Scan 243
THE AMERICAN HISTORY AND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC, 1910
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1NAGARE — See dimplipito.
2NAGELGEIGE — See nail violin.
3NAGGAREH or NAKKARAH — Vibrating Membranes. Syria and Arabia. A small brass double drum in the form of kettle drums with a head of skin and played with wooden drumsticks.
4NAG-PHENI or TURI — Cup Mouthpiece. India. A trumpet whose tube near the mouthpiece is bent like the letter S. It expands into a bell at the lower end.
5NAIL VIOLIN or NAGELGEIGE — Sonorous Substances. Europe. This was invented in 1740 in Russia by the violinist Wilde. It consists of a circular sound-box of wood in the circumference of which are inserted iron pins which diminish in height as the tones rise in pitch. The chromatic nails are bent. It is played with a violin bow. A later improvement (1780) had the addition of sympathetic strings. These were used by Senil of Vienna, who was famed for his nail violin playing. The idea originated from the fact that one day Wilde, having returned from a concert, was hanging his bow upon a nail when it scraped against the iron and produced a vibration which in turn gave a sound.
6Some of the existing specimens are remarkably crude. Because of the resisting quality of the nails, an unusually coarse, black horsehair bow is required. An evolutionist would find a prototype of the nail violin in the zanze of the Africans. See zanze.
7NAKKARAH — See naggareh.
8NALLARI — Double-beating Reed. Korea. This is one of the most popular instruments of Korea. The conical tube is fitted with finger-holes and a double-beating reed mouthpiece.
9NANGA — Plucked Strings. Egypt. This has an oblong, box-like body, covered with skin. To one end is bound a narrow arched neck and from this to the further end of the body are drawn several strings, sometimes of gut, sometimes from the tail of the giraffe. The nanga and the ombi bear a striking resemblance to the boat-harps of the Egyptians and the Greeks.
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