Nablas, 27.
Nablia, 34.
Nablum, 86, 100.
Naker, 56.
Naḳḳárah, 56.
Nakrys, 56.
Nara, bell near, 46.
Nebuchadnezzar, 18.
Nechiloth, 25, 26.
Nefer, 12.
Nekeb, 23.
Nevel, 19, 22, 30.
New Guinea, instruments of, 2.
New Zealand, instruments of, 2.
“Nibelungenlied,” The, 90.
Nimroud, 16, 18.
Nineveh, 16.
Nootka Sound, instrument of, 2.
Norwegian instruments, 113.
Nuy, 55.
Oboe da caccia, 127.
” d’amore, 127.
” Hindu, 79.
” lungo, 127.
” Persian, 55.
” piccolo, 127.
Ocarina, Chinese, 42.
Octave, Arabian, 54.
” Chinese, 39.
Octavina (Ottavino), 120.
Oliphant, 94.
Organ, Burmese, 42.
” Chinese, 42.
” English, 129.
” French, 129.
” Gamba stop in, 115.
” German, 129.
” Hebrew, 24.
” hydraulic, 32.
” pneumatic, 94.
” portative, 129, 130.
” positive, 129.
” Siamese, 42.
Organ-builders, German, 129.
Organ-harpsichord, 124.
Organistrum, 92, 99, 101.
Orchestras, mediæval, 99.
Orpheus, Chinese, 37.
Ottavino, or Octavina, 120.
Ovalle, Alonso de, quoted, 62.
P’ai-hsiao, 42.
Palenque, instruments from, 62.
Pandean pipes, 23, 31, 35, 42, 53, 80.
Pandoura, 30.
Pandurina, 108.
Pasquali, Signor, 117.
Passerini, Signor, 117.
Pedal, invention of, 96.
” in harpsichord, 124.
Pektis, 30.
Pepys, quoted, 120, 126.
Persian instruments, 3, 48, 52 _seq._
Peruvian instruments, 58, 59.
Peruvians, songs of the, 80, 81.
Phaamon, 25.
Phœnicians, 36.
Phorbeia, 34.
Phorminx, 28, 29.
Pianoforte, 123, 125, 134.
Piao, 39.
Pien-ch’ing, 38, 39.
Pien-chung, 39.
Piffero pastorale, 127.
Pincullu, 62.
P’i-p’a, 43, 44.
Pipe of the Aztecs, 60.
” Berecynthian, 27.
” Carian, 28.
” of Chiriqui Indians, 60, 79.
” Egyptian, 12.
” Greek, 31.
” Hebrew, 23.
” Japanese, 45.
” Mexican, 58 _seq._
” Peruvian, 58 _seq._
” Phrygian, 27.
Pitch of Chinese instruments, 39.
” the oboe, 127.
” the ottavino, 120.
” whistle sounds, 59.
Pito, 60.
Plectrum, 30, 40, 44, 45, 109, 110.
Plektron, _see_ Plectrum.
Po-fu, 41.
Poitiers, 10.
Post-mediæval instruments, 104 _seq._
Pottery, instruments of, 58 _seq._
Prætorius, quoted, 111.
Pre-historic relics, 9.
Psalms, musical directions in, 26.
Psalterion, 20.
Psalterium, 33, 85, 86.
Psaltery, 102, 116, 117.
Psanterin, 20.
Pungi, 52, 93.
Quanūn, 54, 55.
Quartfagott, 128.
Quills for twanging strings, 107, 109, 119.
Quills in virginal, 120.
Quinterna, 109.
Quintfagott, 128.
Quyvi, 62.
Rabôb, 55, 56.
Ranking, J., quoted, 75.
Rattles, 80.
” American Indian, 72, 82.
” Indian, 2.
Ravanastra, 50.
Rebec, 56, 102, 113.
Rébek, 90.
Recorder, 125.
Regal, or regals, 96, 102, 129.
Rigabello, 130.
Rin, 46.
Roman instruments, 32 _seq._
Rote, 88.
Rotta, 88, 89.
Sârangi, 50.
Sackbut, 94, 102.
Sainprae, Jaques, 115.
Salpinx, 32.
Salterio, 102.
Sambuca, 34, 94.
Sambyke, 27, 30.
Samisen, 44.
Sang, 43.
San-hsien, 44.
Sankha, 47.
Santiago de Compostella, sculpture at, 101.
Santir, 6, 20, 55.
Sardinia, 36.
Sârinda, 50.
Scabellum, 35.
Scale, Chinese, 37, 39.
” diatonic, 132.
” pentatonic, 42, 79.
Scandinavian harp, 87.
Schalmei, 127.
Scheitholz, 118, 119.
Schnitzer, instrument maker, 128.
Sê, 43.
Sebȧ, 12.
Serinette, 129.
Serpent, 128.
Seshesh, 15.
Shakespeare, quoted, 114.
Shakuhachi, 45.
Shalisbim, 25.
Shalm, or shawm, 102, 103, 127.
Shehna, 79.
Shêng, 42, 43, 45.
Shime-daiko, 45.
Shō, 45.
Shophar, 24.
Shwan-che, 43.
Siam, instruments used in, 3, 4, 42.
Simikon, 30.
Sistrum, Egyptian, 14, 98.
” Hebrew, 25.
” Roman, 36.
Sitar, 110.
Sitâra, 55.
Solomon, 19.
Sordino, 118.
Spain, Arabs in, 36, 56.
Spanish instruments, 36, 110.
Spinet, 121.
Stones, sonorous, 39, 73.
Stops of the clavicembalo, 123.
Stop in organ-harpsichord, 124.
Strabo, quoted, 27.
Stradivarius, 118.
Strings, catgut, 1, 30, 108-110, 115.
Strings, silk, 1, 43, 44, 54, 109.
Strings, sympathetic, 115, 116.
” wire, 55, 108-110, 115-117, 120, 121.
Sultana, 116.
Sumphonia, 23.
Sung-ch’ing, 39.
Surnai, 55.
Suroda, 88, 89.
Syrinx, Greek, 31.
” Hebrew, 23.
” mediæval, 94, 99.
” Peruvian, 63.
” Roman, 35.
Tabret, 24.
Taiko, 45.
Talmud, The, 23.
Tamboura, Arabian, 54.
” Egyptian, 27.
” Hebrew, 22.
Tambourine, Assyrian, 18.
” Egyptian, 14.
” Hebrew, 24.
” Peruvian, 72.
” Roman, 35.
Tangents in the clavichord, 121.
T’ê-ch’ing, 39.
T’ê-chung, 39, 40.
Tenor (violin), 113.
Tenor-bassoon, 128.
Tenor-viol, 119.
Teponaztli, 70, 80.
Testudo, 33.
Tezcucans, instruments of the, 73.
Thebes, 11, 12, 14.
Theorbo, 101, 104, 105.
Ti, 42.
Tibetan instruments, 43, 80.
Tibia, 34.
” curva, 34.
” dextra, 34.
” gingrina, 34.
” ligula, 34.
” longa, 34.
” obliqua, 34.
” sinistra, 34.
” utricularis, 34.
” vasca, 35.
Tibiæ impares, 34.
” pares, 34.
Timbrel, 24, 102.
Timotheus, flutist, 57.
Tintinnabula, 36.
Tintinnabulum, 100.
Tinya, 75.
Titus, arch of, 24.
Tone of instruments, 112, 113.
Toph, 24, 25.
Toumrie, 52.
Treble-viol, 119.
Triangle, Hebrew, 25.
Triangle, Roman, 36.
Triangulum, 36.
Trigonon, 17, 28, 30, 53.
Trigonum, 34.
Triple Flageolet, 126.
Trombone, 94.
Trumpets of South American Indians, 65.
Trumpets, Anglo-Saxon, 94.
” Ashantee, 2.
” Assyrian, 18.
” of the Caroados, 67.
” Egyptian, 14.
” Greek, 32.
” Hebrew, 24 _seq._
” Hindu, 47, 79.
” of the Kalmuks, 80.
” Mexican, 80.
” New Zealand, 2.
” Persian, 53.
” Thibetan, 80.
Tschenk (Chang), 53.
Tsu-ku, 41.
Tsudzumi, 45.
Tsuri-gane, 46.
Tuba, 35.
Tuckey, Captain, 2.
Turé, 67, 79.
“Tuner of the Regals,” 130.
Tuning of the spinet, 121.
Tympanon, 32.
Tympanum, 35.
Tyrolean harp-makers, 112.
Tzeltzelim, 25.
Ugab, 23.
Ur-heen, 51, 52.
Ventura, Signor, 110.
Vielle, 101.
Vihuela, 102, 110.
Vina, 46, 47, 49.
” mahati, 49.
” rudra, 49.
Vinavah, 51.
Viol, mediæval, 99, 100.
” post-mediæval, 113, 119.
” Spanish, 102, 118.
Viola da gamba, 114, 115.
” d’amore, 116.
” di bardone, 115.
Violin, 91, 113, 114, 116.
” Japanese, 44.
” Persian, 55.
Violoncello, 114, 115.
Virginal, 119-121, 130.
Wait, the instrument, 103.
Walther, quoted, 121.
Welsh instruments, 89, 90.
Whistles, American Indian, 82.
” Mexican, 59, 60.
Wilkinson, Sir G., quoted, 21.
Ying-ku, 41.
Yotl, 73.
Yü, 40, 41.
” stone made into the ch’ing, 38.
Yüeh, 42.
Yüeh-ch’in, 43.
Zampogna, 23.
Zante, belfries in, 131.
Zither, or Zitter, 109.
Transcriber’s Note
Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like
this_. Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the
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was not changed. Misspelled words were not changed. Descriptions of
snippets of music were added to illustrations identified as [Music:].
Obvious printing errors, such as partially printed letters, were
corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and
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Fig. 53 was moved to appear in numerical sequence; Figs. 65, 69 and 70,
referenced in the List of Illustrations, were omitted from the book.