Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 272
Chinese are fond of the pi-ano; and so are the people of Japan, wheremany music-boxes and pianos are sold, theempress herself being a very good pian-ist. But, after all, music-boxes are likedeverywhere; even in the very heart ofAfrica, travelers have found that it is asure road to the favor of a… … samm-jin, OR CHINESE BANJO. you see, is a much more primitive instrument.It appears to bear about the same relation to the 252 A STRANGE MUSIC, [January, gut-komm that our banjo does to the guitar. Asthe picture indicates, it has three strings of catgut.It is probable that neither of these two…
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