Transcriber's Note
Obvious printer errors have been corrected without note. For clarity, the frontispiece illustration ([Plate I.]) has been moved to its appropriate chapter.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Historic, Rare and Unique
THE SELECTION, INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES
BY
A.J. HIPKINS, F.S.A. Lond.
AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE "PIANOFORTE" IN THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA