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Melodium

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:
Collection:National Museums Wales

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Button accordion

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Zither

Place of production:Probably Germany
Date of production:
Collection:Cliffe Castle Museum

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Zither

Place of production:Saxony, Germany
Date of production:
Collection:Cliffe Castle Museum

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Clavicytherium

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:circa 1480
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Bass recorder

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:1570 - 1620 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Virginal

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:1575
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Tenor trombone

Place of production:Nuremberg/Germany
Date of production:1594
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Cabinet organ

Place of production:Augsburg
Date of production:ca. 1600 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Cabinet organ

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:17–19th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Pochette

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

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organ

Place of production:Germany, Western Europe, Europe
Date of production:17th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Octave virginals

Place of production:Augsburg
Date of production:ca. 1610 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Regal

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:circa 1629
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Positive organ

Place of production:Dresden (city)
Date of production:1627 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Bass viol

Place of production:Nuremberg
Date of production:1639 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Kit

Place of production:Germany
Date of production: circa 1645
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Positive organ

Place of production:Nürnberg (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1644
Collection:National Museums Liverpool

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Trumpet marine

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

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Bugle horn

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:ca. 1660 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Clavichord

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:late 17th or early 18th century
Collection:Fenton House

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Pochette

Place of production:Augsburg
Date of production:c. 1675
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Cabinet organ

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:17–19th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Cithrinchen

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:1676
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Natural trumpet. Nominal pitch: F.

Place of production:Nuremberg/Germany
Date of production:1676-1723
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Kit

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:about 1680 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Pochette

Place of production:Augsburg (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1681
Collection:Dean Castle

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Baryton

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:1686 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Guitar

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:1693 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Hamburger Cithrinchen

Place of production:Hamburg (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1694
Collection:Dean Castle

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Recorder

Place of production:Germany (Nurnberg?)
Date of production:c. 1700
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Bass viol

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:ca. 1700 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Bell cittern

Place of production:Hamburg (city)
Date of production:ca. 1700 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Bass viol

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:ca. 1700 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Bass Viol.

Place of production:Düsseldorf
Date of production:Circa 1700
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Clavichord.

Place of production:Possibly Nuremburg
Date of production:Circa 1700
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Viola da gamba.

Place of production:Hamburg/Germany
Date of production:1696
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Guitar

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:1700–10
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Kit

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:1700-1725 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Cittern

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:about 1700 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Whistle; duct flute

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:1700-1725
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Viola d'amore

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

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Treble recorder

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

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Double psaltery

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:first quarter of 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Double psaltery

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:first quarter of 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Bugle

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

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Bugle

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

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Flûte d'accord

Place of production:Berchtesgaden
Date of production:first half of 18th century
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Treble recorder. Nominal pitch: F.

Place of production:Nuremberg/Germany
Date of production:Post 1700-1734
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Violin.

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

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Bible regal.

Place of production:Germany (?)
Date of production:Early 18th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Clavichord; octave clavichord

Place of production:probably Augsburg
Date of production:first half of the 18th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Arpanetta

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:ca. 1710 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Viola d'amore

Place of production:Ingolstadt (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1707
Collection:Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton

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Bass viol

Place of production:Greifswald
Date of production:1710
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Arpanetta

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:1713 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Baryton

Place of production:Berlin
Date of production:ca. 1720 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Viola d'Amore or Treble Viol.

Place of production:Germany (?)
Date of production:(Circa 1720)
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Cittern

Place of production:Köln (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:c.1720
Collection:Ashmolean Museum

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Viol d’ Amore

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:1716
Collection:Dean Castle

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Natural trumpet

Place of production:Munich (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:second quarter of 18th century
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Natural trumpet

Place of production:Munich (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:second quarter of 18th century
Collection:Royal Northern College of Music

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Clarinet d'Amour

Place of production:Germany, Bavaria, Triftern
Date of production:second quarter 18th century-1805
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Bass viol

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:1726 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Oboe

Place of production:Dresden (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1733–55
Collection:Cliffe Castle Museum

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Transverse Flute;Flute d'Amour

Place of production:Germany, Hessen, Butzbach
Date of production:mid-18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Treble recorder

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

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Alto flute

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

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Theorbo

Place of production:Hamburg
Date of production:1734 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Clavichord.

Place of production:Probably Dresden
Date of production:Circa 1740
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: D.

Place of production:Probably Germany
Date of production:Circa 1740?
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Viola, converted from viol.

Place of production:Munich/Germany
Date of production:1736
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Clavichord

Place of production:Germany, Hamburg
Date of production:1743
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Horn;Corno da Caccia

Place of production:Germany, Nuremberg
Date of production:c.1750
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Clarinet

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

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Oboe. Nominal pitch: C.

Place of production:Brunswick
Date of production:Circa 1750
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Violin

Place of production:Mittenwald (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1749
Collection:Royal Academy of Music Museum

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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Place of production:Probably Germany
Date of production:1750-1800
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Violin

Place of production:Mittenwald (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1750–1850
Collection:Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton

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Miniature horn

Place of production:Nürnberg (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:
Collection:Wallace Collection

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Trumpet

Place of production:Nürnberg (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:
Collection:Wallace Collection

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:Germany, Potsdam
Date of production:third quarter 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:Germany, Potsdam
Date of production:second half 18th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Horn

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

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Clavichord

Place of production:Braunschweig
Date of production:1751 (made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Trumpet

Place of production:Munich
Date of production:1753
Collection:Royal College of Music Museum

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Double bass.

Place of production:Nuremberg/Germany
Date of production:1753
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Oboe

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

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Mandola.

Place of production:Hamburg/Germany
Date of production:1758
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Clavichord.

Place of production:Hamburg/Germany
Date of production:1763
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Single-manual harpsichord.

Place of production:Hamburg/Germany
Date of production:1764
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Clavichord.

Place of production:Germany (?)
Date of production:Circa 1770
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Violin bow

Place of production:Germany, probably
Date of production:c.1770
Collection:Ashmolean Museum

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Arch cittern

Place of production:Nuremberg
Date of production:1766 (Made)
Collection:Victoria and Albert Museum

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Violin

Place of production:Germany?
Date of production:late 18th-early 19th century
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Pochette

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

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Transverse Flute

Place of production:Germany, Potsdam
Date of production:1772-1804
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Bassoon

Place of production:Potsdam (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:1772–1804
Collection:Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton

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Violoncello

Place of production:Germany
Date of production:c.1780
Collection:Bate Collection, Oxford

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Glass armonica; crystallophone

Place of production:Karlsruhe (Timezone: Europe/Berlin)
Date of production:circa 1780
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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