historical instrument
Old measuring device
A historical instrument is a musical instrument built according to the designs, materials, and construction methods of an earlier period, or an original instrument preserved from that era.
The term applies especially to instruments used in historically informed performances of Renaissance, Baroque, or Classical music: She plays Baroque flute and other historical instruments.
Period instrument means the same thing.
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- astrolabeAncient altitude-measuring instrument
- lutePear-bodied fretted strings
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