Books › A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I of a charter of incorporation to the Worshipful company of musicians in 1604 .., 1904 › scan 108
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A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I of a charter of incorporation to the Worshipful company of musicians in 1604 .., 1904
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3932. Pitch Pipe.—Lent by Colonel T. B. Shaw-Hellier. 1750.
5933. Pitch Pipe for giving note to lead psalmody in churches. Lent by Mr. T. L. Southgate.
7934. Round Pitch Pipe (beaked).—Lent by Miss E..A. Willmott.
9935. Organ Pipes, ancient and modern, illustrating the varieties of shape and character. Lent by Mr. Arthur F. Hill.
11936. Bird Organ.—Miniature instrument, 8 3/4-in. in height, 11 1/2-in. in length, and 7-in. in depth; in wooden case. Sound produced by 12 wooden pipes worked by a barrel, and turned by handle. Presented by George III. to one of his servants. The tunes played, eight in number, are as follows:—(1) "King of Prussia's Minuet"; (2) "La Promenade"; (3) "Miss Musgrave's Fancy"; (4) "The Waterman"; (5) "He is aya kissing me"; (6) "Le Contrefaite"; (7) "Scotch Bonnet"; and (8) "A Spanish March." Lent by Mr. H. Snelling.
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