Instruments Collection (page 22)

Father and son
A father and his son posing with their violins. Date: c. 1910

Musicians and a dancer in Algeria
Musicians and a lady dancer of Southern Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Presbyterian Bell
The fine bell in the churcyard of St. Wynwallow Church at Landewednack, Cornwall, England. It is one of the oldest pre Reformation bells, in use until 1937. Date: Medieval

Street Music: German band at Oberammergau, 1880
A marching band braves the rain at Oberammergau, Germany. Date: 1880

Ornate Timepieces
Ornate 8-day timepieces from Mappin & Webb, London. Date: 1930

Young Cornet Player
A boy playing a cornet. Date: 1930s

False-set-o
A women singing on stage hits the high note and her dentures come flying out. 1930

Italian Bagpipers

MODERN SUNDIAL
A little girl admires a modern garden sundial. Date: 1950s

Around the Piano
A stylish young couple get ready to sing a duet beside the piano, while a smart pianist tickles the ivories.. Date: 1930s

Piano Girls
Four young ladies listening to a piano recital. Date: 1930s

Sombre Pianist
A moody pianist in gothic surroundings. Date: 1930s

Accordion Picnic Girls
Four crazy girls, singing enthusiasticall to their accordions beside their sports car, in the middle of the countryside! Date: 1930s

Brazilian Musician
A crooner of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America, singing into the large microphone and strumming his guitar Radio Rio. Date: 1930s

Playing the Piano
A young woman plays an upright piano, reading sheet music. Date: 1969

Silicon Chip
An Integrated Circuit, (IC), more commonly known as a Silicon Chip, a vital component of all computers. Date: 1981

Dresden China Bells
Bells being manufactured in Dresden, Germany, to build a carillon (a musical instrument made of bells which play in a chromatic sequence) which will play in a Berlin park. Date: 24 January 1930

Pantomime on Ice
Girls in the production of The Merry Doll, a pantomime on ice ! Date: 1930s

Shock Proof Car Clock
A shock proof car clock (with luminous figures), which adheres to the dashboard by means of its rubber casing. Only 7 shillings and 9 pence from Harrods of London. Date: 1930s

MICROSCOPE
A modern microscope, in common use in school Science classrooms. Date: 1970s

Egyptian Street Band
Three children playing musical instruments on the street in Egypt. Date: 1930s

Organ Keyboard

Bible Organ
Mrs Galpin plays a remarkable 17th century organ and bellows, with a case made from an old bible. Part of an collection of over 600 musical instruments, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Miniature Bible Organ
This miniature organ, enclosed in a folio of old books, has a painting of the supper at Emmaus inside its lid. Date: 1930s

Gothic Piano Couple
A young woman watches over her partners shoulder as he plays at a grand piano in a Gothic setting. Date: 1930s

Gothic Piano Duet

Royal Trumpeters
A fanfare from the Royal Trumpeters at White City, west London. Date: 1960s

Electron Microscope
The EM 300 transmission electron microscope, which is used to study tiny voids or dislocations in materials or very small crystallites, A.E.R.E. Harwell. Date: October 1971

Glastonbury Abbey Bell
The Fire Bell, practically all that survives of St. Patricks Chapel, Glastonbury Abbey ruins, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Bechstein Piano Keyboard
The keyboard of a piano by the famous manufacturer Bechstein. Date: 1980s

Imperial Measures
Standard Imperial measures at the base of the Wellington Column, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Thornton House Sundial
An ancient sundial in the grounds of Thornton House, the Wirral, Merseyside, the residence of Lord Leverhulme

Glove Wrist Watch
A fashionable young woman shows off her glove, which has a natty fitted wrist watch in it! Date: February 1933

Georges Bousquet, Music
GEORGES BOUSQUET French musician, surrounded by a tasteful arrangement of musical instruments. Date: 1818 - 1864

Cambodia - Traditional musicians at Phnom Penh. Instruments pictured include the tro khmer (played with a bow), hand cymbals, Khhim (flat Zither-like instrument) and Ruan (small round guitar/lute)

Original Dodge City Cowboy Band
The Original Dodge City Cowboy Band - one of the highlights of the early history of Dodge City, USA. Tame buffalo ran loose and often followed the band on parade

Australian band playing in square, Bapaume, France, WW1
An Australian band playing in the town square at Bapaume, northern France, during the First World War, with ruined buildings in the background and debris on the ground. Date: circa 1917

Australian band playing a march, Bapaume, France, WW1
The band of the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade, led by Bandmaster Pheagan of 19th Battalion, playing the Victoria March at Grand Place (the main square), Bapaume, northern France

German prisoners of war with musical instruments, WW1
German prisoners of war in a detention camp, some of them with musical instruments, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Street music: musicians at home, 1867
Street musicians of Paris leave their slum home and head out to work with their instruments. Date: 1867

Mondonvilles Pieces de Clavecin
A fringed banner announces Mondonvilles Pieces de Clavecin. The title page shows a musical lady playing the harpsicord on a balcony

Military music - 18th century musicians(6 of 8)
Men play cymbals and an oboe during the reign of Louis VX of France. Date: 18th century

Military music - ancient instruments(2 of 8)
A Gaul plays the carnyx, whilst a village burns in the background

Music at home - a trio of musicians
Three ladies play musical instruments together ina domestic setting. Date: 1886

Military music - 18th century musicians(7 of 8)
Musicians of the Imperial Guard-a drummer and a serpent player at the time of the First Empire. Date: early 19th century

Military music - Fife and Drum(4 of 8)
A fifer and a drummer from the time of Francis I of France

Military music - musicians of the republican guard(8 of 8)
Two musicians of the republican guard playing the clarinet and saxhorn. Date: 1889

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