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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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1Trumpets, Cornets, Horns, and similar Wind Instruments.
3PREFACE.
5FOR the purpose of these brief notes, the organ, and its humble relatives the harmonium, the concertina, and a few other kindred instruments, may be passed by, as in common parlance, wind instruments signify those blown direct from the player's lips, either with or without a vibrating tongue or reed. In combination these constitute the "wind band" in the orchestra, and practically the whole strength of the military band. They are commonly classed in two divisions, as the "wood wind" and the "brass wind"—terms which are recommended by custom rather than by accuracy; the further division of the "wood wind," into flutes and reed instruments, introduces a better basis for classification, as these definitions neglect the question of the material of which an instrument is made, and are based upon the means employed for tone-production. If to these two, "flutes" and "reeds," we add "cup-blown" or "lip-reed" in substitution for "brass," we have three definitions which are both accurate and practically convenient.
7Cup-blown Instruments.
9In every instrument of the cup-blown or horn kind, the lips take the place of the reed in a reed-instrument. The harmonics, or notes proper to the conical tubes used, follow the natural harmonic series, viz., c c' g' c'' e'' g'', &c., with vibrational numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6, &c., and are successively obtained by increasing the compression of the lips. The notes to complete the diatonic or chromatic scales were, in
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