Excerpt from Catechism of Musical Instruments: Guide to InstrumentationThe compilation of the Musical Catechisms has been carried out on the same plan as the author adopted in his Musical Lexicon; viz to present con~ cisely, in a manner readily intelligible, and especially synoptical, everything relating to musical knowledge which it is chiefly important to know, and thus in place of the widely'-circulated little works, out wardly of similar aspect, but as to their actual con tents, occupying much too low a level, to create small pocket manuals, from which, in every moment of doubt, speedy enlightenment is to be obtained. No! Every musician knows, énz' wizai every musician anglii io know, s/wn/a' ée fanna' in a flinsim/ Caiec/n'snz.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.