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Instruments from Thailand and China: Saw tai (Siamese fiddle) in carved ivory and enamelled gold (centre), two Chinese fiddles Saw duang and Saw oo surrounding it, Thai klui (flute) with a membrane over one hole (left) and Thai pee (oboe) considered to be of Javanese origin (right). Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.

Instruments from Thailand and China: Saw tai (Siamese fiddle) in carved ivory and enamelled gold (centre), two Chinese fiddles Saw duang and Saw oo surrounding it, Thai klui (flute) with a membrane over one hole (left) and Thai pee (oboe) considered to be of Javanese origin (right). Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.
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Instruments from Thailand and China: Saw tai (Siamese fiddle) in carved ivory and enamelled gold (centre), two Chinese fiddles Saw duang and Saw oo surrounding it, Thai klui (flute) with a membrane over one hole (left) and Thai pee (oboe) considered to be of Javanese origin (right). Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.
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4219 x 5798 px | 70.0 MB
Print size:
35.7 x 49.1 cm | 14.1 x 19.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1888 • ALFRED • ARTFORM: LITHOGRAPH • ARTIST • ARTISTE • CHINESE • CHROMOLITHOGRAPH • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHER • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • COLOR • COLOUR • EDINBURGH • ENAMEL • FIDDLE • FLAUTA • FLUTE PLAYING • FLUTE • FLUTE, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT • GIBB • GOLD • GOLD, ALL • GOLDEN • GOLDSMITH • HIPKINS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATOR • INSTRUMENT • IVORY • JAMES • KLUI • LITHOGRAPH • LITHOGRAPHER • LITHOGRAPHY • MUSIC • MUSICAL INSTR. FLUTE • MUSICAL INSTR. VIOLIN • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FLUTE • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT VIOLIN • MUSICAL • MUSICOLOGIST • OBOE • ONE-HANDED FLUTE • PEE • PIANOFORTE • RARE • SAW-DUANG • SAW-OO • SAW-TAI • SIAMESE • THAI • UNIQUE • VIOLIN • VIOLIN, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT • WILLIAM