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March 2009 edit

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A renaissance-era lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either fretted or unfretted) and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes.

December 2008 edit

 

The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound when pressurized air (wind) is driven through a series of pipes, controlled by a keyboard.

November 2008 edit

 
The glockenspiel is a musical instrument in the percussion family, similar to a xylophone

September 2008 edit

 
Harpsichord in the Flemish style

August 2008 and earlier edit

 
Rosace of a harpsichord by Claude Mercier-Ythier
 
The Orchestra at the Opera of Palais Garnier (Edgar Degas, 1870)
 
The Grand foyer of Palais Garnier