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The Musical Instrument collection includes a large number of wind
instruments, several string and monotone instruments and one mechanical
instrument – a hurdy-gurdy. The earliest instrument is a late
18th century flute and the most recent is a phono fiddle of the 1930s.
The collection includes, notably, 148 wind instruments, mostly 19th
century and European, collected by Mr Spencer over the period 1920-1960
and 454 whistles collected by Mr Willins. The 230 non-European instruments
include West African drums and sansas (thumb pianos), South East Asian
trumpets, bells and chimes and South American flutes.
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