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Musical instruments in the South Kensington Museum, 1869
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1List of Photographs.
3Musical Instruments of Turkey.
5III.
7(a). REBAB ESH-SHA'ER. The body consists of a wooden frame over which a parchment is stretched. With one string of white horse-hair. Length, 3 ft. 2 1/2 in.
8Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 48 f. 25 c.
9The rebab esh-sha'er, or the "poet's viol," is an instrument of the Arabs as well as of the Turks. In Egypt it is generally used in the coffee-houses to accompany the recitations of the "sha'er," or poet (plural "Sho'ara"), who entertains the tobacco-smoking and coffee-sipping guests with a romance.
11(b). ZUMMARAH. A double-reed pipe. Each reed has six finger holes. Length, 9 in.
12Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 2 f.
14(c). SAZ. A small kind of tamboura, like the baghlama. Inlaid with various woods, tortoise-shell, ivory, and mother-of-pearl. With frets made of gut. The six tuning-peggs are ornamented with silver. Length, 23 in.
15Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 76 f. 60 c.
17(d). GHAIDA. A bagpipe. The wood-work inlaid with metal, and ornamented with a tassel formed of string and glass beads.
18Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 18 f. 60 c.
20(e). KANOON. The front and sides are inlaid with patterns in mother-of-pearl. Greatest length, 3 ft. 2 in.; greatest width, 15 1/2 in.
21Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 622 f. 70 c.
22The kanoon, an instrument especially appertaining to the Arabs and Persians, is, like the santir, a kind of dulcimer evidently of high antiquity in the East. The kanoon differs from the santir not only in form, but also in the circumstance that its strings are gut (generally made of the intestines of the lamb), and are twanged with two small plectra, one attached to the fore-finger of each hand; while the strings of the santir are of wire, and are struck with two little sticks.
24(f). ARGHOOL. A double flute of reed. Rudely ornamented with a pattern scratched upon the instrument. Three pieces. Length, 19 in.
25Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 3 f. 25 c.
27(g). GHAIDA. A bagpipe. In three parts. The wood-work mounted in bone, and ornamented with metal inlaid. The pipes contain vibrating tongues.
28Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 18 f.
30(h). KEMANGEH. A species of violin. With three strings of gut, and with long tuning-peggs of ivory. The back and the upper portion are ornamented with tortoise-shell inlaid with ivory. The back is decorated with a large rosette. There are two sound-holes situated behind the bridge. Length, 16 in. Length of the tuning-peggs, 6 in.
31Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 182 f. 25 c.
32The name kemangeh signifies an instrument which is played with a bow, and there are various kinds of the kemangeh in use among Mohammedan nations.
34Musical Instruments of Roumania.
36IV.
38(a). A TAMBOURINE. The frame is of wood bound with brass. With six pairs of metal plates, and four pairs of little sleigh-bells loosely attached to the rim. Diameter, 1 ft. 4 1/4 in.; height, 2 3/4 in.
39Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 25 f.
41(b). DUTKA (a bagpipe), in three parts; the woodwork inlaid with lead.
42Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 3 f. 50 c.
44(c). DUTKA (a bagpipe), ornamented with beads and tassels.
45Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 3 f. 50 c.
47(d). SZOPELKA. A kind of hautboy, or Eastern zourna, with a brass tube for the mouthpiece; with fifteen finger-holes, seven of which are smaller than the others. Length, 15 in.
48Bought. From the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Price, 1 f.
49The szopelka is also a popular instrument in southern Russia, where it is generally made of elder wood.
51Musical Instruments—mostly antiquated—of European Countries.
53V.
55(a). VIELLE. France. A hurdy-gurdy. Date, about 1680. Ten keys and five pegs. Length, including handle, 18 in.
56The hurdy-gurdy is still in use, especially among the itinerant Savoyards, who perform in the streets of London and Paris. Its sound is produced by friction, caused by a wheel against catgut strings; and it is played by means of a key-board.
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