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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1an instrument resembling the representations, was found. It is now exhibited at the National Museum at Naples although a copy is to be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was pitched at the second G above middle C. See lituus.
3BUDBUDIKI — Vibrating Membranes. India. A hand drum used by snake charmers, mendicants, etc., and resembling an hour-glass. A string having a small ball of leather or cork on the end is attached to the center and when the instrument is shaken, this alternately strikes each head. It is sometimes used in worship, when groups of five or six are shaken incessantly by relays of performers.
5BUGAKU-BIWA — Plucked Strings. Japan. A massive instrument with a pear-shaped body, formerly played on horseback. When the performer sits upon the floor, the lower edge rests upon it between his knees. Its four strings are plucked with a plectrum. The side of the instrument is called the sea-shore.
7BUGLE — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. This in its original, simple form was the signaling instrument of the infantry. The tube is shorter and more conical than that of the trumpet. Brass or copper is used for its construction, and it has a small bell. Formerly the bugle was in most instances pitched in C, and had a crook for B flat, but now it is tuned in B flat and transposed, as the music is still written in C. The harmonics are produced either by keys or valves. The Kent bugle, so called in honor of the Duke of Kent, is merely the keyed bugle. Bugles have been made small enough to be carried in the pocket and yet useful in giving calls.
9BUKKEHORN or PRILLARHORN — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. An early attempt to apply side holes to a cup mouthpiece instrument. It is a native of Norway, and is generally made of horn. In Virdung's famous work (1511) there is an illustration of an instrument of this description, although it is here called a krumhorn.
11BUNI — Plucked Strings. Egypt. A harp in which the hollow sound-box of wood is covered with parchment,
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