Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: A.—Mountain Horn details |
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| Image title: | Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: A.—Mountain Horn | |
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| Source: | Leighton, George C.: “Illustrated London News Vol 56” (1870) | |
| Place shown: | none | |
| Keywords: | musical instruments, greyscale | |
| Status: | public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required | |
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“The mountain horn, of wood, bound with brass, is nearly 8ft. long, and is one of those used by the Alpine herdsmen of Switzerland, and likewise in Sweden, to give signals to each other, or to call their cattle together, as well as to beguile their leisure with pastoral music.” (p. 368) |
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| Dimensions: | 202 x 20mm (8.0 x 0.8 inches) | |
| Filename: | 377-Mountain-Horn-q85-809x87.jpg | |
| Blog link: | http://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/pages/377-Mountain-Horn//377-Mountain-Horn-q85-500x54.jpg | |
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