Instruments Collection (page 28)

German Musicians 1520
A group of German musicians perform on a wide variety of instruments to provide music for dancers : lute, bagpipes, clarinet, trombone, flute, drum, monochord are featured

1629 Lute Player
A page from the French royal court plays the lute, dressed in the picturesque attire of the day and armed with a huge and unwieldy sword

Music in a Garden
A Dutchman and his lady friend make sweet music together - she lays down her viol while he plays the lute, and he has other instruments with which to entertain her

Gent Plays Harpsichord
A gentleman plays a piece from one of Purcells operas, arranged for the harpsichord

Diderot Horn Making
Making horns in a French atelier

Ancient String Instrum
1 - Bandoer 2 - Orpheoreon 3 - Penoreon 4 - Lyra Da Gamba

Organistrum
A larger form of hurdy-gurdy, sometimes used in churches; the right hand turns a handle which rubs the strings against a resined wheel while the left hand fingers the keys

C18 Chamber Instruments
Chamber instruments used in private music-making

Old Arab Instruments
Instruments of the Arab peoples at the time of the Crusades

C15 Military Musicians
Instruments of the French lansquenets

Valve Trumpet on its Own
The VALVE TRUMPET is a sophisticated version of the Natural Trumpet, and is the form generally used

Natural Horn on its Own
The NATURAL HORN - a conical tube of brass, some four metres in length but coiled for convenience

Masked Lute-Player
A masked performer plays the lute

Cornets (Wurl) 2
Three Wurlitzer cornets

Lady Pianist Postcard
A smiling Frenchwoman at a small upright piano

Bachs Piano
The Silbermann grand used by Js Bach at Potsdam, Germany

C18 Clavichord
A richly decorated French clavichord fit to grace the most aristocratic home

Pianola Advert 2
Listeners admire the reproductive quality of the Duo-Art Pianola

C18 Guitar Player
A lady plays the guitar on a terrace

Lady Halle Plays Violin
WILMA MARIA FRANZISKA, Madame NORMAN-NERUDA, lady HALLE Violinist, and wife of Sir Charles Halle

Lady Plays the Banjo
A lady plays the banjo on the deck of a houseboat on the Thames : a friend listens

Indian Music Instruments
Three types of Indian musical instrument - one like a lute, another like a harp, the third like a tambourine

Greek Musicians
Ancient Greek musicians playing wind instruments and percussion

Making Pianos, France 1
The manufacturing of upright pianos at the Pleyel factory, France

Making French Pianos 2
The manufacturing of upright pianos at the Pleyel factory, France

Robert Boyle / Chapman
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Robert Boyle / Rousseau
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Greece / Costume / Objects
Various Ancient Greek things, such as necklaces, instruments, shoes, vases, fans &c

Violinist (Scrap)

Chicago Exhibition - 7
The Yerkes telescope is an impressive exhibit at the Chicago Exhibition, 1893

Foucaults Telescope
Leon Foucaults telescope, constructed in Paris by Secretan

C17 Ball Timekeeper
The FALLING BALL TIMEKEEPER has a central band which slowly rotates; the time is indicated by a pointing figure

C16 Alarm Watch
An early ALARM WATCH : the small inside dial regulates the alarm

C17 Striking Clock
A STRIKING CLOCK of the early 17th century : as the hours sound, the mans head moves and the animal at his feet jumps

C17 Table Clock
A TABLE CLOCK, of traditional octagonal design, combining practicality with ornament

Portable Sun Dial
Combined PORTABLE SUN-DIAL, with a compass so that it can be correctly oriented : made by Butterfield, an Englishman working in Paris

Pocket Sun Dial
The POCKET SUN-DIAL - a precursor of the pocket watch - let the suns light pass through a small hole to reach a dial marked on the inside rim

Early Sun Dial
An early British SUN DIAL of traditional design - a favourite garden ornament

C17 Clepsydra
A sophisticated form of CLEPSYDRA, in which the emptying of liquid causes a drum to rotate, which in turn causing the handles to move round the clock face

Lamp Timekeeper
The LAMP TIMEKEEPER is used by Felipe II of Spain, and his contemporaries, to mark time at night, the level of liquid dropping slowly through the night, measured against marks

Natural Sundial, Settle
At Settle, Yorkshire, Castleberg Rock provides a natural sun-dial; its passing shadow, until the 18th century, was used by the residents to measure time

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

Egyptian Clepsydra
The CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one

Greek Hemicycle Dial
The GREEK HEMICYCLE DIAL is an early form of sundial, using the movement of a shadow to measure the passage of time

Roman Polos
The ancient Roman POLOS, or HELIOTROPION, is a staff standing in a basin, time being measured by the movement of the shadow from one point to another

Shadow Timekeeper
The ancient Greeks are said to have used shadows to measure time, the length of a persons shadow, varying at different times of day, giving a rough indication as to the time

Candle Timer
King Alfred is credited with the invention use of CANDLES as timekeepers, time being measured by how long it takes for the candle to burn from one mark to the next

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