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Advertisement for Steinway Pianos - no drawing room of distinction has the ideally correct note unless it contains one. circa 1930s
Jeeves and WoosterIn Thank You Jeeves!, Jeeves gives notice when Bertie Wooster, his employer, insists on playing the banjolele
A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a LawnIllustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by
Organ audition by Cavaill魃ollAn organ audition for an instrument built by Aristide CavaillÚ¡âoll, held in his own spacious business residence on Avenue de Maine, Paris Date: 1870
Scotsman playing bagpipesPeople You See. Scotsman playing bagpipes. From Teddy Bear (3 January 1970)
Senegal - Griot playing a KoraSenegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal
Argyll and Sutherland HighlandersBandsman, Piper and Drummer of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Date: circa 1908
Louis Wain - flute player and mouse. circa 1900s
People dancing flamenco in the street, Seville, SpainPeople dancing flamenco in the street in traditional costume, Seville, Spain. circa 1930s
Sheet music, violin and pink roseA violin and bow, with a pink rose and a sheet of music
HARPISTA medieval lady plays a small harp
BABBAGEs ENGINE (2)Charles Babbages Difference Engine, an instrument which went beyond simple calculation to embody some of the principles of computers
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Musical party given by CaGiovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Italian painter. Musical party given by Cardinal De La Rochefoucauld at the Argentina Theatre in Rome in 1747. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
Piero della Francesca, Italian painterRenaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Nativity, 1470-75. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK
Komuso Buddhist monks, Japan. They wear a straw basket (tengai) over their head and play a bamboo flute (shakuhachi). Date: circa 1890s
Silhouette of stylish couple dancing
Two violins and a viola by StradivariusTwo violins and a viola by Antonius Stradivarius -- 1717 violin (Hart & Son), 1762 viola (Hart & Son), The Gillot Strad, 1715 (G Haddock). 1875
Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The Coronation of the VirginFra Angelico (1387-1455). Tuscan painter of early Renaissance, part of the Florentine school. The Coronation of the Virgin. 15th Century. Louvre Museum. Paris. France
Scottish Types - Bagpipes, Clan McDonald. 19th century
The Emperor Stradivarius violinThe famous Emperor Stradivarius violin, dating from 1715. It was bought by the violinist and composer Jan Kubelik in 1910 for 10, 000 -- the highest price paid for a violin to that date. "
Mieczyslaw Pianowski, Polish ballet dancerMieczyslaw Pianowski (c1891-1967), Polish ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer. circa 1920s
Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. DavisNoises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929
Christmas card in the shape of a banjo. circa 1890s
Quiet music practice / W H RobinsonWhen practicing ones musical instrument, there is only one person who wants to hear it - the aspiring performer. A simple adjustment (as here depicted to the horn)
Agra, India - Sitar playerAgra, India - Lady Sitar player
Lie detector 1923American instrument for the detection of uttered fibs, falsehoods, and other untruths, based on responses of the subjects heart and lungs
Harp with yellow flowers on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Persian musiciansThree seated Persian musicians, playing a hand drum, what looks like a daf and a kamanche. A tonbak, or goblet drum, lies discarded on the ground. Date: 1870s
Advertisement for the Brinsmead grand pianoAn advertisement for the Brinsmead grand piano, the best that British craftsmanship can produce, with a pure singing tone and beauty of finish. Payment by instalments can be arranged... Date: 1913
Horn, WurlitzerThree Mellophones or Concert Horns from the Wurlitzer range; the Professional, the Lyric, and the American. Available in various finishes
Trombone, WurlitzerThree trombones from the Wurlitzer range
Oboe, WurlitzerThe Oboe, originally known by its French name, Hautbois
Ukulele, WurlitzerA range of Ukuleles sold by the Wurlitzer company
Ancient Persian MusicA Dervish of Ancient Persia in long green robe with fur trimming; he wears an ornate hat and plays a woodwind instrument
Chinese Abacus 1814A man uses a " swan-pen" - a Chinese version of the abacus
Ericsson Table Phone - 3A table instrument by the Ericsson Company of Stockholm. There is no handle to alert the exchange, perhaps this is done with that knob : the bell is very noticeable
Japan - the ShakuhachiA Japanese musician plays the SHAKUHACHI, a wind instrument resembling the western flute
Banjo with pink flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Horn Lesson in a Wine CellarA group of gentlemen and a small boy congregate in a wine cellar to practice playing the horn whilst enjoying a drink or two (non-alcoholic for the small boy of course)
Two golden harps on a cutout greetings card with a country scene. Date: circa 1890s
London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks
Music cover, Hello, Dolly! Louis ArmstrongMusic cover, Hello, Dolly! Words and music by Jerry Herman, recorded by Louis Armstrong. 1963
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - trumpeter. circa 1910s
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - playing the piano. circa 1910s
Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da ForliMelozzo da Forli (1438-1494). Italian painter. Fresco depicting an Angel playing a lute. From the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles. Pinacoteca Vaticana. Vatican City. Date: circa 1480
Chinese musical instrumentsA selection of Chinese musical instruments, including a bell(1), gong, (2), cymbals(4), a guqin or seven-stringed zither(7), a pipa or four-stringed lute (8), Yueqin or moon-shaped lute(11)
Comic postcard, Scotsman with whisky barrel bagpipes. Date: circa 1900s
Bone objects. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BCBone objects. C. 8700 BC. Skottemarke, Lolland. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC. Mesolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark