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Metropolitan Museum of Art – Musical Instruments of All Nations 1910, 1910
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1GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION.
3GALLERY 39.
5PREHISTORIC INSTRUMENTS; KINDRED INSTRUMENTS; CONSTRUCTION CASES; PIANO DEVELOPMENT.
7West Wall. Corner Case. Prehistoric Instruments.
8Drawings which illustrate the distribution of instruments from the earliest times to the 13th Century, A.D.
9In studying this exhibit the student should start with Egypt and Assyria, these two countries representing the earliest civilization. The drawings to the right of this division show the distribution of instruments in the East through India and China to America; to the left, their distribution in the West through Greece. The Classification is indicated at the left of each section, and is the same as that of the European instruments,—String, Wind, Vibrating Membranes and Sonorous Substances.
11North Wall. Kindred Instruments, arranged according to the European classification. In each case the European Type is outlined with yellow cord, and around this central type are grouped instruments of the same class found in different countries.
13East Wall. Kindred Instruments—continued. Construction Cases: Violin, Flute, Cornet.
15South Wall. Construction Cases—continued. Organ and Piano Actions. Prototypes of the Piano; Monochord, Dulcimer, Hurdy Gurdy, Clavichord (Case 132). Early American Pianofortes.
17Central Case. Series showing the development of the Pianoforte from the Cristofori Piano to c. 1850. Harpsichord believed to have been the property of Pope Innocent X (1644-1656) and other keyboard instruments.
19TAUS, PEACOCK GUITAR, INDIA
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