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Ladies' Silver band, directed by DuMoyne [DuMayne] Wood, in front of J.R. Tewksbury's photo studio. Ft. Madison, Iowa. [Note on back: "drilled for the campaign of 1884. The first ladies band in the middle states".] Ft. Madison, Iowa. 1884.
Source: State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines
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28th August 2016 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Oboe (then known as a Hautbois) developed in the 17th century, from an older instrument the Shawm. In time it became narrower and more keys were added. It is a double reed instrument with two pieces of cane vibrating against each other. The keys are finger operated levers used to open or close tone holes, thereby shortening or lengthening the resonating tube of the instrument.
The Bass Oboe (or Hautbois Baryton) is about twice the size of a regular (soprano) Oboe and sounds an octave lower. Various designs have been tried going back to the 1740s. The modern straight model was developed in 1889 by François Lorée based on an enlarged Cor Anglais.
This instrument was made in the last quarter of the 19th century. It is the largest instrument in the middle of the photo.
Oboes are assigned the number 422.112-71 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.1 = Double reed instruments or Oboes. There are two lamellae which beat against one another.
422.11 = Single Oboes [as opposed to sets of Oboes].
422.112 = With conical bore.
422.112-71 = With Keys.
25th September 2010 at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, London W6.
The Bouzouki was introduced to Irish traditional music in the 1960s by Johnny Moynihan, and has since spread across a variety of Anglo-Celtic folk styles. The Irish Bouzouki usually has a wider body and a flat back. It can have 8 or 10 strings. The distinction between the Irish Bouzouki and the Cittern is very blurred. Some base this on the number of strings (the Bouzouki having 8 and the Cittern 10), others the size of the body or the length of the neck.
A further development was the Guitar shaped Bouzouki. Over the years has been given many different names - Bazar, Bouzar, Bizarre (all short for bouzouki-guitar) or (the other way round) Gazouki, Goubouki and Guitzouk - although none of these has caught on. Like the traditional Greek Bouzouki this instrument has 4 courses of double strings, and is tuned GDAD.
The instrument in the photo was specially made for Andy Irvine by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland, and started the trend for Guitar shaped Bouzoukis. Irvine wanted a rounder, warmer sound for his Bouzouki and we came to the conclusion that a bigger body was the answer. He also felt that a Guitar shape which is easier to hold.
Irish Bouzoukis are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid-body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonator’s surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
Note: Strictly speaking the shape of this particular instrument makes it a Box Lute rather than a Bowl Lute. However I’ve decided to keep all the Bouzoukis together.
There are no monkeys in the Bergdorf Goodman windows this Christmas, but at least they've moved to the windows across the street at the menswear store.
A Bergdorf Goodman Men's Store Christmas window display.
Stereoscopy is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision. The word stereoscopy derives from Greek, Modern στερεός, meaning 'firm, solid', and σκοπέω, meaning 'to look, to see'. Any stereoscopic image is called a stereogram
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Subject (TGM): Afro-Americans; Ethnic stereotypes; Musical instruments; Fictitious characters; Household soap; Cosmetics & soap; Chemical industry;
22nd January 2011 at Art School, Glasgow (Téada gig).
The Accordion is a bellows driven free reed instrument. From the 1820s onwards several different free reed instruments were invented across Europe (the first to use the name Accordion was patented in Vienna in 1829). They evolved into three main types of instrument: Diatonic, Chromatic and Piano Accordions (as well as Concertinas).
The Diatonic Accordion is operated by pressing buttons or keys which allows air to flow across the reeds (these are strips of brass or steel) which vibrate to produce sound. It is bisonoric (the buttons make one note when the bellows are compressed and another when they are expanded).
The Button Accordion or Box is the name in Ireland for the two row Diactonic Accordion (the English term Melodeon being restricted to the one row). Button Accordions look just like English Melodeons, but there is usually a semi-tone between the rows rather than a fourth.
The instrument in the photo was produced by the Italian maker Paolo Soprani. This company founded in the 1860s and its instruments were exported around the world. In the 1950s and 1960s the Soprani instrument displaced the Melodeon as a key instrument in Irish traditional music. Popularity declined in the 1970s and the company folded in the early 1980s (though the name was sold to and used by other manufacturers).
Irish Diatonic Accordions are assigned the number 412.132 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
41 = Free Aerophones. The vibrating air is not contained within the instrument.
412 = Interruptive Free Aerophones. The air-stream is interrupted periodically.
412.1 = Idiophonic Interruptive Aerophones or Reeds. The air-stream is directed against a lamella, setting it in periodic vibration to interrupt the stream intermittently.
412.13 = Free Reed Instruments. Instrument features a reed which vibrates within a closely fitting slot.
412.132 = Sets of Free Reads.
10th June 2013 at Red Lion, Isleworth, Middlesex (gig with John Etheridge).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Soprano Saxophone is usually straight and has a higher pitch than most other members of the Saxophone family (there are Sopranino and Soprillo instruments with higher pitches, but these are much less common).
Some Soprano Saxs are curved and resemble a small Alto.
The instrument in the photo is a 1926 Buescher Tru Tone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore
14th October 2013 at Ruskin House, Croydon, Surrey.
The Bouzouki was introduced to Irish traditional music in the 1960s by Johnny Moynihan, and has since spread across a variety of Anglo-Celtic folk styles. The Irish Bouzouki usually has a wider body and a flat back. It can have 8 or 10 strings. The distinction between the Irish Bouzouki and the Cittern is very blurred. Some base this on the number of strings (the Bouzouki having 8 and the Cittern 10), others the size of the body or the length of the neck.
A further development was the Guitar shaped Bouzouki. Over the years has been given many different names - Bazar, Bouzar, Bizarre (all short for bouzouki-guitar) or (the other way round) Gazouki, Goubouki and Guitzouk - although none of these has caught on. Like the traditional Greek Bouzouki this instrument has 4 courses of double strings, and is tuned GDAD.
The instrument in the photo was specially made for Andy Irvine by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland, and started the trend for Guitar shaped Bouzoukis. Irvine wanted a rounder, warmer sound for his Bouzouki and we came to the conclusion that a bigger body was the answer. He also felt that a Guitar shape which is easier to hold.
Irish Bouzoukis are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid-body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonator’s surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
Note: Strictly speaking the shape of this particular instrument makes it a Box Lute rather than a Bowl Lute. However I’ve decided to keep all the Bouzoukis together.
12th November 2011 at Barbican (Foyer), London EC2.
Electric Guitars were introduced in the United States in the 1930s. The vibrations of strings are converted into an electric signal, and directed through an amplifier to a loudspeaker.
he guitar in the photo is a Fender Stratocaster, which was first produced in 1954. The contoured shape of the Stratocaster compares to the flat shape of Fender's previous solid bodied electric guitar the Telecaster.
Eelctric Guitars are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
15th August 2014 at Union Chapel, London N1 (Neko Case gig).
Archtop Electric Guitars have a relatively broad hollow soundbox, with a violin style arched top and back. The first Archtop was the Gibson L5 introduced in 1922, and the first Electric Archtop the Gibson ES150 introduced in 1935. The latter was the model for many of the Jazz Guitars which followed.
The instrument in the photo is an Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II. This archtop Guitar was first released in 1994.
Guitars are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
13th November 2011 at Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom), London SE1 (with Melosolex at Scene France).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Bass Saxophone is the second deepest member of the Saxophone family. Like the Baritone it is looped near the mouthpiece. Bass Saxes come in different sizes. Some require a wheeled base with a hydraulic height adjustment cylinder. Others are more portable and can be supported with a neck strap, not much different in size to a Bariitone.
This photo shows how much bigger this Bass Saxophone is than a Tenor.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
18th March 2011 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Alto Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Soprano and higher than the Tenor.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
An alternative shot for Macro Monday's Repetition challenge.
This shot taken with my Sony 18-55mm zoom with a 20mm extension tube attached.
Mummies of Ancient Eggypt: Rediscovering 6 Lives
From July 14 to October 26, the CaixaForum Madrid cultural space hostsed an exhibition made up of a collection of objects on loan from the British Museum in London, which explores the idea of mummification and analyzes the testimony of six people who lived in the Ancient Egypt.
This sample contains six mummies of people who lived between 900 and 150 BC. C. in Egypt. Thus, through a non-invasive investigation carried out with the most modern technology, the discoveries that have been achieved by the hand of these specimens are exhibited.
Through scientific and historical evidence, it is possible to observe what life was like in these lands, the tools and techniques used for mummification, the medicinal recipes with which they were cured, the diet of those people, cosmetics and adornments, music, cultural exchanges and even the role of women and children in the Egypt of the pharaohs.
Mummification became a common practice in ancient Egypt, believing that the body had to be preserved in order to reach the afterlife. For them death was just the beginning and this represented the separation between the body and the soul.
The first mummies are dated between 4000 and 3000 BC. C. and it is thought that this practice could have come from accidentally unearthing some corpses, which had dried due to the heat of the desert. By keeping much of their physical appearance, they tried to manually mimic this preservation. In this way, they dried the deceased by extracting the viscera from the body and then dehydrated them with natron and embalmed them.
14th November 2010 at artsdepot (Café area), London N12 (Soul Rebels Brass Band gig).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Tenor Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Alto and higher than the Baritone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
17th June 2011 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1 (Mingus Profiles Sextet gig).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Tenor Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Alto and higher than the Baritone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
Macro Monday theme: musical instruments.
I decided to photograph cymbals, they were the thing that jumped out at me at Sam Ash. I look at them and hear the sound they make. Happy HMM!
Artist: M.D.
Description: States, 'Ex Libris H. Schwarz;' features a phoenix or an eagle holding two vessels, the portrait of a woman, and a lyre. Signed at bottom center 'M.D.'
Format: 1 print, col., 15 x 10 cm.
Source: Pratt Institute Libraries, Special Collections 931 (sc01213)
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Title: Three Bachelors
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1910
Part Of: George W. Cook Dallas-Texas Image Collection
Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_3_b_0099_r_bachelors.jpg
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For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/gcd/id/406/rec/76