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Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, 1918
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11379. CHENG. Usual size and structure …………………China (B-S.)
31380. MACHETE ……………………………………… Madeira
4Body in form of an aquatic bird. Ten pairs of wire strings. Tuning mechanism. Played with a plectrum.
5Length, 121.6 cm.; of body, 62.5 cm.; width, 27.8 cm.; depth, 6.4.
71381. REBECA (Port. for Violin) ………………………..Madeira
8Nos. 1380-81 were placed on a large standard representing a tree covered with moss. It is not displayed for obvious reasons. Both are signed. "A. Da Costa, Funchal."
9Length, 91.2 cm.; of body, 52.9 cm.; width, 21.6 cm.; depth, 6.4 cm.
111382. ZITHER. Body of wood, inlaid ……………………….Italy
12Of the seven wire strings, four run over a fret-board, and three are free, as are the six gut strings. Two rosette sound-holes.
13Called by the maker (possibly Franciolini) Cetera Napoletana.
14Length, 68 cm. Width, 46 cm. Depth, 10 cm.
161383. LYRE. Metal body. Eight wire strings. Fourteenth century…Italy
17Length, 46 cm. Width, 28 cm. Depth, 5 cm.
191384. COUCHED HARP. Pyramidal body of wood. Nine wire strings. The pitches are given on a strip at the base………..United States
20Height, 40 cm. Width, 10 to 7 cm. Depth, 4 cm.
221385. CONDUCTOR'S DESK. Brass. The face bears the following inscription, "To Professor A. A. Stanley, in token of their high esteem, by the University Choral Union, May 30, 1891."
23Height, 147 to 165 cm. Surface dimensions of desk, 54 by 34 cm. (Albert A. Stanley.)
251386. VIOLIN CASE.
26Length, 133.7 cm. Width, 25.7 to 12.7 cm. Depth, 13 cm.
281387. DRUM MAJOR'S STAFF.
29Length, 133.7 cm. Diameter of silver knob, 8 cm.
311388. "CECILIAN." Piano-forte player …………………United States
32In this instrument, which is quite representative of its type, we find a most ingenious and novel application of a principle never before so fully exploited. By means of mechanism operated by foot-pedals a cylinder carrying a strip of perforated paper is made to revolve at any speed desired. This strip as it unrolls hugs a box in which is a series of narrow channels corresponding to the perforations in the strip, and leading to "pneumatics," each of which controls a small hammer with which a key may be struck. When the holes in the
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