Instruments Collection (page 2)

Wurlitzer Saxophones
Five saxophones from the Wurlitzer range

Persian Musicians
A group of Persian musicians play on a variety of instruments. Below dancing girls perform to the music

Bracket Clock Tompion
Bracket clock by Thomas Tompion

Metric System
Applications of the metric system to dimensions, weight and money

Abraham-Louis Breguet
ABRAHAM-LOUIS BREGUET French watchmaker, known for instruments of great accuracy

Johannes Brahms playing the piano (engraving)
814059 Johannes Brahms playing the piano (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johannes Brahms playing the piano. German composer and pianist (1833-1897)

Lovell Telescope
The brainchild of Sir Bernard Lovell, the Lovell Radio Telescope was for many years the largest in the world and dominates the Cheshire countryside for miles around. Date: 1960s

Clock Mechanism, 1737
A diagram of the inner workings of a clock

Musical Instruments 1883
Various musicians playing various instruments: a harp, a lyre, pipes, hunting horn. Pipes of Pan are also in evidence

A Watchmaker at Work
A clock and watchmaker seated at his bench makes fine adjustments to a watch part, possibly a cog. He uses a bow lathe ?. Wall, mantel & grandfather clocks can be seen

Computer Envisaged 1927
A COMPUTER, as envisaged in 1927 [illustration to The Thought Machine by Ammianus Marcellinus]

Highland Bagpipe Player
Ross : Victorias highland piper

Lie detector 1923
American instrument for the detection of uttered fibs, falsehoods, and other untruths, based on responses of the subjects heart and lungs

Persian musicians
Three seated Persian musicians, playing a hand drum, what looks like a daf and a kamanche. A tonbak, or goblet drum, lies discarded on the ground. Date: 1870s

Advertisement for the Brinsmead grand piano
An advertisement for the Brinsmead grand piano, the best that British craftsmanship can produce, with a pure singing tone and beauty of finish. Payment by instalments can be arranged... Date: 1913

The Dixieland Jazz Band, c. 1919 Date: c.1919

Trombone, Wurlitzer
Three trombones from the Wurlitzer range

Oboe, Wurlitzer
The Oboe, originally known by its French name, Hautbois

Ukulele, Wurlitzer
A range of Ukuleles sold by the Wurlitzer company

Boys Band, Training Ship Indefatigable
The Boys Band of the Training Ship Indefatigable pose for their photograph in a field, near a tent -- probably at a local fete where they were performing

Wurlitzer Mandolin
Wurlitzers flat-back mandolin outfit Date: 1924

Astronomical Clock 1833
The astronomical clock in Strasbourg cathedral was first built in 1354 and rebuilt in 1574

Adolphe Sax
ADOLPHE SAX French inventor of musical instruments

Chinese Abacus 1814
A man uses a " swan-pen" - a Chinese version of the abacus

M. I. T. Calculator 1930S
The Differential Analyser calculating machine designed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Corno Di Bassetto
The CORNO DI BASSETTO (sometimes called the Bassett Horn) is virtually an alto clarinet

Bassoon & Sarrussophone
Bassoon and Sarussophone from the Wurlitzer catalogue

Racial / French Accordeon
A typical French street or cafe musician playing the one-step for accordion

Optique Telescope / Didero
An optique telescope

Computer 1960S
A compact modern computer with built in screen

Armillary Sphere
An armillary sphere

Tycho Brahe Astrolabe
Tycho-Brahes astrolabe

Picture No. 11771896
Cat Persian Chinchilla Golden 14 week old kitten with violin and sheet music Date:

Horn Lesson in a Wine Cellar
A group of gentlemen and a small boy congregate in a wine cellar to practice playing the horn whilst enjoying a drink or two (non-alcoholic for the small boy of course)

Wurlitzer Mandolin 1924
The Wurlitzer Banjo Mandolin outfit - only 35 dollars !

Clock Mechanism 1882
A clock mechanism

Man & Concertina / Photo
A young man is photographed playing his concertina

Peruvian Quipu
A quipu of ancient Peru

Cornet on its Own
The CORNET-A-PISTONS - usually known simply as the Cornet, has a tube half the length of the trumpet, and consequently plays an octave higher

Vocal Cornet (Wurlitzer) 1
A trio of Vocal Cornets from the Wurlitzer range

Trumpet (Wurlitzer)
Wurlitzer trumpet outfit

Lady Plays the Violin
A lady plays the violin

Actress Helen Mirren wearing a fishnet tights portraying character of fairground stripper Juy 1975

The Great Astronomer Schiaparelli at the Brera Observatory (colour litho)
2798364 The Great Astronomer Schiaparelli at the Brera Observatory (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lib - North East band East Side Torpedoes 24 October 1982 - Nigel Stanger, back row, second left

Actress Katy Wild beating an old African drum which is made into a chair © Mirrorpix

Ben Riley, BBC TV Recording Jazz Goes to College Cambridge, 1966. Creator
Ben Riley, BBC TV Recording " Jazz Goes to College" Cambridge, 1966

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

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