EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

BRIEF LISTS OF ALL THE INSTRUMENTS IN THE COLLECTION

List I: Free Reed Instruments and Musical Glasses

Contents

• Plucked and Hammered Free Reeds
• Mouth-Blown Free Reeds
• Keyboard Free Reeds
• Musical Glasses
• Miscellaneous
• Mechanical Instruments

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Plucked and Hammered Free Reeds
(617)	Trump.	England.
(618)	Trump.	England.
(505)	Clavilame.	Cramer, London, late 19th century.
(3843)	Pianet.	Matth. Hohner A.G., 20th century {792616}.

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Mouth-Blown Free Reeds
(278)	Harmonica [mouth organ].	M. Hohner, Trossingen, mid 20th century.
(2476)	Harmonica [mouth organ].	M. Hohner, Trossingen, mid 20th century.
(277)	Harmonica [mouth organ].	M. Hohner, Trossingen, mid 20th century.
(3818)	Mouth organ, plastic.	Mid or late 20th century.
(3819)	Mouth organ in banana form.	Mid or late 20th century.

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Keyboard Free Reeds
(3463)	Concertina, 32-button.	C. Wheatstone, London, c 1849 {2150}.
(2369)	Concertina, 48-button English system.	Metzler.
(811)	Concertina, Anglo-German system.
(3817)	Concertina
(1830)	Concertina, McCann Duet system.	Lachenal, London, c 1900.
(276)	Melodeon.	Saxony, c 1900.
(2773)	Melodeon.
(1106)	Accordéon [Flutina].	Possibly Busson, Paris, c 1860.
(1105)	Accordéon [Flutina].	Possibly Busson, Paris, c 1860.
(1050)	Accordéon [Flutina].	Probably France, c 1860.
(1848)	Accordéon-orgue or Harmoniflûte [Lap organ].	Busson, Paris, c 1880.
(3816)	Accordion.	Soprani.
(3806)	Accordion.	Soprani Italia.
(4331)	Bible regal.	Germany (?), Early 18th century.
(498)	Royal Seraphine.	M.O. Nichols, c 1845.
(2970)	American organ.	Mason & Hamlin, U.S.A., 1909.
(582)	American organ.	Story & Clark, Chicago.
(3820)	Set of reeds from american organ.

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Musical Glasses
(500)	Armonica [musical glasses]	Edinburgh (?), c 1823.
(502)	Armonica [musical glasses].	Edinburgh (?), c 1823.
(501)	Armonica [musical glasses].	Edinburgh (?), c 1823.

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Miscellaneous
(2895)	4-tone reed horn.	Karl Brunnenberg, Konigsberg.
(3057)	Varinette [kazoo].	Probably J.-E. Varin, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, c 1924.

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Mechanical Instruments
(1128)	Musical snuff box.	{2300}.
(535)	Musical snuff box.	F. Nicole, c 1830 {2502}.
(776)	Musical box.	B.A. Bremond, Geneva, c 1880.
(1127)	Barrel organ.	Circa 1830.
(1126)	Barrel organ.	H. Bevington, London, c 1840.

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