Instruments Collection (page 24)

Evanss Harmonium
Evanss new English harmonium, for home and church use : like all such instruments, it is powered by foot-operated bellows. Date: 1859

Three Saxophones
Three saxophones : - alto tenor - tenor baritone - alto Date: late 19th century

Cuckoo Clock / Henry Grant
A cuckoo clock Date: 1950s

Waits in Street
Peaceful night - waits perform in an English town with drum, trombone and other instruments, a policeman as their only audience Date: 1858

Spectroscope Diagram / C19
SPECTROSCOPE Diagram. Date: 1882

Sears Roebuck Violin
Violin Date: 1911

Weighing Machine
A lady on a weighing machine wonders if she ought to cut down on polysaturates Date: circa 1890

Stoneworkers Tools 18Th
Various tools including pickaxes, hammers and measuring instruments used by stoneworkers and masons in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Sending Message to Mars
Communicating with Mars - sending a message with a massive beam of light. Date: 1907

Keelers Lie Detector
Leonard Keeler, of North Western University, USA, invents a lie detector based on blood pressure Date: 1937

Chinese Instruments
From left...Chinese ti-tzu (flute); Chinese so-na (copper oboe); Chinese yueh-ch in (moon guitar); Japanese hiji- riki: Chinese la-pa (long trumpet

Decorative Floral
from NARCISSUS (egotism) to NIGHTSHADE (truth) Date: 1884

HARRISONs NO 5
Harrisons number 5 timekeeper or chronometer for finding longitude (an improved version of the number 4). Date: circa 1760

Boyles hydrostatic apparatus for weighing materia medica 1691

E-flat Bass, Wurlitzer
Two E-flat Bass from the Wurlitzer range; in Medium and...if thats not big enough, in Monster. Available in various finishes

Helicon Bass, Wurlitzer
Two Helicon Bass from the Wurlitzer range; the Monster and...if thats not big enough, the Mammoth with a 16 and 18 inch bell respectively. Available in various finishes

Cor anglais, Wurlitzer
The cor anglais, or English horn

BB-flat Bass, Wurlitzer
Two BB-flat bass from the Wurlitzer range; the Professional and the Lyric, both in Mammoth size for that ear shattering tone of remarkable volume. Available in various finishes

Violin accessories, Wurlitzer
Violin bows

Boys Band at Erdington Homes, Birmingham
Boys military band at Erdington Cottage Homes, Birmingham. As well as the boys and their instruments, the picture includes the Union Chairman (left)

Childrens Choir, National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton
The so-called Cripples Choir at the National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, opened in 1903 for what were described as delicate and affected children

Band and parade at Mettray Colony, France
A band and parade of inmates at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s, the colony pioneered the cottage homes system where boys lived in small

Boys Band, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The Boys Band at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are in uniform, holding their instruments on the steps of the building

Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls

The great telescope at the Paris Exhibition. Theoretically the instrument should display an image of the moon at an apparent average distance of about forty miles

Military band with instruments in front of a tent
A military band, the Brecknockshire Battalion South Wales Borderers, together with their instruments, including six drums, posing for their photo in front of a tent

Soldiers march up High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Soldiers marching up the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, watched by various townspeople, around the time of the outbreak of the First World War

Parade in High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A parade, including a brass band, makes its way up the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Training Ship, Mount Edgcumbe Band, Saltash, Cornwall
The Mount Edgcumbe Industrial Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys was established at Saltash in Cornwall in 1877

Union Workhouse, Tonbridge, Kent, Boys Drill
A line of boys at Tonbridge Union workhouse in Kent, probably in band uniforms, hold their rifles in military drill style. A man at the left of the line (their bandmaster?) looks

Strand Union Boys Band
A group picture of the Strand Union Boys Band on 12 July 1905, at the Childrens Fete held at the Vicarage, Tottenham, North London

Mountain Guard at Buckingham Palace
Guard Mounting (or Changing of the Guard ) ceremony at Buckingham Palace - guards musicians playing their instruments in a circular formation inside the gates of the Palace

Women from Porto da Cruz, in Funchal, Madeira
A group of women belonging to a Porto da Cruz folklore group, in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They are singing and playing percussion instruments as part of their street entertainment

Boa Nova group, Funchal, Madeira
A traditional Boa Nova folk group playing musical instruments and singing, seen in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. The man on the right is holding a percussion instrument known as a brinquinho

Orchestra members at a festival, Haimhausen, Bavaria, German
Members of an orchestra wearing historical uniforms during a rococo festival in Haimhausen, just north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
Members of the Boys Band posing on the deck of the Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

PE and Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in an exercise drill, with the band behind them, on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Company & Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Ships company and band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

France - Le Faouet - Breton Men playing bagpipes
France - Le Faouet - Morbihan Departement - Binious Breton Men playing a horn and bagpipes

Delhi Observatory - Janter Manter. Built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur in 1710

Poster advertising Canuto Berea musical instruments
Poster advertising Canuto Berea y Compagnia for musical instruments, in particular pianos, based in La Coruna, Spain. A classical scene is depicted

A technician doing miniature work
A technician uses an unidentified instrument, incorporating a microscope and an electomagnetic circuit to work on very tiny electronic components. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Whirling Dervishes with instruments - Urfa
Whirling Dervishes with instruments, a sheikh, children and men in uniform at Urfa (Orfa), Turkey (formerly Edessa, Mesopotamia - the birthplace of Abraham)

Performers at an amateur concert
Actors and musicians performing at an amateur concert in the 19th century

Harem ladies in oriental costumes
Turkish models pose in the roles of ladies of the Harem in oriental costumes and holding musical instruments

Band of the National Waifs Association (Dr Barnardo s)
A boys band of the National Waifs Association, otherwise known as Dr Barnardo s. The instruments include hand bells, bagpipes, mandolins, and a guitar

Workshop - National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of workshop in the laboratory of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research where instruments were constructed and kept in repair. HPG/1/2/1 (iii)

Holborn Schools Band, Mitcham, Surrey
Boys band at Holborn Schools, High Street, Mitcham - originally established in 1856 in the grounds of Eagle House. The Schools provided accommodation

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