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alt, down as low as double G in the 

 bafs, which is thirty feven firings. The 

 middle row being the flats and lharps, 

 extend from alto, G (harp, down to dou- 

 ble B natural, in the bafs, confifting of 

 thirty four firings. All the three rows 

 - together amount to ninety eight firings. 

 About forty years ago one Simon, of 

 Bruffels, made a ftill greater improve- 

 ment upon the harp, by the addition of 

 pedals, for producing the half tones. 

 This inftrument is capable of great ex- 

 preffion, and of executing whatever can 

 be played on the harpfichord. There 

 are but thirty-three firings upon it, 

 which are merely the natural notes of 

 the diatonic fcale ; the reft are made by 

 the feet. It is an ingenious and ufeful 

 contrivance, for by reducing the number 

 of firings, the tones of thofe that re- 

 main are improved. 



The Crwth, another of the Welfh na- 

 tional inftruments, is now fo nearly out 

 of ufe that it is fcarcely known at all. 

 5 Sir 



