Chapter 16

Progress in tonal perceptions--influence of harp and lute--description of the latter--system of stringing--locating the frets--the violin--bow discovered in India--early forms of bowed instruments--rebec; barytone--viol da Gamba--Amati--Stradivari--peculiarities of his instruments--Maggini--Stainer--antiquity of the organ--early forms--organ sent Charlemagne--organs at Munich--Malmesbury Abbey--measure of organ pipes--portable organ--clumsiness of the old keyboards--the organ in 1500 A.D.

BOOK THIRD--THE DAWN OF MODERN MUSIC.