Instrument Collection (page 5)

The Prague Astronomical Clock or Prague Orloj. AStronomical
The Prague Astronomical Clock or Prague Orloj mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square. Astronomical dial. Czech Republic

15th Century Allegorical Allegory Apostle Astrolabe
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The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. Coloured engraving

Dream of Life in the fresco called The Triumph of Death of
Facsimile reproduces the detail of Dream of Life in the fresco called The Triumph of Death of the Cemetery of Pisa. The painting has been attributed to the sculptor

LSO musicians supporting BBC musicians, London
London Symphony Orchestra musicians supporting BBC musicians outside Broadcasting House, London, 27 June 1980. The strike by BBC musicians began when the BBC put forward plans to discontinue five

One figure of Death grabs the Peddler, while another plays a trump-marine.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Portrait of Albert of Brandenburg as St Erasmus, 1510-1550
Portrait of Albert of Brandenburg as St. Erasmus, 1510-1550.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes

Orpheus death. Illustration from the French version of Ovid's Metamorphoses (15th-16th centuries). Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Mongolian Yatga players
Artists of the Folk Song and Dance ensemble, Ulan Bator, play yatgas, traditional Mongolian stringed instruments similar to a zither. Date: 1970s

Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist and physician
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), Franco-German (Alsatian) theologian, organist, philosopher and physician. Seen here playing the organ, with a stained glass window behind him. Date: circa 1950

Spacek Sissy Long Hair Microphone Playing Guitar
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Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso
Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso. Seen here with a young pupil. Date: circa 1980s

Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here (centre) with the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (left) and the English composer Benjamin Britten (right)

Valentin Zhuk, Russian violinist, conductor and teacher. Seen here as a young man. Date: circa 1940s

Jacqueline Du Pre, celebrated British cellist
Jacqueline Mary Du Pre (1945-1987), celebrated British cellist who, sadly, stopped performing at the age of 28 and died at the age of 42 as a result of multiple sclerosis. Date: circa 1970s

Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter, and political activist
The singer, songwriter, alternative rock musician and left-wing political activist Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, b 1957). Seen here singing and playing an electric guitar. Date: circa 1980s

They sit in a window-seat each playing his/her banjo - the instrument is the fashionable pastime of the day. Date: 1886

MATTHEWS'S LUMINAPHONE
Grindell Matthews's instrument uses beams of light to produce music : interestingly, the same inventor also offered the world a death ray a few years later. Date: 1926

The Balkans a false note in the European concert Date: 1909

Beechcraft NT-34C Mentor 160266
United States Navy - Beechcraft NT-34C Mentor 160266 (msn GL-2), of the Naval Force Warfare Aircraft Test Squadron, carrying a special instrument pod. Date: 1997

Cat teaching pig the piano other playing wind
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Algeria - African Gnawa Musician playing a traditional sintir, also known as the guembri, gimbri or hejhouj, a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute. Date: circa 1910s

Winifred Johnson in a Music Hall sketch Date: 1890s

Kate Forster as Don Juan Date: 1890s

Alma Steele as Marton in La Cigale Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Conductor and band Date: 20th century

Switzerland - Alpenhorn (Alphorn) - a very long valveless wooden wind instrument played like a horn - used for signalling in the Alps. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish Musicians at Principio, Buyukada, Turkey
Turkish Musicians at Principio, Buyukada island, Turkey Date: 1829

Comic postcard, Woman with violin on the phone Date: 20th century

Advert for Brinsmead Pianos 1899
Lovely advertisement for leading piano manufacturer, John Brinsmead and Sons, showing a lady at a piano, playing in a procession of children at a fancy dress party. Delightful. Date: 1889

Comic postcard, Little boy with drum and trumpet Date: 20th century

c. 1880s Japan - geishas with musical instrments

c. 1880s Japan - musicians and dancers

Child acrobats, drummer, street entertainers, Japan
19th century vintage photograph - tumblers, child acrobats and a drummer, street entertainers, Japan, c.1880 s

c. 1880s Japan -making a shamisen

c. 1880s Japan - geisha with Shamisen

Peking (Beijing) Observatory, China, c. 1870
Astronomical Instrument, Peking (Beijing) Observatory, China, c.1870

British army band, Multan, Pakistan, 1880 s

France c. 1890 - large telescope in the Nice Observatory
Vintage 19th century photograph: France c.1890 - large telescope in the Nice Observatory

Accordion player, Bethnal Green Road, London
An accordion player busking amidst market crowds in Londons Bethnal Green Road. Date: circa 1930s

Viennese Band at the Alhambra, London, Musical Director J Delikat, programme includes works by Wagner, Elgar, German, Sarasate, Liszt and Sousa, 12 April 1903. Date: 1903

Art Nouveau romantic couple Date: early 20th century

Christmas postcard, Man playing bugle in the street - Christians Awake Date: 20th century

The Reverend Wilson Carlile of the Church Army, preaching from the pulpit of St. Mary-at-Hill (at which he was rector), trombone in hand

British army in India - pipers 92nd Highlanders 1870
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - pipers of the 92nd Highlanders 1870

Vintage photograph WW II - Red Army photographer
Vintage photograph World War II - Red Army photographer taking pictures of the band of the Devonshire regiment presentation of the Order of the Bath to Zhukov and Rokossovsky 1945

Woman playing koto stringed musical instrument, Japan
Young woman playing a koto stringed musical instrument, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

North Arfican musician with stringed instrument
Vintage 19th century photograph: North Arfican musician with stringed instrument

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