Top 20 Musical Instruments. Story by George Pacheco • 2mo ... the tuba wasn’t an instrument commonly found within an orchestra pit until around the 19th century.

19th Century Surgical Instruments. Dr. Foster and others of his time had access to a growing and magnificent armamentarium of surgical instruments and innovations driven by medical necessity and ...

Explore musical instruments in the Anacostia Community Museum's collection. From castanets to congas, they are tools for communication, creativity, connection, and community. Listen for the talking ...

Musical Instruments. Hear the Wind Play These Stunning Stringed Sculptures in the Met’s New Rooftop Art Installation. ... The instrument was owned by a notable 19th-century Hungarian violinist.

The second is a 19th century Dutch marquetry side cabinet (€1,400-€1,800), which is much sturdier but equally interesting in its inlays and pageant figures on the front doors.

The Vienna Philharmonic being the most striking example, stuck as it is somewhere in the mid 19th century in terms of instrument evolution.” The design professor is also a brass musical instrument ...

The most common image of the Jew in 18th and 19th-century England, like those from the pages of Israel Zangwill’s novels, is that of an itinerant peddler, cloaked in a black gabardine, selling ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery. Astronomers ...

The 'Captain's Desk' Davenport, which was made circa 1875 to 1880, will be up for sale in Tennants Auctioneers Scientific and Musical Instruments, Cameras, and Tools Sale in Leyburn on Wednesday ...