Musical Instrument Collection (page 5)

Pay As You Drink
circa 1930: Members of the Salvation Army collecting in a Berlin night club. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Balloon Dance
circa 1930: Circus performers dance to saxophone music. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Music Makers
circa 1926: Pupils from the Great Northern Polytechnic learn to construct musical instruments. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Violin Makers
circa 1926: A pupil at the Great Northern Polytechnic fine tunes the violin he is making, as one of the teachers watches over him. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Giddy Music
circa 1930: Harmonica playing steel workers perched on a girder on the 22nd storey of the Murray Hill building, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

First Day At Epsom
June 1926: A miners band plays music to highlight the miners cause for a crowd of punters on the first day of races at Epsom, Surrey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Bagpiper
Vintage engraving by Albrech Durer, showing a Bagpiper, c.1514

Cherubs
Vintage engraving by Albrech Durer, showing three cherubs, c.1501

Out Of This World
25th June 1870: A monk with a tonsure plays a clavichord while another monk follows him from a musical score. Original Artist - R Lehmann Illuatrated London News - pub

Kara-Kara Trumpeters
25th April 1903: The King of Kara-Karas State Trumpeters at the Anglo-French Boundary Settlement Commission during the colonisation of Nigeria

Luth and music
Young woman with Luth.Adobe RGB.Engraved around 1850.No signature no copyright.Now in public domain

Summer Picnic
circa 1870: A group of Japanese women enjoy a picnic outdoors on the Kamogawa in Kyoto, southern Honshu. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Japanese Music
circa 1900: A Japanese woman plays a koto, a traditional instrument with thirteen strings, played with plectra. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Street acrobats, tumblers, with musician, Japan
19th century vintage photograph: street acrobats, children, tumblers, with musician, Japan, c.1890s

Wedding procession with musicians, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph - Arab wedding procession with musicians, Egypt, c.1880 s, photo by the Sebah studio

Musician, Algeria
Vintage 19th century photograph: musician, Algeria

Loneliest Man
Mr T W Long, caretaker and sole occupant of the First Avenue Hotel in High Holborn, London plays the piano to pass the time

Beyond My Bravest Dreams
Svetlana Bekyarova

Willy Russells 1974 play John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert which was performed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool for eight weeks from May 1974

Liverpool players Emlyn Hughes and Jimmy Case both wearing sombrero hats as they arrive in Lisbon ahead of their European Cup match. 3rd March 1978

Regent Cinema Castle Street 1930s with a wurlitzer organ

The Assistant Bishop of Birmingham, the Right Reverend Michael Whinney helps Gordon and Lyn Lee launch their " Days of Our Childhood" musical at The Pallasades shopping centre

Whit Walks Manchester: Patrick Rooney aged 4 tries his hand at a "big blow"
Whit Walks Manchester: Patrick Rooney aged 4 tries his hand at a " big blow" whilst waiting for his Sunday School to move off. Watching is bandsman Dennis Barlow

These Mirfield mothers have gone back to basics at Upper Hopton First School. They have joined their children - aged seven to nine - for school recorder lessons

Newsome High School pupils take to the stage to present the musical Bugsy Malone. 22nd January 1992

Members of Rastrick High School Concert Band with their cassette recordings, the initial run of 250 sold out and now more have been issued. 7th January 1992

Guitarist Gerry Cott (standing) and bass player Peter Briquette from the Boomtown Rats visited Birmingham to make a trade presentation at a city music shop. 12th January 1979

In old-world Ripon the curfew still tolls each dying day and a horn is blown four times in the market square to bid the townsmen rest. Samuel Woods is the new blower

Retired policeman, Alec Gelley, of Castlerigg Drive, Carlisle on 20th February 1976 who has been playing the tenor horn in the Salvation Army Band for 35 years

The hills are alive with the sound of... well not quite as Olive Lightleys pained expression shows on 15th January 1980. Her brother-in-law Ian is a member of one of the saddest Sally Army bands

Mr Brian Cole winner of the Remarkable Pipe Contest seen here smoking / playing his Silver Jubilee Fanfare Pipe, a trumpet with six pipes attached at the Prince Henrys in Fleet Street. 26th July 1977

Fred Serenades The Worms: Angler Fred Weldings neighbours don t go much on the strange vibrant sound Fred makes as lovingly he strokes his metal bow across a hickory stick violin but the worms love

Before the start of the game the crowd at Leicester City football ground were entertained by the Royal Leicester Regiments Band

Student teacher plays the piano in Kingston, Jamaica, January 1984

Rod Hulll and Emu seen here during rehearsals for pantomime in Liverpool 11th December 1975

Time has been called for the last time at one of Birminghams oldest public houses.The 120-year-old Vine Inn in Vine Sreet, Lozells is to be demolished to make way for a housing estate

Rosita Ruzza aged three considers that her ideal partner for singing christmas carols this year is Lotos the sea lion. Our Picture Shows

Fashion model Janet Lord on parade with the Salvation Army February 1974

This courting couple break with tradition and exchange earrings to mark their engagement. As well as seranading his beloved with his guitar Circa 1955

Queen - Pop Group. John Deacon seen here in rehearsals at the White City studios of Top of the Pops 1973

Shirley Bassey tries her hand at the piano during a press conference in the Cocktail Lounge of the " Talk Of The Town" - 26th Sept 1962

Electric Light Orchestra - Pop Group seen here in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops 1974

Roger Daltrey - Pop Star seen here in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops 1973

Keith Moon drummer with the Who seen here with Viv Stanshall Pop Festival

Sweet - Pop Group seen here in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops 1973

Roger Daltrey - Pop Star seen here in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops 1973

Ronnie Woods of The Faces seen here in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops 1973

Paper Lace seen here in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops 1974

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From timeless classics to cultural treasures, musical instruments have the power to transport us through time and space. Vermeer's masterpiece 'The Guitar Player' captures the delicate harmony between artist and instrument, while Kings College Chapel resonates with the majestic sounds of a master organ. The Edwardian music room in Thornton Manor invites us into an era of elegance and refinement, where melodies fill the air. In Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, the grandeur of a master organ echoes through its sacred halls. Step into the House for an Art Lovers' music room and be enchanted by the piano's melodic whispers. Bagpipe players donning traditional Scottish uniforms evoke images of rugged landscapes and spirited celebrations. Journey Down Under to Australia, where hand-painted didgeridoos showcase vibrant Aboriginal artistry that harmonizes with ancient rhythms. In Punch cartoonist's witty engraving, Wagner's Ring Cycle receives a comical warning about its epic length. Leonard Bernstein conducts with passion and precision, his baton guiding symphonies towards perfection. A simple banjo in black-and-white evokes nostalgia for simpler times when heartfelt tunes were strummed around campfires. Whether it is classical compositions or folk melodies that move your soul, these glimpses into musical history remind us of humanity's universal language – music.