219 | 199 | 382. | Read |
| 220 | 200 | 385. | Read |
| 221 | 201 | pitch a semitone or a tone, according to… | Read |
| 222 | 202 | The first application of the clapper sha… | Read |
| 223 | 203 | 395. | Read |
| 224 | 204 | of any already described. The second val… | Read |
| 225 | 205 | 403. | Read |
| 226 | 206 | of the instrument. These plates are form… | Read |
| 227 | 207 | obtaining a free wind course to the valv… | Read |
| 228 | 208 | 407. | Read |
| 229 | 209 | 412. | Read |
| 230 | 210 | position of the fourth valve the shorter… | Read |
| 231 | 211 | execution in all keys. This can be bette… | Read |
| 232 | 212 | impossible, execution, besides allowing… | Read |
| 233 | 213 | of 1855, enables this to be more easily… | Read |
| 234 | 214 | 418. | Read |
| 235 | 215 | The echo attachment appears to have been… | Read |
| 236 | 216 | 425. | Read |
| 237 | 217 | M. Arban finding that the additional wei… | Read |
| 238 | 218 | 429. | Read |
| 239 | 219 | the shape of the horn and with a downwar… | Read |
| 240 | 220 | orchestra, the B♭ instrument being the m… | Read |
| 241 | 221 | to place the holes in the pumps at a gre… | Read |
| 242 | 222 | 438. | Read |
| 243 | 223 | 443. | Read |
| 244 | 224 | will. An instrument somewhat similar to… | Read |
| 245 | 225 | 452. | Read |
| 246 | 226 | This action is in every way similar to t… | Read |
| 247 | 227 | instrument makers, the patent having exp… | Read |
| 248 | 228 | XII. | Read |
| 249 | 229 | and it is applied generally to kettledru… | Read |
| 250 | 230 | employment of the snare is noticed by al… | Read |
| 251 | 231 | in diameter 1 foot 4 inches, and 1 foot… | Read |
| 252 | 232 | used in the Honourable East India Compan… | Read |
| 253 | 233 | Of the old tambourines formerly used in… | Read |
| 255 | 235 | APPENDIX. | Read |
| 256 | 236 | is flat or sharp, some standard is eithe… | Read |
| 257 | 237 | based upon the number 2—512 being equal… | Read |
| 258 | 238 | length of time. In the reed-tonometer, c… | Read |
| 259 | 239 | interval of twelve perfect fifths, and t… | Read |
| 260 | 240 | serious objection to it, and the cause o… | Read |
| 261 | 241 | the time of Mersenne (1636-1648), both a… | Read |
| 262 | 242 | closely together in pitch than a similar… | Read |
| 263 | 243 | pitch took place under Sir Michael Costa… | Read |
| 264 | 244 | between forty and fifty years, there is… | Read |
| 265 | 245 | The fork is therefore | Read |
| 266 | 246 | if the pitch were taken in each case bef… | Read |
| 267 | 247 | remembered that if a cornet is made so s… | Read |
| 268 | 248 | tuned to c'' 540; the difference between… | Read |
| 269 | 249 | APPENDIX—AN ESSAY ON MUSICAL PITCH. | Read |
| 270 | scale of ratios or multipliers could be… | Read | |
| 271 | TABLE III. | Read | |
| 273 | 251 | It is probably beyond controversy that a… | Read |
| 274 | 252 | all bands play sharp, cannot, therefore,… | Read |
| 275 | 253 | Existing instruments, with perhaps a few… | Read |