Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 3

Metropolitan Museum of Art – Musical Instruments of All Nations 1910, 1910

34 lines. Read by computer on 22 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION.
3West Wall. Bowed Strings: Monochords, Tricord, Tetracord, Crwth, Viols, Violes d'Amour, Viola Pomposa, Tenor Geige, Violins, Violin Horn, Rebecs (Lyra), Pochettes, Cane Violins, Bowed Zithers, Vielles.
5East Wall. EGYPTIAN TYPE CASE. To the right, WIND INSTRUMENTS. Whistles: Vertical Flutes, Kaval, Fiscardella, Floyera, Pistalca, Pito, Jester's Flute, Flûtes Douces, Galoubets, Recorders, Flageolets, Cane Flutes, Flute Polyphonique, Double and Triple Flute à bec, Tuning Pipes, Pitch Pipe, Ocarinas, Transverse Flutes. Single Beating Reeds: Pibgorn, Chalumeau, Clarinet, Saxophone. Free Reeds, (Case 63a): Accordions, Melophone, Concertina.
7South Wall. Double Beating Reeds: Reed Pipes Hautbois de Poitou, Schalmey, Floyera, Piffaro, Oboes, Cor Anglais, Bassoons, Sourdine, Wurst Fagott (Racket or Cervelas), Krumhorn, Tournebout, Auloi, Tibia (Monaulos, Plagiaulos), Pommers; Single and Double Beating Reeds with air reservoir: Bagpipes, Musettes.
9Central Case. Strings: Harps. Wind: Free Reeds,—Melodeons, Seraphine, Harmoniphon, Harmoniflute; Organs.
11GALLERY 35.
13EUROPEAN INSTRUMENTS—Continued.
15South Wall. WIND INSTRUMENTS. Cup Mouthpieces: Cornetti, Bass Horns, Ophecleides, Alpine Horns.
17East Wall. Cup Mouthpieces: Roman Bucina, Hunting Horns, French Horns, Russian Horns.
19North Wall. Trumpets, Roman Lituus, Trombones, Bugles, Valved Horns, Helicons.
21West Wall. VIBRATING MEMBRANES. Drums, Tambourines, Onion Flute.
22SONOROUS SUBSTANCES. Castanets, Schellenbaum, Glockenspiel, Nail Violin (Nagelgeige), Triangle, Bells.
24Corner Case. Musical Manuscripts.
26Central Case Keyboards. Plucked Strings: Spinet and Harpsichord, with their prototype the Psaltery.
27Struck Strings: Clavichord and Pianoforte, with their prototype the Dulcimer.
29Central Case. Sonorous Substances: Piano Harmonica, Glockenspiel, Glassichord.
31Revolving Frame. Portraits of Musicians.
33Chronological Charts.

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