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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 272

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PERFORMERS ON THE che AND pO-SOH. style; but the Chinese love to add all possibleclatter and din to the tune. Gongs, drums, trum-pets, and bells, serve to drown the melody. At … gUt-komm, OR CHINESE GUITAR. the beginning and end of each piece, a meaning-less clatter of sticks and wooden utensils is kept up.Here, for instance, is the Tchu, which isonly a mallet fastened in a wooden box,and which is sounded by a person put-ting his hand through the hole and givingit a pull.…

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