Plectrum Collection

Classical musical instruments: lyres 1, 2, plectrum 3, cithara 4, lute 5, percussion instruments 6, 7, 8, 15, pan pipes 9, crotales 11, tuba 12, flutes 10, 14, 18, 19, triangle 16, cymbals 17

Statue of Apollo with halo, cithara (lyre) and plectrum
Statue of Apollo in copper. He is depicted with halo, cithara (lyre) and plectrum. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Music and dance of the 8th or 9th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Samisen, Kokiu, Biwa
Three stringed instruments : the SAMISEN (three strings, played with a plectrum); the KOKIU, like a small samisen but played with a bow; the BIWA, a lute-like instrument

Japan - the Samisen
A Japanese musician plays the SAMISEN, a stringed instrument like a guitar, plucked with the fingers or a plectrum

Roman Musical Trio
Three Romans make music - one playing the double-pipe or flute, another a lyre-like instrument plucked with a plectrum, the third may be a singer or simply a teacher

Roman Playing a Lyre
Roman woman using a plectrum on a form of lyre

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