Horniman Museum visit

The Music Gallery at the Horniman Museum, London, has interactive 'sound stations' which allow the viewer to select an instrument from the collection and hear a short sample. Some historical/background information is given about each instrument when listening to the instrument.

Instruments in the collection

It was interesting to come across the 'peacock dilruba fiddle', 'gajelu' anklet bells, 'pungi' double clarinet, 'ghanti' priest handbell, 'sarangi' bowed string instrument, 'kartal' concussion sticks and 'rasp' scraping stick.
From the Music Gallery Guide (Margaret Birley, Jarrold Publishing, 2009): "Musical instruments are both manifestations of material culture, and the tools for the creation of an intangible cultural herritage in sound. Cultural values are invested in musical instruments, and in the numerous systems that have been used to classify them."

Sound stations for viewing & hearing instruments

Classification terminology used: "Aerophones, idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, and electrophones"