Jeremy Montagu, now retired, was the curator of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments and lecturer in the Faculty of Music at University of Oxford. He has authored several books on musical instruments, including Timpani & Percussion (2002), Reed Instruments: An Annotated Catalogue (Scarecrow Press, 2001), and Musical Instruments of the Bible (Scarecrow Press, 2002).

...it is a concise, intelligent, contemporary equivalent, evincing the benefits of six decades of thought on the place of musical instruments in human life. It is also an antidote to flash but vapid presentations...as a readable organological treatise of modest size, this book is unsurpassed. Essential.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Explanations and DefinitionsPart 4 AbbreviationsPart 5 MapsChapter 6 1. OriginsChapter 7 2. DrumsChapter 8 3. Flutes and RecordersChapter 9 4. ReedsChapter 10 5. "Brass" Instruments: Trumpets and HornsChapter 11 6. String InstrumentsChapter 12 7. Pipe OrgansChapter 13 8. ElectrophonesPart 14 Afterword: Archaeology and Other -ologiesChapter 15 Classification of InstrumentsChapter 16 Scales and MusicChapter 17 The Sounds of SciencePart 18 BibliographyPart 19 Index of Instruments and AccessoriesPart 20 Index of Places and PeoplesPart 21 General IndexPart 22 About the Author

Jeremy Montagu, now retired, was the curator of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments and lecturer in the Faculty of Music at University of Oxford. He has authored several books on musical instruments, including Timpani & Percussion (2002), Reed Instruments: An Annotated Catalogue (Scarecrow Press, 2001), and Musical Instruments of the Bible (Scarecrow Press, 2002).

...it is a concise, intelligent, contemporary equivalent, evincing the benefits of six decades of thought on the place of musical instruments in human life. It is also an antidote to flash but vapid presentations...as a readable organological treatise of modest size, this book is unsurpassed. Essential.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Explanations and DefinitionsPart 4 AbbreviationsPart 5 MapsChapter 6 1. OriginsChapter 7 2. DrumsChapter 8 3. Flutes and RecordersChapter 9 4. ReedsChapter 10 5. "Brass" Instruments: Trumpets and HornsChapter 11 6. String InstrumentsChapter 12 7. Pipe OrgansChapter 13 8. ElectrophonesPart 14 Afterword: Archaeology and Other -ologiesChapter 15 Classification of InstrumentsChapter 16 Scales and MusicChapter 17 The Sounds of SciencePart 18 BibliographyPart 19 Index of Instruments and AccessoriesPart 20 Index of Places and PeoplesPart 21 General IndexPart 22 About the Author

Jeremy Montagu, now retired, was the curator of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments and lecturer in the Faculty of Music at University of Oxford. He has authored several books on musical instruments, including Timpani & Percussion (2002), Reed Instruments: An Annotated Catalogue (Scarecrow Press, 2001), and Musical Instruments of the Bible (Scarecrow Press, 2002).

...it is a concise, intelligent, contemporary equivalent, evincing the benefits of six decades of thought on the place of musical instruments in human life. It is also an antidote to flash but vapid presentations...as a readable organological treatise of modest size, this book is unsurpassed. Essential.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Explanations and DefinitionsPart 4 AbbreviationsPart 5 MapsChapter 6 1. OriginsChapter 7 2. DrumsChapter 8 3. Flutes and RecordersChapter 9 4. ReedsChapter 10 5. "Brass" Instruments: Trumpets and HornsChapter 11 6. String InstrumentsChapter 12 7. Pipe OrgansChapter 13 8. ElectrophonesPart 14 Afterword: Archaeology and Other -ologiesChapter 15 Classification of InstrumentsChapter 16 Scales and MusicChapter 17 The Sounds of SciencePart 18 BibliographyPart 19 Index of Instruments and AccessoriesPart 20 Index of Places and PeoplesPart 21 General IndexPart 22 About the Author