List of Illustrations.
N.B. See from left to right unless mentioned otherwise.
Plate I. | Stringed instruments played by twanging the strings:— | |
i. Gourd lute. 2. "Krachappi" lute. 3. "Cha Khe" lute. | ||
Plate II. | Stringed instruments played by drawing the bow across the strings:— | |
1. "Saw Ū" fiddle. 2. Three-stringed fiddle. 3. "Saw Duang" fiddle. | ||
Plate III. | Instruments of percussion:— | |
Top row: | 1. "Bandoh" drum. 2. Multiplo castanets (Krap Puang). 3. Single gong ("Khong Mong"). | |
Second row: | 1. Alto cymbals ("Ching"). 2. Basso cymbals ("Chap"). 3. Two pairs of castanets. | |
Plate IV. | Instruments of percussion which have evolved from the single gong:— | |
Above: | Single gong. | |
Below: | 1. Set of two gongs ("Khong Khū"). 2. Set of three gongs ("Khong Rebeng"). 3. Set of gongs ("Khong Vong"). | |
Plate V. | Instruments of percussion which have evolved from the castanets:— | |
Top row: | 1. Alto xylophone ("Ranāt Ek")⟨.⟩ 2. Basso xylophone ("Ranāt Thum"). | |
Second row: | 1. Brass carillon ("Ranāt Ek Thong"). 2. Iron carillon ("Ranāt Thum Lek"). | |
Plate VI. | Instruments of percussion whose faces are covered with skin:— | |
1. "Thon" or "Thapon". 2. Javanese tom-tom. ("Klong Khek"). 3. "Song Nā" ("Two-faced" drum). 4. Malay tom-tom ("Klong Malayū"). 5. "Thap" or "Thon" (long bodied drum with one face). 6. "Thut" drum ("Klong Thut"). 7. "Rammanā" (Shallow drum with one face). 8. "Chātri" drum. | ||
Plate VII. | Wind instruments:— | |
1. Javanese oboe ("Pī Javā"). 2. "Cha nai" oboe. ("Pī Chanai"). 3. Flute (Klui). 4. "Pī Ō" oboe. 5. "Pī Nai" oboe. 6. "Pī Nok" oboe. | ||
Plate VIII. | National musical instruments of the Siamese which have come down from the past:— | |
Beginning from the top right hand corner: 1. Jew's harp ("Chong Nong"). 2. "Naw" pipe. 3. Reed organ ("Can"). 4. "Pī Saw" pipe. 5. "Teng" pipe. 6. "Ray Rye" pipe. | ||
Plate IX. | Brahmin playing the gourd lute. | |
Plate X. | "Khap Mai" group. | |
Plate XI. | The "Mahorī" players as in the Ayudhya period. | |
Plate XII. | The "Grand Mahorī" group. | |
Plate XIII. | The old "Pī Pāt" of five instruments (with the addition of the "Song Nā" drum and the "Sepā" castanets). | |
Plate XIV. | The "Grand Pī Pāt" group/ | |
Plate XV. | The "Klong Khek" group. | |
Plate XVI. | The Royal String-band. |
Printed by The Bangkok Times Press, Ltd., February, 1931.