Instrument Collection (page 15)

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)

Bagpiper in the street, Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Man playing bagpipes in the street, wearing traditional costume, in Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, France. circa 1969

Moorish musician with instrument
Elderly Moorish musician playing a stringed instrument, possibly a gimbri. circa 1895

Theatre Characters - Comedy. 19th century

Old Japanese Matchbox label with a red mandolin with birds made by M. Naoki in Japan Date: c. 1910s

Victorian Scrap -- Salvationist. late 19th century

Musician in costume at an Arts Ball. circa 1962

Victorian boy violinist sitting on a barrel. 19th century

Florence Upton playing cards - Weg Drumming. circa 1900s

Last of the Royal Stuarts
An old man playing the violin, claimed to be the last of the Royal Stewarts (Stuarts) who died at Berwick-on-Tweed at the age of 116

Spanish Flamenco Dancer with Guitarist. 1936

Music cover, Dearie Mine, by Meredith and Thorburn
Music cover, Dearie Mine, vocal waltz, with words by Joe Meredith and music by Billy Thorburn, featured and broadcast by The Savoy Havana Band and recorded by The Savoy Orpheans at the Savoy Hotel

May Day Dance in 1698
May Day Dance -- two women dance while a man plays the fiddle. 1698

Man playing the lute. circa 1640

March Fair at Brough, Westmorland (now Cumbria). 1827

Harvest festival scene. circa early 19th century

Dental Instruments, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd. 1921

Piano tuner at work on an upright piano. early 20th century

Classical singer with piano accompanist. early 20th century

Women in fashionable dresses of the Georgian period. 1829

Three women in Georgian style costume. 1815

David playing on the Harp
David plays on the Harp - 1 Samuel 16. circa 1690

Japanese women - Koto player and woman reading
Japan - Woman in a kimono playing a traditional 13-stringed Koto whilst another kneels by her reading/writing table. Both wear decorated silk kimonos. Date: circa 1907

Susi - with guitar and bone. 1950s

Susi - with drum and cymbal. 1950s

A wandering street Minstrel, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: circa 1950s

Basel, Switzerland - interior of the Basel Minster church
Basel, Switzerland - the interior of the Basel Minster church, recognisably built from red sandstone with coloured roof tiles in Gothic and Romanesque styles

Moorish Musician playing a horn
Moorish musician playing a horn. circa 1895

Christmas Preparations - In Heath Robinsonland
No. 2 - Training a young wait. Blasting a trumpet player with wind and rain so he is prepared for all weathers once he goes Christmas carolling. Date: 1909

Christmas card in the shape of a drum with dogs
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with two dogs looking through a large hole (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a drum with dog
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with a dogs face looking through a hole (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a drum with cats
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with three cats looking through a hole (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

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