Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . 260 LARES AND PENATES. portion of a youth playing the syiinx or Pandean organ, the fabledorigin of which, from the conversion of a beautiful naiad pursued byPan into a tuft of miisical reeds, is so well known. The instrumentappears to be suspended by a band to his neck, and he regulates it -wnithhis right hand, while the left seems to have been free. The pipes aremore numerous, and those in the bass part of the instrument muchlonger than is us
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . 260 LARES AND PENATES. portion of a youth playing the syiinx or Pandean organ, the fabledorigin of which, from the conversion of a beautiful naiad pursued byPan into a tuft of miisical reeds, is so well known. The instrumentappears to be suspended by a band to his neck, and he regulates it -wnithhis right hand, while the left seems to have been free. The pipes aremore numerous, and those in the bass part of the instrument muchlonger than is usually represented. The player seems quite satisfiedwith his performance. There is also another fragment giving the middle portion of anotherfigure playing upon a red instrument of a more perfect form. Thereseems to be little doubt that our modern complicated organs are to betraced to Pans pipes as their origin. In Hawkins History of Music isan engraving of an ancient monument at Rome, in which is the repre-sentation of a primitive organ. It is a small chest placed on a table;in the front is a female playing on keys, and on the other side is a man.
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