Instruments Collection (page 4)

Women playing musical instruments in Japan

Tuba Colour Illustration
TUBA

Stradivarius / Postcard
ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS or ANTONIO STRADIVARI Italian violin maker of Cremona; he also made other stringed instruments

Surgical Instruments / C18
Variety of surgical instruments

Trombonist 1890S Photo
Who is this unnamed trombonist of Bristol, posing so glumly with his instrument ? Did he perform at parties ? If so, he was doubtless the life and soul of the evening

Natural Trumpet on Own
The NATURAL TRUMPET is only half the length of the Horn, consequently its pitch is an octave higher : it is bent in quite a different way

16th Century Musicians 1
A piper performs with players of three types of stringed instruments - a rebec, a lute and a harp

Medical / Instruments / 1739
Diagram to show the various methods used for opening veins and performing blood transfusions

Newtons Small Reflector
Sir Isaac Newtons small Reflector

Clock-Seller
A street clock-seller

Cromwells Watch
POCKET WATCH with chain, made by John Midnall of Fleet Street, London, and carried by Oliver Cromwell, enabling him to be punctual for battles and other activities

Lippersheys Lenses
The legendary account of the invention of the telescope : Hans Lippersheys apprentices, playing with lenses, happen to hold two of them up together - the rest is history

Rowleys Orrery

Austrian Bell Foundry
The bell-foundry at Laibach, Austria

Quadrant / Diderot / 1760
An astronomical quadrant

Westminster Clock C19
The Westminster Clock on the Houses of Parliament, London. Its bell, Big Ben, gives its name to the clock itself

Clock-Watch C16
An early English watch

Habrecht Clock 1589
Astronomical clock made by Isaac Habrecht for pope Sextus V

Surgical instruments found Pompeii, Italy, Mount Vesuvius
Vintage 19th century photograph: Surgical instruments found at the house of the surgeon in Pompeii, Italy, after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Musical instruments of the ancient Hebrews. Harp, lyres, flute, psaltery, organ, horn, panpipes, bagpipes, drum, trumpet, bell, sistrum, triangle, rattle, etc. Strumenti musicali

The arch of Laodicea in Syria, near Latakia
View of the ruins of the hexagonal court in the Heliopolis, Temple of Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Mistakenly labeled Arco di Laodicea

Victorian Greeting Card - Mice Musicians
Four mice musicians sitting on a bench playing musical instruments. Date: circa 1890

Toy Theatre, Pollocks New Stage Orchestra. 19th century

Ukrainian Cossack Wedding Party. circa 1898

WOMAN WITH BINOCULARS
A woman (actress Marguerite Chapman) looks through a pair of binoculars on a sunny day 1940s

WW1 - The Band of a Prussian Infantry Regiment - note the universal wearing of the traditional Pickelhaube (or Pickelhelm) helmets. Date: circa 1916

Water Clock Clepsydra
The passage of time is registered by the flow of water

Compass

Galilean Telescope

Zoetrope

Finished electronic valves, Ernest Turner Electrical Instruments factory, High Wycombe in 1951

Ernest Turner Electrical Instruments factory, High Wycombe in 1951

Clifton Industrial School Band
Uniformed boys with their instruments and conductor at the Clifton Industrial School, Bristol. Date: early 1900s

Stained Glass, The Breton Pardon
This illustration shows a religious gathering of men playing musical instruments and women in peaceful thought, in front of a decorative window. Date: circa 1901

Cramer Pianos Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for J. B. Cramer & Co. Ltd, London based sellers of musical instruments. The image showcases a fine Cramer piano. Date: circa 1922

Josiah Wedgwood Plaque
A blue and white Jasperware plaque, portraying a number of Roman figures holding musical instruments, a little winged cherub stands on the far left. Date: circa 1700s

Japan - Musical Instrument Shop - Shamisens
Musical Instrument Shop, Japan. Note the selection of Shamisens in the window. Date: circa 1920s

Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle - instruments
Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle, later SA Oranje - rare collection of brass engine room instruments together with the ship's bulkhead clock, fixed to an oak shield-shaped panel. 32 inches

RMS Titanic - Artie Frost's measuring instruments
RMS Titanic - Anthony (Artie) Wood Frost was a member of the Harland & Wolff Titanic Guarantee Group, one of nine employees chosen to oversee the smooth running of Titanic's maiden voyage

Sir Harry Lauder recording with an orchestra Date: 1949

Brinsmead Pianos advert
An advert for John Brinsmead & Sons pianos. They are a seller of grand pianos. Date: 1912

Formation of the Irish Guards
Irish Guard formation (1st April 1900) due to the bravery and courage shown by the Irish regiment in South Africa during the Boer war (11 Oct 1899 ?? 31 May 1902)

Historical Musical Instruments, Inventions Exhibition
Various historical musical instruments displayed at the International Inventions Exhibition, a world fair held in 1885 in South Kensington, London

Piano Advertisement
Advert for the Duo-Art Pianola Piano, a self-playing and traditional piano in one. Date: 1925

Dentist's equipment, dental instruments Date: 1920

The Street Musicians
A drypoint showing the scene of some musicians, happily playing their music in a street, with instruments including a large harp, violin and flute. Date: circa 1921

Advertisement for Swan Pens, by Mabie, Todd and Co. Captioned, Send a Swan!, and Give Swans this Xmas!, with illustrations of ladies pens with rolled gold or sterling silver mountings

Mexico 1900s 1890s Mexican Comic Humour Death
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