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vina, which is constructed of two gourds, connecting a horizontal 
rod of bamboo, upon which are stretched seven wires of various 
thickness, these being tuned by an ordinary key, similar to the 
guitar or banjo key, but somewhat larger ; the mayuri which has 
eighteen fine wire strings ; the kachapi vina is another stringed 
instrument; likewise the ektara, which has but one string. Other 
very peculiar instruments in this case are the chikara, the sanyogi 
and the surangi, each of which have two sets of strings, one of 
catgut strung over a bridge, and directly above a set of brass 
wires which run through holes in the bridge. 
The wind instruments are chiefly the rana sringa, the puni 
and the benu. 
Case 5. — Reproductions of antique forms of musical instru- 
ments, such as the Elizabethan lute; the rebec, and Arabian 
stringed instrument; the crwth which is a Welsh instrument said 
to be the oldest known stringed instrument; guitar (Antonius 
Stradivarius); the quinterna, an antique form of an Italian guitar, 
the xylophone, and a harp of Irish form. This collection was 
presented by Lyon & Healy. 
