Instrument Collection (page 14)

Controls and instrument panel of a plane, WW1
A close-up view of the controls and instrument panel in the cockpit of a British plane in service during the First World War. 1914-1918

People at a fair in Chile, South America
Scenes at a Fair -- people at a fair in 19th century Chile, South America. 1824

Poster, More Men and Still More until the Enemy is Crushed -- a quotation from Lord Kitchener. Showing a soldier blowing a bugle. circa 1914-1915

Priests consulting the omens in Classical Rome

Aeolian piano
Aeolian Co. Man and woman at an Aeolian player piano. Date: 1906

Two Machico men in Funchal, Madeira
Two young men belonging to a Machico folklore group, wearing traditional costume. The man on the right is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho, a stick decorated with wooden dolls

Ethiopian Musicians
Five Ethiopian Musicians - a popular beat combo of the region (possibly called Oasis !)

Zeus as a boy fed by his foster mother, Amalthea
Zeus/Jupiter as a boy, being fed from a cornucopia by his foster mother Amalthea underneath a tree, while Pan (right) plays his pipes

Members of a Parsee theatre company, India
Group photo, members of a Parsee (Parsi) theatre company, India. Groups of this kind toured around northern India, offering a combination of drama and music

Angklung players, West Java, Indonesia
Angklung (anklong) players in Garoet (Garut), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

Susi - with guitar
Susi - playing the guitar and singing. 1950s

Robin Hood forest scene. 18th century

The Dalrymple Orchestra, photographed in a garden
Members of the Dalrymple Orchestra, photographed in a garden. Date: 1907-1908

Music cover, O Touch the Ivory Keys Again, words by Henry Farnie, music by Luigi Arditi. Depicting a woman playing at a keyboard. circa 1864

Victorian Scrap - Drummer Bandsman. late 19th century

Children playing musical instruments
Two children play musical instruments while their dog is a reluctant drummer. Date: c.1920

Man playing trumpet, dog listening
Unusual Friends - man playing trumpet, dog listening. 1950s

Preparing for the Childrens Party - Now, one, two, and three - a man plays the cello while two little girls practise their dance. circa late 19th century

Bagpiper in the Trossachs, Scotland
Bagpiper playing in the Trossachs, Scotland. Date: 1959

Two bagpipers on a road in the Trossachs, Scotland
Two bagpipers playing on a road in the Trossachs, Scotland. Date: 1959

Elderly blind couple having a sing-song at the piano. Date: circa 1980s

Hindu dancer and drummer, India. Date: circa 1910

Indian man playing the flute, India
Indian man playing the flute, with a water gourd at his side. Date: circa 1930

Drum band in traditional uniform
Unidentified drum band in traditional uniform. Date: circa 1910

Brass band of soldiers, Vancouver, USA
Brass band of soldiers, Main Street, Vancouver, Washington State, USA. Date: circa 1920

Brass band of American cavalry soldiers, USA
Brass band of American cavalry soldiers practising in a field, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910

Aswad reggae band at Penwith, Cornwall
Members of the reggae band Aswad, including founder member Brinsley Forde (front row, left) relaxing offstage at Penwith, Cornwall, during an open air concert. Date: 1983

Brinsley Forde performing at Penwith, Cornwall
Brinsley Forde (b.1953), founder member of the reggae band Aswad, performing at Penwith, Cornwall, in an open air concert. 1983

Rudolf Barshai conducting Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (1924-2010), Russian musician, conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He was their Principal Conductor from 1982 until 1988. Date: circa 1980s

Germany. Cologne. Church of St Marys in the Capitol. 11th century. Romanesque. Central nave

Greek Hydria depicting an auletris, two dancers playing
Greek pottery with red figures. Hydria depicting an auletris, two dancers playing zills and other doing acrobatics in a house of heteras. After auletris, a man leaning on his staff, raising his hand

Foss Skole Boys Band, Oslo, Norway
Foss Skole (Waterfall School) Boys Band, in front of the royal palace in Oslo (Kristiania), Norway, on 17 May 1913, marching and playing their instruments as crowds of spectators look on. Date: 1913

Balangy players, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Group of native balangy players, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920

The Tatler Christmas number cover by John Hassall
Front cover of The Tatler, Christmas Number 1935 featuring a medieval minstrel playing some form of string instrument - a lute? Date: 1935

Germany. Magdeburg. 16th century. Party. Musicians playing and people dancing. Engraving in Liber Chronicorum, by Hartman Schedel

Iberian frieze relief depicting a woman or auletris dressed with tunic tied at the waist playing a flute named aulos. In the hair, double braid around the head

Instrument for tattooing deserters, 1850 (c). Brass body and trigger with brass D plate and steel spikes. Engraved on side with manufacturers name, Savigny and Company, London

John Brinsmead & Sons Pianoforte works 1883
Interior and exterior of John Brinsmead & Sons Pianoforte manufactory, in North-West London. John Brinsmead & Sons was known to build very well made pianos

A begging musician in Suez, Egypt
A begging street musician holding his traditional plucking instrument in Suez, Egypt Date: circa 1910

Victorian scrap - Salvation Army dog trumpeter. late 19th century

Turkish Concert -- five musicians playing their instruments. circa 1800

Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi and Alexander Henderson
Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi, theatre director (in the background) -- I had engaged to give those people a taste of The Beggar Student, and now there is Alexander Henderson on the same job

Mary Queen of Scots and Chatelar (or Rizzio)
Mary Queen of Scots and Chatelar (or Chatelard), her secretary. Some versions of the picture give David Rizzio as the secretary. 16th century

Cartoon, Royal Waits, outside Marlborough House
Cartoon, Royal Waits -- musicians playing in the snow outside Marlborough House, the Prince of Waless London residence. 1883

Nautch dancing girl and two musicians, India. Date: circa 1905

Tibetan dancers, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
Four Tibetan dancers (jugglers) taking part in the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

Playing the Alpenhorn on banks of the Falensee, Switzerland
Playing the Alpenhorn on the banks of the Falensee, a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Communist China - communication team in water
Adults and children, members of a philosophy communication team, crossing a river in the mountainous area of Dabie, in Henan (He Nan)

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