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INTRODUCTION Page vii.
BURGMOTE HORNS Plate I.
QUEEN MARY'S HARP II.
THE LAMONT HARP III.
CORNEMUSE. CALABRIAN BAGPIPE. MUSETTE IV.
BAGPIPES V.
CLAVICYTHERIUM OR UPRIGHT SPINET VI.
OLIPHANT VII.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S VIRGINAL VIII.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LUTE IX.
THE RIZZIO GUITAR X.
POSITIVE ORGAN XI.
REGAL XII.
PORTABLE ORGAN AND BIBLE REGAL XIII.
CETERA XIV.
LUTE XV.
THEORBO XVI.
DULCIMER XVII.
VIRGINAL XVIII.
VIOLA DA GAMBA XIX.
DOUBLE SPINET OR VIRGINAL XX.
THREE CHITARRONI XXI.
SPINET XXII.
QUINTERNA AND MANDOLINE XXIII.
WELSH CRWTH. RUSSIAN BALALÄIKA XXIV.
VIOLIN—THE HELLIER STRADIVARIUS, and two old Bows noted for the Fluting XXV.
VIOLINS—THE ALARD STRADIVARIUS, THE KING JOSEPH GUARNERIUS DEL GESÙ XXVI.
VIOLA D'AMORE XXVII.
CETERA, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS XXVIII.
GUITAR, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS XXIX.
BELL HARP AND HURDY-GURDY XXX.
SORDINI XXXI.
CLAVICHORD XXXII.
THE EMPRESS HARPSICHORD XXXIII.
PEDAL HARP XXXIV.
STATE TRUMPET AND KETTLEDRUM XXXV.
CAVALRY BUGLE. CAVALRY TRUMPET. TRUMPETS XXXVI.
LITUUS AND BUCCINA. CORNET. TRUMPETS XXXVII.
TWO DOUBLE FLAGEOLETS, A GERMAN FLUTE, AND TWO FLÛTES DOUCES XXXVIII.
DOLCIANO. OBOE. BASSOON. OBOE DA CACCIA. BASSET HORN XXXIX.
SITÁRS AND VÍNA XL.
INDIAN DRUMS XLI.
SAW DUANG AND BOW. SAW TAI AND BOW. SAW OO AND BOW. KLUI. PEE XLII.
RANAT EK. KHONG YAI. TA'KHAY XLIII.
HU-CH'IN AND BOW. SHÊNG. SAN-HSIEN. P'I-P'A XLIV.
CHINESE TI-TZU, SO-NA, YUEH-CH'IN. JAPANESE HIJI-RIKI. CHINESE LA-PA The Woodcuts at the head of this page (from the British Museum) represent Sir Michael Mercator,
of Venloo, Musical Instrument Maker to King Henry VIII.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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