[Transcriber's Note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected without note. Vowels with macrons are represented in brackets with an equal sign, e.g., [=a], and those with smooth-breathing marks are represented in brackets with an apostrophe, e.g., ['a].] MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Historic, Rare and Unique THE SELECTION, INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY A.J. HIPKINS, F.S.A. LOND. AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE "PIANOFORTE" IN THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF FORTY-EIGHT PLATES IN COLOURS DRAWN BY WILLIAM GIBB [Illustration] A. AND C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 AND 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1 1921 _First published in 1888._ _Printed in Great Britain_ [Illustration] CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION PAGE VII. BURGMOTE HORNS PLATE I. QUEEN MARY'S HARP II. THE LAMONT HARP III. CORNEMUSE. CALABRIAN BAGPIPE. MUSETTE IV. BAGPIPES V. CLAVICYTHERIUM OR UPRIGHT SPINET VI. OLIPHANT VII. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S VIRGINAL VIII. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LUTE IX. THE RIZZIO GUITAR X. POSITIVE ORGAN XI. REGAL XII. PORTABLE ORGAN AND BIBLE REGAL XIII. CETERA XIV. LUTE XV. THEORBO XVI. DULCIMER XVII. VIRGINAL XVIII. VIOLA DA GAMBA XIX. DOUBLE SPINET OR VIRGINAL XX. THREE CHITARRONI XXI. SPINET XXII. QUINTERNA AND MANDOLINE XXIII. WELSH CRWTH. RUSSIAN BALALÄIKA XXIV. VIOLIN--THE HELLIER STRADIVARIUS, AND TWO OLD BOWS NOTED FOR THE FLUTING XXV. VIOLINS--THE ALARD STRADIVARIUS, THE KING JOSEPH GUARNERIUS DEL GESÙ XXVI. VIOLA D'AMORE XXVII. CETERA, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS XXVIII. GUITAR, BY ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS XXIX.