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Violin and Cello Portraits

Close-up images of violins and cellos, showcasing their elegant features and craftsmanship against contrasting backgrounds.

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Red roses and a violin. Red roses and a violin on the tableBody, rods and keys of a golden saxophone on gray wooden backgroundMusical keyboard, grand piano Steinway & SonsClose up of a violinClose-up of the keys of a brass wind instrumentPlaying piano at home, high angle view, blurry background.Close-up of a saxophoneClose-up of a wooden piano keyboard in dim, dramatic lighting.Musical instruments. Harp, xylophone, guitar, violin, trumpet, accordion. Can be used for emblem, concert, music, school concept. Vector illustration . Musical instruments. Harp, xylophone, guitar, violin, trumpet, accordion. Can be used for emblem, concert, music, schoolViolin Old Engraving of a violin. Engraving by unknown artist from Harpers New Monthly Magazine, January 1881 Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.xSandvikx 3254821old harpsichordRed roses and a violin. Red roses and a violin on the tableDaily life in the region of Brussels, Belgium. Vie quotidienne dans la region de Bruxelles, Belgique.FluteSopranino Cornopean in E-flat ca. 1835 British. Sopranino Cornopean in E-flat 504778Close-up of a ma's hands playing pianoRainbow piano over white background. computer generated imageButtons and turning valves of tuba - Golden brilliant wind instrument, detail buttons and rotary valves of brass instrument tuba - golden brilliant wind instrumentGould Stradivarius Violine - 1693 Antikes Musikinstrument A front view of the Gould Stradivarius violin, a 1693 antique violin crafted by Antonio Stradivari. Copyright: xZoonar.com/GallóxGusztávx 22550060two wedding bands on piano keysFan blades from a KC-135 Stratotanker engine are lined up on a table in a hangar at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, on Oct. 14, 2022. The engine is undergoing repair following a bird strike while on a previous mission.An Octave spinet, a portable keyboard instrument, from Italy. Dated 17th CenturySaxophonePardessus de Viole. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 19 x 10 x 56.8cm (7 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 22 3/8in.)56.8 cm overall length, 32.6 cm body length (bottom), 15.7 / 10.7 / 19.0 cm width of bouts (bottom), 13.2 cm neck.. Maker: Nicholas Chappuy (French, Mirecourt 1730-1781 Mirecourt). Date: ca. 1750.A small treble-range viol called the pardessus was invented in France mid-century, likely to allow women to play music meant for newly popular violins and flutes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.black and white guitarFrench Horn ca. 1890 Gautrot Brevete. French Horn. French. ca. 1890. Brass. Paris, France. Aerophone-Lip VibratedSheet music with a number of accessories a sheet of white paper with printed thereon music notes on a table ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/AleksandrxKichiginx 9910320 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property releasedTwo vintage violin scrolls make heart shape with copy-spaceVintage composition with violin and lavender'Violin; Nicola Amati, Cremona; seventeenth century', 1948. Artist: Johann Georg Platzer.Hardanger Fiddle. Culture: Norwegian. Dimensions: Height: 24 7/16 in. (62 cm). Date: 1786.The Hardanger fiddle of western Norway has a violin form but features a fanciful scroll, a highlly decorative fingerboard and tailpiece, ink designs on front and back and sympathetic strings that run through the bridge and under the fingerboard. Isak N. Botnen (1669-1759) and his son Trond Botnen made both standard violins and Hardanger fiddles. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Close up detail on the black and white keys of a music keyboard, with copy space for textHook Harp before 1848 Martin Eggert. Hook Harp 505181Musical instruments for sale in the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, TurkeyGrand pianoancient Asian stringed musical instrument on black background with backlight. the similarity of the harp and psaltery. close-up. national musical instrument of AsiaPiano keyboard keysA tablaBass Viola da Gamba ca. 1669 Andreas Jais German Andreas Jais was from a Tyrolean family of instrument builders active in Bolzano in the eighteenth century. Despite its unoriginal narrow neck and fingerboard (replacements from a conversion to the cello), this instrument maintains its original oblong and curvilinear shape, a feature typical of instruments from this region.Description: Seven strings; unusual lobed lower bouts; oval rosette inserted above flame-shaped soundholes contains a double-headed eagle and unidentified coat of arms; two-piece table of Alpine spruce with very fine grain widening toward the flanks; two-piece back and ribs of curly maple with irregular figure; reddish-brown varnish; neck and fittings are recent; grafted pegbox terminates in a lion's head; manuscript label possibly spurious. (L. Libin, 1992). Bass Viola da Gamba. Austrian. ca. 1669. Wood. Absam, Austria. Chordophone-BowedGolden star shaped mesh case is filled with dried fruits stand on the Piano Keyboard. Dried fruits in star shaped metal case on keyboard, Christmas decoration, Success concept, Space for text, Selective focus.Red roses and a violin. Red roses and a violin on the tableVintage composition with violin and lavenderGrand Piano. Culture: American. Dimensions: Depth: 61 5/8 in. (156.5 cm). Maker: Steinway & Sons. Date: 1868.This grand piano was known as a "Plain Grand Style 2" piano. The 8 foot 5 inch piano was Steinway's flagship model and their first piano with eighty-eight keys. It was the ancestor of the Centennial Grand introduced in 1875 that became the iconic "Model D" Steinway concert grand piano. This instrument has Steinway's patent resonator and patent double repeating action inside of the rosewood case and supported by three serpentine legs. By the time this instrument was built in 1868, Steinway & Sons had become the leading piano manufacturing in the United States. Innovations such as the cast iron frame and overstringing, both present on this instrument, were adopted by piano manufacturers worldwide. The company's innovations, which included the cast iron frame"Plain Grand Style 2," case finished January 9, 1869 by Hebeler; sold September 29 to G. DeForest, 37 W. 96th Street, resold Close-up of piano hammers and tuning pinspitcher part of loud brass orchestra instrument trumpetVintage composition with violin and lavenderLute 1596 Sixtus Rauchwolff German The back of this Renaissance lute is constructed of twenty-five ebony or rosewood ribs with ivory spacers, and its top is Alpine spruce. It was probably originally made for seven or eight courses (pairs) of strings, but in the seventeenth century the neck, bridge, and pegbox were replaced or modified to give the instrument a Baroque configuration. In the nineteenth century, the neck was reduced, fixed frets were added, and the instrument was changed to six-strings, like on a guitar. Sixtus Rauchwolff had an excellent reputation in his day and was a maker of lutes for the prominent Fugger family and the court orchestra in Stuttgart. A label inside the instrument identifies him as the maker and 1596 as the date of the lute. The name of Matthias Hummel, who probably made the Baroque alterations to the instrument, also appears.. Lute. German. 1596. Rosewood, ivory, wood, ebony. Augsburg, Germany. Chordophone-Lute-plucked-frettedViolin And Flowers White decorative violin and flower composition Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreyxSkatx 14181169Repaired Violins And Violas On Racks In The Sound Post Repair Shop; Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTenor valve trombone ca. 1863 Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax Belgian, active France Saxs system of six independent valves was devised to correct the intonation problems of typical three-valve instruments, which can sound out of tune when valves are used in combination. Valve trombones were useful in situations where using a slide was awkward, such as while marching or playing in a cramped orchestra pit.The valve system used on this instrument is detailed in Saxs 1859 patent (France, No. 39371). It is an ascending system, since the valves do not add extra tubing to the instruments length. Instead each of them isolates different amounts of the instruments total tubing. Each valve is to be used on its own and causes the instrument to sound a half-tone lower than the previous valve. Sax applied his six-valve independent system mostly to saxhorns and trombones.Also detailed in the 1859 patent is the valve venting system seen on this trombone. Instead of having a vent hole in the bottom ofBass Viola da Gamba ca. 1600 John Rose Most surviving viols signed by or attributed to John Rose were likely made by the younger of a father and son pair of luthiers who went by the same name, and who worked in Bridewell, London, in the sixteenth century. While John Rose senior was among the earliest known of English viol makers, his son was among the most celebrated, and regarded as "the finest of all viol makers" in Thomas Mace's Musick's Monument of 1676. This instrument, dated ca. 1600, is attributed to the younger John Rose.Description: Repeatedly altered; high arched, three-piece spruce table with wing added on left lower bout probably dates from 18th century rebuilding as a cello; table edges are doubled and purfling does not match that of the maple back and ribs which bear floral and zoomorphic decoration incised with a hot needle; ribs were cut down, then widened and doubled with cross-grain beech; two-piece back of small horizontal figure has lower wings, of which the right iString instruments on display at a violin maker's (luthier's) shopbaby and violin isolated on white. Choosing future professionMilan, Italy 12 june 2024: Close-up of a snare drum with drumsticks resting on top, showing detailed texture and wear from use.1970s PARLOR ORGAN CAROLS WINDOW POINSETTIAClose-up of hands playing a shiny brass mellophone.Saxophone, X-rayRed roses and a violinnotes and Christmas balls notes and Christmas balls ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/AleksandrxKichiginx 9986496 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property releasedWind InstrumentsViolin with Rose on the of music sheetUSA, Pomeroy, Washington State. Pataha Flour Mill, Wurlitzer Organ.Keys, Head of the hammer, Hammer handle, Hammer nuts, Barre hammers, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen, Folklore Festival, Detail of Musical InstrumentPaper figures of jazz musicians stand on an open music notebookAn accordionSenior expert violin maker luthier, wrinkled old hand hold check varnish of classic handmade violin paint natural ingredient recipe in Cremona Italy home of best artisan of this kind, macro close up, selective focus, bokeh, monochromeSmall drum Small drumTypically Brazilian percussion instrument called Cuica and used mainly in samba and carnival, BrasilArrangement of musical instruments in the "House music" exhibition. .Golden shiny musical instrument tuba and musician - brass instrument golden shiny musical instrument tuba and musician - brass instrument copyright: xzoonar.com/alfredxhoferx 21826585Tonopah, Nevada, The Central Nevada Museum. Museum exhibits explore the mining and ranching history of the area. Old organs from two Presbyterian churches are on display.Banknote bundle of US dollar tied with colorful a ribbon Five saxophones from the Wurlitzer range Date: 1924Belgium, Bruges, Music shop street mosaicthe finished repaired violin