Musical instruments

Scope and Contents This series contains a Witch Doctor outfit and other African artefacts bequeathed by Douglas James Guthrie to George Shepperson at his death in 1975, and sent to Shepperson by Douglas's wife Jean in 1976. Includes labels by Douglas Guthrie. Kiondo. Woven baskets made of fibre from the migio plant by Kikuyu woman at Weithaga, Kenya. One small and one large basket. "Bones" (in wood) used...

Scope and Contents No place of origin recorded. 1818-1820 4to., 98 pages (approx. 14,000 words) pen and ink drawings, entirely Holograph neat sloping hand, in contemp. red straight grain morocco, marbled paper sides, light wear. This Commonplace Book commenced at the very end of 1818 and continued only for a few months gives an interesting indication of the interests of a young woman in her early twenties. The subjects are mostly copied and mostly on topical subjects. They include articles on a...

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This is an engraving entitled "Pandean Minstrels, in Performance at Vaux-Hall" by E. Burnley, taken from a copy of Rees' Cyclopedia, vol. 3 plate 6. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806. In addition to their personal instrument, all five performers are playing Pandean pipes (or "panpipes"), respectively labelled: "Primo", "Second[o]", "Basso", "Tenore", and "Contra Basso".

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Letter, 8 October 1937, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Concerning a discussion over which instrument Tovey's son should learn and Miss. Weisse explaining that she is too ill too come to Edinburgh. Holograph signed.

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Letter, 20 April 1922, Edinburgh, Haya Maclugan to Donald Tovey. Informing Tovey of the wish to sell a viola and a description of the viola. Holograph signed.

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Letter, 16 April 1923, London, Maud Horne to Donald Tovey. Offering a 'seraphine', to the collection of old musical instruments at Edinburgh University. Holograph signed.

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of notes and memoranda about purchases and gifts of parts, correspondence, and Sketch Programmes for the Society's Jubilee Year of 1921-1922, seasons 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, and 1935-36.Subsequent addition: the minute book of Edinburgh Amateur Orchestral Society, with minutes of meetings from 1872 to 1955 (some hand written, some typed). The book also includes annual reports, correspondence, accounts, notices, handwritten notes with...

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This is a 17th-century musical compendium entitled "Instrumentalischer Bettlermanth", containing coloured illustrations of musical instruments and explanation about how to play them. The author’s identity is unclear, describing himself as "A.S. a native of Habach and a member of a minor reformed order of Fransiscans".

Scope and Contents Scrapbook containing Donaldson's collection of cuttings (including one from The Scotsman 24 April 1858 re his purchases of many items for the Reid library from Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn in Berlin), pamphlets (including several collected at the Great Exhibition of 1851), handbills and advertisements describing and advertising various types of musical instrument.Donaldson made considerable acquisitions of both musical instruments and scores for the Reid and was the driving force...

Scope and Contents Song entitled 'An Fhideag Airgid' [The Silver Whistle] collected from Donald MacPhee, blacksmith, Brèibhig/Breivig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra beginning 'Co sheineas an fhideag airgead, Hi uill uill o'. The song is composed of twelve lines and the text has been scored through in ink. Written transversely across the text in ink is ''B[ook] p[age] Trans[cribed] June 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]' while written transveresely in pencil is 'Mor nin Iain ic Dhonuil bhain'. The...