Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 271
A CHINESE . BELL-RINGER PRACTICING ON THE king. But what instruments do they use? asked the Chinese should not have added harmony tothe mother. Are they at all like ours? their melodies, but they never have. 250 A STRANGE MUSIC. [January, … CHINESE ORGAN, OR cheilg. Do they use pianos? asked Arthur. They have an instrument whose tones aresomewhat like those of a piano or harp. It iscalled the kin, and consists of silken cords, stretchedalong a sounding-board. There are various sizes of this instrument, the largest of which is called…
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