49.――BANDURIA. English. Early 19th century _Facing_ 110
50.――HARP. Old Irish _Facing_ 110
51.――HARP. French. About 1770 _Facing_ 112
52.――VIOLIN. Said to have belonged to James I. English.
Early 17th century _Facing_ 112
53.――ANGEL PLAYING A VIOL. After an oil painting by
Ambrogio da Predis. Late 15th century _Facing_ 104
54.――VIOLA DA GAMBA. Italian. About 1600 _Facing_ 114
55.――VIOLA DA GAMBA. Italian. 17th century _Facing_ 114
56.――VIOLA DI BARDONE, OR BARITON, WITH BOW. German.
17th century _Facing_ 114
57.――VIOLA D’AMORE. Probably English. Late 17th century
_Facing_ 116
58.――DOUBLE-BASS, WITH BOW. Known as “The Giant.”
Italian. 17th century _Facing_ 116
59.――SORDINO, OR POCHETTE. Probably German. Late 17th
or early 18th century _Facing_ 118
60.――BÛCHE, OR SCHEITHOLZ. Made by Fleurot, of the Val
d’Ajol in the Vosges Mountains. Early 19th
century _Facing_ 118
61.――VIRGINAL. Formerly belonging to Queen Elizabeth.
Italian. Second half of 16th century _Facing_ 118
62.――VIRGINAL. Flemish. Second half of 16th century
_Facing_ 118
63.――SPINET. Made by Annibale dei Rossi of Milan. Italian.
Dated 1577 _Facing_ 120
64.――SPINET. Signed “Johannes Player fecit” English.
About 1700 _Facing_ 120
65.――CLAVICHORD. Inscribed “Barthold Fritz fecit, Braunschweig,
anno 1751.” German. 18th century _Facing_ 120
66.――CLAVICEMBALO. Signed “Joanes Antonius Baffo,
Venetus.” Italian. Dated 1574 _Facing_ 122
67.――CLAVECIN. Made by Pascal Taskin of Paris. French.
Dated 1786 _Facing_ 124
68.――ORGAN-HARPSICHORD, OR CLAVIORGANUM. Formerly in
the chapel of Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, Kent.
Probably English _Facing_ 124
69.――TRIPLE FLAGEOLET. Italian. About 1820 _Facing_ 124
70.――FLAUTO DOLCE, OR FLUTE. Ivory. Inscribed “Anciuti
a Milan, 1740” _Facing_ 124
71.――FLAGEOLET. Italian. Middle of 18th century _Facing_ 126
72.――OBOE. Made by Anciuti of Milan. Formerly in the
possession of the composer Rossini. Latter half
of 18th century _Facing_ 126
73.――BASSOON, species of. English. Late 18th, or early 19th
century _Facing_ 128
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