To remove all uncertainty in the order of the notes in the lyre, I took off all the strings but one, and on placing the instrument in a due position, was surprised to hear a great variety of notes, and frequently such as were not produced by any aliquot... The Universal Magazine - Page 1221804Full view - About this book
| William Nicholson - 1800 - 644 pages
...I took off all the firings but one; and, on placing the inilrument in a due pofition, was furprized to hear a great variety of notes, and frequently fuch...of two or three notes from this fingle firing. From obferving thefc phenomena, they appeared to me fo very complex and extraordinary, that I defpaired... | |
| 1800 - 632 pages
...took off all the firings but one; and, on. placing the inftrument in a due pofition, was furprized to hear a great variety of notes, and frequently fuch...often too I heard a chord of two or three notes from thisJingle firing. From obferving thefe phenomena, they appeared to me fo very complex and extraordinary,... | |
| 1833 - 1094 pages
...great variety of notes, and frequently such as were not produced by any aliquot part of the strings : often, too, I heard a chord of two or three notes from this single string. From observing these phenomena, they appeared to me so very complex and extraordinary,... | |
| 1833 - 540 pages
...great variety of notes, and frequently such as were not produced by any aliquot part of the strings : often, too, I heard a chord of two or three notes from this single string. From observing these phenomena, they appeared to me so very complex and extraordinary,... | |
| John Weeks Moore - 1854 - 1020 pages
...great variety of notes, and frequently such as were not produced by any aliquot part of the string ; often, too, I heard a chord of two or three notes from tliis single string. Discords are also often heard from the unison strings of this instrument ; the... | |
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