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MUSICAL iNSTRUMENTS
hISTORIC, rARE AND uNIQUE
by A.J. Hipkins (1826–1903) with colour illustrations drawn by William Gibb. First published in 1888, this copy from a 1945 printing by A. and C. Black, Ltd, London.
Although the book covers all types of instruments, Hipkins's expertise and early career as a tuner for John Broadwood & Sons is evident in his attention to keyboard instruments.
The Rushworth & Dreaper
Collection of Antique Musical Instruments...
Rare edition, 26 pages, pasted photos, no date.
Rushworth & Dreaper was a Liverpool firm founded in 1828 as pipe organ builders and musical instrument dealers and collectors. In 1967, their collection was purchased by the Liverpool Museum.
The art of music before 1750
by Arnold Dolmetsch, from American Encyclopedia of Music (1909)
From volume II "Essentials of Music" Dolmetsch includes sections on 1) Lute, 2) viols 3) Clavichord and 4) Virginals, Harpsichords and Spinets.
(100 pages)
