. Musical instruments . the barbersshops for the amusement of the customers. The instrumenthad evidently retained its popularity at the time of the GreatFire of London ; for Pepys (Diary, September 2nd, 1666)records :— River full of lighters and boats taking in goods,and good goods swimming in the water ; and only I observedthat hardly one lighter or boat in three that had the goodsof a house in, but there was a pair of virginalls in it. The instrument has metal strings, one for each tone, whichare twanged by means of small portions of quill, attached toslips of wood called jacks, and provided
. Musical instruments . the barbersshops for the amusement of the customers. The instrumenthad evidently retained its popularity at the time of the GreatFire of London ; for Pepys (Diary, September 2nd, 1666)records :— River full of lighters and boats taking in goods,and good goods swimming in the water ; and only I observedthat hardly one lighter or boat in three that had the goodsof a house in, but there was a pair of virginalls in it. The instrument has metal strings, one for each tone, whichare twanged by means of small portions of quill, attached toslips of wood called jacks, and provided with thin metalsprings. Its construction is therefore similar to that of thespinet and harpischord. Crowquills were most commonlyused in the construction of such instruments ; but othermaterials, as for instance leather, whalebone, and even elasticstrips of metal, were occasionally adopted instead. There evidently prevailed, some centuries ago, much vague-ness in the designation of certain stringed instruments with a. y. ?r. I
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