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Scan 139
Musical instruments, 1875
106 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 127. See the scan on archive.org.
1Flute, Peruvian, 63
2 mediæval, 100
3"Free reed," whence imported, 5
5Gerbert, abbot, 86
6Greek instruments, 27
7 music, whence derived, 27
9Hallelujah, compared with Peruvian song, 82
10Harmonicon, Chinese, 42
11Harp, Egyptian, 11
12 Assyrian, 16
13 Hebrew, 19
14 Greek, 28
15 Anglo-saxon, 89
16 Irish, 90
17Hebrew instruments, 19, 26
18 pipe, 22
19 drum, 24
20 cymbals, 25
21 words among Indians, 83
22Hindu instruments, 46—48
23Hurdy-gurdy, 107
24Hydraulos, hydraulic organ, 33
26Instruments, curious shapes, 2
27 value and use of collections, 4, 5, 7
28Instruments, Assyrian and Babylonian, 18
30Jubal, 26
31Juruparis, its sacred character, 68
33Kinnor, 20
34King, Chinese, 39
35 various shapes, 40
37Lute, Chinese, 46
38 Persian, 54
39 Moorish, 57
40 Elizabethan, 114
41Lyre, Assyrian, 17
42 Hebrew, 19
43 of the time of Joseph, 21
44Lyre, Greek, 29, 30
45 Roman, 34
46 various kinds, 34
47 early Christian, 86
48 early German "lyra," 95
50Magadis, 27, 31
51Magrepha, 23
52Maori trumpet, 2
54Materials, commonly, of instruments, 1
55Mediæval musical instruments, 85
56 "from Asia," derived
57Mexican instruments, 60
58 whistle, 60
59 pipe, 61, 81
60 flute, 63
61 trumpet, 69, 82
62 drum, 71
63 songs, 79
64 council of music, 80
65Minnim, 22
66Monochord, 98
67Moorish instruments adopted in England, 56
68Muses on a vase at Munich, 30
69Music one of the fine arts, 1
71Nablia, 35, 88
72Nadr ben el-Hares, 54
73Nareda, inventor of Hindu instruments, 46
74Nero coin with an organ, 34
75Nofre, a guitar, 11
77Oboe, Persian, 56
78Oliphant, 101
79Orchestra, 107
80 modifications, 7
81Organistrum, 98, 111
82Organ, 101
83 pneumatic and hydraulic, 101
84 in MS. of Eadwine, 103
86Pandoura, 31
87Pedal, invented, 103
88Persian instruments, 51
89 harp, 51
90Peruvian pipes, 65
91 drum, 74
92 bells, 75
93 stringed instruments, 77
94 songs, 78, 79
95Peterborough paintings of violins, 95
96Pipe, single and double, 22
97 Mexican, 61
98 Peruvian, 65
99Plektron, 30
100Poongi, Hindu, 51
101Pre-historic instruments, 9
102Psalterium, 35, 87, 89, 111, 113
104Rattle of Nootka Sound, 2
105 American Indian, 74
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