Pitchpipe (1880)
Pitchpipe. A small stopped diapason pipe with long movable graduated stopper, blown by the mouth, and adjustable approximately to any note of the scale by pushing the stopper inwards or outwards. A pipe of...
Autor: George Grove (Hg.)
Sotto voce (1883)
SOTTO VOCE, 'under the voice', in an undertone; a direction of frequent occurrence in vocal music, where its meaning is obvious. It is transferred however to instrumental music, where its meaning is less clear....
KIT, tiny violin (1880)
KIT, a tiny violin, which, before the general introduction of pianofortes, was carried by dancing masters in their pockets. Hence the French and German names for it were 'pochette' and 'Taschengeige' though pochette is...
Harmonica (1879)
[…] The following little piece for the Harmonica was composed by Beethoven for the 'Leonora Prohaska' of his friend Duncker in 1814 or 15. The autograph is preserved in the Library of the Gesellschaft...
Banjo (1879)
BANJO (American). An instrument of the guitar kind, played with the fingers, but without the aid of frets to guide the stopping in tune of the strings. The banjo has a long neck, and...
Jew's Harp (1880)
JEW'S HARP, possibly a corruption of Jaw's harp. In French it is called Guimbarde, and in German Maul–trommel [sic], Mund–harmonika, or Brummeisen (i.e. buzzing-iron). In the Highlands, where it is much used, it is...
