NEW MtsiCAL I.VStRtMtHt, 371 



IX. 



Account of a Musical Instrument, called an Organized 

 Lyre, invented by Mr. Adolphus Ledhuy, late Geo- 

 metrical Surveyor of Forests, of Coucy-le -Chateau, itf 

 the Department of the Ahne *♦ 



1 HE object of the author was simply to improve the Organized lyr*. 

 guitar-lyre, but by a simple mechanism be has rendered the 

 sounds of this new instrument susceptible of several dif- Capable of imi- 

 ferent tones or stops, by means of" which tbe performer j n s t "umenu! 

 may imitate several instruments, such as the lyre, tbe piano 

 forte, the barp, &c. ; while at tbe same time it is as easy 

 to play upon as the guitar-lyre, being fingered in the same 

 manner, and riot more inconvenient for carriage. In ac- 

 companiments, soloes, and quartettoes, or with several 

 Other instruments, it answers equally well: and, when it 

 was submitted to the examination of the first artists in 

 Paris, the inventor received the most flattering enco- 

 miums. 



Mr. Adolphus has likewise composed instructions for his 

 new lyre, in which he details every particular necessary for 

 learning to play on it without a master : and in a second 

 part he has added examples And lessons of every kind, to 

 point out the advantages derivable from his invention in 

 gradations of tone and expression ; so that any one, who 

 plays already on the guitar, or lyre-guitar, may render 

 himself familiarly acquainted with this instrument in Jess 

 than a month. 



The following is a description of the instrument. Description cf 



1. The organized lyre has fifteen strings, separated into the instrum * nt ' 

 three distinct divisions, and embracing the compass of four in faee ^m?* 

 complete octaves. The three divisions are called the base, sionj. 

 tenor, and treble. 



2. It has a row of six keys, which include the extent of Keys, 

 ■three octaves. With these the pianoforte may be imitated, 



but the sounds produced are more soft. 



* Sonninis Bibliotheque Pbysico-e'conornique, July, 1807, p. 01. 

 The inventor has taken out a patent for this instrument in France. 

 B b 2 3. By 



