British Inventions - Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments

  • Concertina - Charles Wheatstone
  • Theatre organ - Robert Hope-Jones
  • English horn - A version of the Oboe
  • Logical bassoon, an electronically controlled version of the bassoon - Giles Brindley
  • Northumbrian smallpipes
  • Tuning fork - John Shore

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