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Scan 139
Musical instruments, 1875
109 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1(no line here) one of two readings
2MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. one of two readings
4Flute, Peruvian, 63
5,, mediaeval, 100
6"Free reed," whence imported, 5
8Gerbert, abbot, 86
9Greek instruments, 27
10,, music, whence derived, 27
12Hallelujah, compared with Peruvian song, 82
13Harmonicon, Chinese, 42
14Harp, Egyptian, 11
15,, Assyrian, 16
16,, Hebrew, 19
17,, Greek, 28
18,, Anglo-saxon, 89
19,, Irish, 90
20Hebrew instruments, 19, 26
21,, pipe, 22
22,, drum, 24
23,, cymbals, 25
24,, words among Indians, 83
25Hindu instruments, 46—48
26Hurdy-gurdy, 107
27Hydraulos, hydraulic organ, 33
29Instruments, curious shapes, 2
30,, value and use of collections, 4, 5, 7
31Instruments, Assyrian and Babylonian, 18
33Jubal, 26
34Juruparis, its sacred character, 68
36Kinnor, 20
37King, Chinese, 39
38,, various shapes, 40
40Lute, Chinese, 46
41,, Persian, 54
42,, Moorish, 57
43,, Elizabethan, 114
44Lyre, Assyrian, 17
45,, Hebrew, 19
46,, of the time of Joseph, 21
47Lyre, Greek, 29, 30
48,, Roman, 34
49,, various kinds, 34
50,, early Christian, 86
51,, early German "lyra," 95
53Magadis, 27, 31
54Magrepha, 23
55Maori trumpet, 2
57Materials, commonly, of instruments, 1
58Mediaeval musical instruments, 85
59,, derived from Asia, 85
60Mexican instruments, 60
61,, whistle, 60
62,, pipe, 61, 81
63,, flute, 63
64,, trumpet, 69, 82
65,, drum, 71
66,, songs, 79
67,, council of music, 80
68Minnim, 22
69Monochord, 98
70Moorish instruments adopted in England, 56
71Muses on a vase at Munich, 30
72Music one of the fine arts, 1
74Nablia, 35, 88
75Nadr ben el-Hares, 54
76Nareda, inventor of Hindu instruments, 46
77Nero coin with an organ, 34
78Nofre, a guitar, 11
80Oboe, Persian, 56
81Oliphant, 101
82Orchestra, 107
83,, modifications, 7
84Organistrum, 98, 111
85Organ, 101
86,, pneumatic and hydraulic, 101
87,, in MS. of Eadwine, 103
89Pandoura, 31
90Pedal, invented, 103
91Persian instruments, 51
92,, harp, 51
93Peruvian pipes, 65
94,, drum, 74
95,, bells, 75
96,, stringed instruments, 77
97,, songs, 78, 79
98Peterborough paintings of violins, 95
99Pipe, single and double, 22
100,, Mexican, 61
101,, Peruvian, 65
102Plektron, 30
103Poongi, Hindu, 51
104Pre-historic instruments, 9
105Psalterium, 35, 87, 89, 111, 113
107Rattle of Nootka Sound, 2
108,, American Indian, 74
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