The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 425
atment of these suspenders, and the arrangementgiven in our plan herewith does equally well for both. Of the instrument very little explanation is required. A number of pieces ofwood, metal, bones, or stones are selected which will give the required tone whenstruck by a small hammer, and these are… … A iVOOD HARMONICON. 421 the sound ; and if one good piece can be met with to give the set, the various sizeswill give the tones almost without any variation. The straighter the grain thetruer the sound ; and though hard wood, such as oak and mahogany, is as a rulethe best, yet pieces of ordinary…
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