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Soprano cornet. Nominal pitch: 3-and-a-quarter-ft E-flat.

Place of production:Probably France
Date of production:
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Nominal pitch: 3-and-a-quarter-ft E-flat.

Mouthpiece for cornet.

Place of production:Possibly France
Date of production:
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Hunting horn

Place of production:France
Date of production:
Collection:National Trust for Scotland, House of Dun

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Organ

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:
Collection:National Trust for Scotland, Newhailes

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Bellows bagpipe

Place of production:France
Date of production:
Collection:National Museums Scotland

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Drum

Place of production:France
Date of production:
Collection:Royal Engineers Museum, Library & Archive

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Whistle

Place of production:Saintoigne
Date of production:1500-1600
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:France
Date of production:17th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Transverse Flute;Walking Stick Flute

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:second or third quarter 19th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:France
Date of production:ca. 1640 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Mandore

Place of production:France
Date of production:1640 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Guitar

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:1641
Collection:Ashmolean Museum

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Guitar

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:c.1650
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Kit

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1647 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Guitar

Place of production:France
Date of production:second half of 17th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Kit

Place of production:Paris/France
Date of production:Circa 1660
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Kit

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:ca. 1670 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Musette

Place of production:France
Date of production:late 17th or early 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Pochette

Place of production:France
Date of production:late 17th or 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Pochette

Place of production:France
Date of production:late 17th or 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Harpsichord

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1681 (made) 1681 (made) 1970s (made) 1681 (made) 1681 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Pochette

Place of production:France
Date of production:1695–1705
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Oboe

Place of production:Strasbourg or Paris
Date of production:circa 1700
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Bow

Place of production:France
Date of production:18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Oboe. Nominal pitch: C

Place of production:Probably France
Date of production:Circa 1700
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Hunting horn

Place of production:French
Date of production:
Collection:Green Howards Museum

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Biniou chanter;Bagpipe chanter

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Pochette

Place of production:France
Date of production:18th century
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Pochette

Place of production:France
Date of production:early 18th century
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Recorder;Voice Flute

Place of production:France?
Date of production:early 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:first half 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:first half 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:early 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:France?
Date of production:first half 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Oboe

Place of production:France?
Date of production:early 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Oboe

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:first half 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Bombarde

Place of production:France, Brittany
Date of production:?18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:France
Date of production:18th/19th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Cello head and neck

Place of production:France
Date of production:early 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Cornemuse

Place of production:France
Date of production:18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Epinette des Vosges

Place of production:France
Date of production:18th century
Collection:Dean Castle

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Cornemuse

Place of production:France
Date of production:18th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Oboe. Nominal pitch: C

Place of production:Probably France
Date of production:Circa 1710
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Bassoon

Place of production:France?
Date of production:c.1720
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Hunting horn. Nominal pitch: 14-ft D.

Place of production:Paris/France
Date of production:1721
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Bass viol

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1729
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Treble viol

Place of production:Bordeaux
Date of production:about 1730 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Stringed instruments > Viols > High treble viol | [3586]

Place of production:France
Date of production:mid 18th century
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Transverse Flute;Flute d'Amour

Place of production:France?
Date of production:mid-18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Treble recorder

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:mid 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Oboe in C

Place of production:France?
Date of production:mid 18th century
Collection:Birmingham Conservatoire

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Dulcimer

Place of production:France
Date of production:mid-18th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Quinton

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:1740
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Treble viol

Place of production:France
Date of production:1740-1760 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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High treble viol

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:1740–6
Collection:Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton

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Theorboid english guittar

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:1742–50
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1742
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1742
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1742 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Kit

Place of production:Mirecourt (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:1745–55
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Violin

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:c.1750
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Dulcimer

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:circa 1750
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:ca. 1750 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Musette

Place of production:France
Date of production:ca. 1750 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Kit

Place of production:France
Date of production:ca. 1750 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Trumpet marine

Place of production:France
Date of production:ca. 1750 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Mouthpiece for serpent,

Place of production:Probably France
Date of production:Circa 1750
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Harpsichord

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:1750
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Cornemuse

Place of production:France
Date of production:about 1750 - 1770 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Treble viol / violin

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:1751
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:third quarter 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:second half 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Oboe

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:second half 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Guitar

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:third quarter of 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Milanese mandolin

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1752 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Tambourin de Béarn

Place of production:France
Date of production:1754
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Oboe

Place of production:France, Strasbourg
Date of production:c.1760
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:circa 1760
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:France
Date of production:circa 1760
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Double-manual harpsichord.

Place of production:Cyteux
Date of production:1755
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Transverse flute

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:circa 1760
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Transverse flute

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production: circa 1760
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Transverse flute

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:circa 1760
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Transverse flute

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:circa 1760
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Pardessus de viol

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:1759
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Violin.

Place of production:France
Date of production:1760-1780
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:France
Date of production:ca. 1770-1785 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Pardessus de viole

Place of production:Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production: circa 1770
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Hurdy gurdy.

Place of production:France
Date of production:Late 18th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Flageolet

Place of production:France
Date of production:late 18th/early 19th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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French flageolet

Place of production:France
Date of production:late 18th century
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Clarinet

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:late 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Hurdy-gurdy

Place of production:Grenoble
Date of production:late 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Trumpet marine

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:late 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Vox humana in F

Place of production:Toulon (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
Date of production:late 18th / early 19th century
Collection:Birmingham Conservatoire

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Double-manual harpsichord.

Place of production:Paris/France
Date of production:1769
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Flageolet

Place of production:France, Paris
Date of production:1770-1830
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Pedal harp

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:circa 1775
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Bird organ

Place of production:Paris
Date of production:about 1770 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Guitar.

Place of production:France (?)
Date of production:1770-1790
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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