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Thread #62745   Message #1015656
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Sep-03 - 03:31 PM
Thread Name: How old are steel strings?
Subject: RE: How old are steel strings?
These might help:
Encyclopaedia of Musical Instruments, Robert Dearling.
Vol. 1. Non-Western and Obsolete Instruments.
Vol. 4. Keyboard Instruments and Ensembles.
Vol. 6. Stringed Instruments.
Vol. Histories, Descriptions and Uses of the World's Instruments.

Try your library for this set.