Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . INSTRUMENT CONNECTING THE PAN-PIPEWITH THE ORGAN. NO. 69.—YOUTH PIAYING THE SYHINX. blowing into the box with a pair of bellows. This, I believe, is theonly known link connecting the organ with the Pandean syrinx. Butdoes not this fragment supply another link in the chain of improvement,and take its place between the simple reeds of Pan and the rude organjust described ? It may be unique, and of value in its bearing on thehistory of music. Let
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . INSTRUMENT CONNECTING THE PAN-PIPEWITH THE ORGAN. NO. 69.—YOUTH PIAYING THE SYHINX. blowing into the box with a pair of bellows. This, I believe, is theonly known link connecting the organ with the Pandean syrinx. Butdoes not this fragment supply another link in the chain of improvement,and take its place between the simple reeds of Pan and the rude organjust described ? It may be unique, and of value in its bearing on thehistory of music. Let us look at it again. The instrument consists of a vertical rowof pipes, the length unknown, as the lower portion is wanting; they are MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 261 inserted into a small air-cliest, whicli appears inflated in the middlepart. The right hand is operating upon it with a kind of cushion orcompress, by which he forces the air into the pipes, and which he seemsto apply to different parts at will. There appears to have been a pro-longation of the central part of the instrument across the left arm : theloss of this is much to be lamented, a
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