CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTIONPage vii.
BURGMOTE HORNSPlate I.
QUEEN MARY'S HARPII.
THE LAMONT HARPIII.
CORNEMUSE. CALABRIAN BAGPIPE. MUSETTEIV.
BAGPIPESV.
CLAVICYTHERIUM OR UPRIGHT SPINETVI.
OLIPHANTVII.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S VIRGINALVIII.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LUTEIX.
THE RIZZIO GUITARX.
POSITIVE ORGANXI.
REGALXII.
PORTABLE ORGAN AND BIBLE REGALXIII.
CETERAXIV.
LUTEXV.
THEORBOXVI.
DULCIMERXVII.
VIRGINALXVIII.
VIOLA DA GAMBAXIX.
DOUBLE SPINET OR VIRGINALXX.
THREE CHITARRONIXXI.
SPINETXXII.
QUINTERNA AND MANDOLINEXXIII.
WELSH CRWTH. RUSSIAN BALALÄIKAXXIV.
VIOLIN—THE HELLIER STRADIVARIUS, and two old Bows noted for the FlutingXXV.
VIOLINS—THE ALARD STRADIVARIUS, THE KING JOSEPH GUARNERIUS DEL GESÙXXVI.
VIOLA D'AMOREXXVII.
CETERA, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUSXXVIII.
GUITAR, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUSXXIX.
BELL HARP AND HURDY-GURDYXXX.
SORDINIXXXI.
CLAVICHORDXXXII.
THE EMPRESS HARPSICHORDXXXIII.
PEDAL HARPXXXIV.
STATE TRUMPET AND KETTLEDRUMXXXV.
CAVALRY BUGLE. CAVALRY TRUMPET. TRUMPETSXXXVI.
LITUUS AND BUCCINA. CORNET. TRUMPETSXXXVII.
TWO DOUBLE FLAGEOLETS, A GERMAN FLUTE, AND TWO FLÛTES DOUCESXXXVIII.
DOLCIANO. OBOE. BASSOON. OBOE DA CACCIA. BASSET HORNXXXIX.
SITÁRS AND VÍNAXL.
INDIAN DRUMSXLI.
SAW DUANG AND BOW. SAW TAI AND BOW. SAW OO AND BOW. KLUI. PEEXLII.
RANAT EK. KHONG YAI. TA'KHAYXLIII.
HU-CH'IN AND BOW. SHÊNG. SAN-HSIEN. P'I-P'AXLIV.
CHINESE TI-TZU, SO-NA, YUEH-CH'IN. JAPANESE HIJI-RIKI. CHINESE LA-PAXLV.
JAPANESE KOTOXLVI.
SIAMISEN, KOKIU, BIWAXLVII.
MARIMBA OF SOUTH AFRICAXLVIII.
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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.