Instruments Collection (#19)

Instruments of the Far East
A variety of stringed and wind instruments from the Far East. A Chinese organ, flagolet, oboe and trumpet are shown

Advert for Pianola Piano 1914
The ever-seasonable Pianola Piano. Pre-programmed music recorded on a roll. 1914

Brass band marching along a road
A brass band marching along a road, with children following at the side

Haydns Toy Symphony performed
Performance of Haydns Toy Symphony by children of the Royal Asylum of St Anne, Redhill, Surrey. Date: 1887

Music conference lecture 1888
Conference of the national society of professional musicians. Mr. A.J Hipkins illustrating his lecture on the history of the pianoforte. Date: 1888

Haydns toy symphony
Various musical instruments for children, as used in the Haydn toy symphony. Date: 1874

Ladies orchestra, 1875
An orchestra of musical ladies delights an audience of gentlemen with their playing. In addition to the more usual stringed instruments

Musical Instruments
Am interesting collection of over 600 musical instruments, owned by the Reverend F. W. Galpin, Rector of Falkbourne, Witham, Essex, England. Mrs Galpin shows some of them off. Date: 1930s

Elizabethan Spinet
A rare Elizabethan double spinet. This fine example is beautifully inlaid and has a lovely scene painted inside the lid. Date: 16th century

Argentine Guitarists
Argentinian guitarists strike a masculine pose, one foot on a rock, as they play a duet together while their coy womenfolk hide from the camera, South America. Date: 1930s

Man with Binoculars 1875
George Payne with binoculars. Date: 1875

Bystander masthead 1928, social gathering
Illustration on the front cover of The Bystander showing, young 1920s men and women sitting down relaxing. Date: 1928

Double-Slided Trombone
Mr. W.S. Wilkinson of Keighley, Yorkshire, England, is over 80 years old and the only living man who has succeeded in playing this double-slided trombone! Date: early 1960s

Testing Sound Waves
Ray Kulz blows his trumpet, Jimmy Noel strums his guitar and George Macdonald strikes the cymbal into an OSCILLOSCOPE to see if sound waves vary. Very much so! Date: 1930s

West Indian Oil Drums
A West Indian oil drum band. Date: 1960s

Hungarian Drummer
Barefoot children dancing to the beat of a drum in Hungary. They are rehearsing for Christmas pantomime. Date: 1930s

Polish Bagpipes
An old man playing the bagpipes in the Tatra mountains of Poland. His costume is made of embroidered goatskin and his dog is a breed peculiar to the area. Date: 1930s

Dorstone Sundial
An ancient sundial on the village green at Dorstone, Herefordshire, England. They must have been tall people in the good old days to have read the time by this!

Optimistic Sundial
An optimistic sundial on the side of a private house at South Holmwood, Surrey, England : Let others tell of storms and showers, I mark the sunny morning hours... Date: 19th century

Churchyard Sundial
An ancient sundial among the gravestones in the churchyard of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England

An Astrolabe
An astrolabe, an astrological instrument, used for measuring the altitude of the stars, Avebury Manor, Wiltshire, England

Boys with Microscope
Two schoolboys with a microscope in a classroom laboratory. Date: early 1970s

A Stop Watch
A stop watch, used for timing the speed of races, etc. Date: 1980s

Chelsea Supporters
A group of Chelsea Football Club supporters, mostly women and one of them playing a banjo, during a Cup Tie. Date: early 1930s

LA Mothe Le Vayer
FRANCOIS LA MOTHE LE VAYER French churchman, scholar and writer, surrounded by books and instruments. Date: 1588 - 1672

German Clockmakers
A young couple, cuckoo clock makers, photographed together outside with their clocks in front of a log store. Date: early 1930s

Boy Organist
Kenneth Lyer, a boy organist. Date: early 1930s

Sir Howard Grubb
SIR HOWARD GRUBB Irish inventor and manufacturer of telescopes and other scientific instruments, famous for inventing the periscope. Date: 1844 - 1931

Farnborough National Childrens Home (NCH) Band
Farnborough National Childrens Home (NCH). Members of the homes band pose with their instruments

Japan - Three Geisha Girls playing traditional instruments - two on drums and one playing the Shamisen. Date: circa 1904

Italy - Laboratorio di precisione, Roma - Precision Optics
Italy - Laboratorio di Precisione, Roma - Precision Optics made in Rome - produced optical instruments used in WW1 - suppliers to the Royal family in Italy Date: circa 1906

A group of Tibetan Musicians. Date: circa 1904

Peking Observatory, China - Beijing Ancient Observatory
Peking Observatory - (Beijing) China. The Beijing Ancient Observatory - a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China

Japan - Women dancing and playing musical instruments, including a Shamisen (right). Date: circa 1906

Japanese Geisha Ensemble with Musical Instruments (including bells and Shamisen), performing on a staging on the seafront. The tea ceremony appears to be occurring at the same time. Date: 1902

Lebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians playing masenqo
Lebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians, both playing the masenqo. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish band - traditional instruments Date: 1939

Chile - Zamacueca Dance. The Zamacueca is an ancient colonial dance and music that originated in Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms. Date: circa 1909

Vina - Indian Instrument
Vina - The most ancient on Indian instruments, the great Vina is now generally known as the " Been". The instrument is composed of a bamboo and two gourds and has a peculiarly soft

Spinet - this lovely example with its six-legged stand was made in London by Stephen Keene at the Sign of the Virginal on Threadneedle Street in the 17th century

Sordino - known to the French as a pochette - this instrument is a pocket fiddle. Derived in form from the medieval Rebec, orignating from the Near East and also known as the Gigue

So-na, Yueh-ch in and La-pa - The Chinese So-na is a copper wind instrument having seven holes above and two thumb-holes below

Sheng - Chinese free-reed instrument
Sheng (pronounced Shung ) - an ancient Chnese mouth organ, which was the forerunner of modern free-reed organs. The Sheng is a gourd with a flat cover

Lituus and a Buccina
Lituus - The original version of the antique straight instrument pictured, found at Cervetri in the tomb of a warrior, is preserved in a museum in the Vatican, Rome, Italy

Positive Organ - a chamber organ belonging to the reign of Louis XIII of France. Intended to remain in a fixed position, as opposed to smaller portable organs

Portable Organ - When in use, this medieval processional instrument was slung by a strap over the shoulder of the musician

Marimba
The Zulu Harmonicon (shown in front and rear view) is also known as the Marimba. Each of the ten bars of wood have a gourd attached, which acts as a resonator

Khong Yai - Harmonicons (Khong Vong gong chimes) of wood or metal form the basis of bands of Siam (Thailand), Burma (Myanmar) and the Indian Archipelago

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