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2. Raymond Russell (organologist) - Wikipedia

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   Instruments form Russell's collection in St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh Raymond Anthony Russell , FSA FRHistS , (27 May 1922 – 17 March 1964) was a British organologist and antiquarian . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was an expert on early keyboard instruments, and assembled an important collection which now forms the Raymond Russell Collection of Early ...

3. Russell Collection - Wikipedia

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   The Russell Collection is a substantial collection of early keyboard instruments assembled by the British harpsichordist and organologist Raymond Russell. It forms part of the Musical Instrument Museums collection of the University of Edinburgh , and is housed in St Cecilia's Hall .

4. St Cecilia's Hall - Wikipedia

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   St Cecilia's Hall was originally commissioned by the Edinburgh Musical Society (EMS) and designed by the Scottish architect Robert Mylne, who also designed Blackfriars Bridge in London. The EMS was founded in 1728, and for its first 35 years its members met in the upper hall of St Mary's Chapel, a small church that formerly stood to the north ...

5. List of equestrian statues in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Parliament Square, Edinburgh: 1685: Statue on pedestal: Lead and stone: Category A: Q17570718: The pedestal is an 1835 replica of mason Robert Mylne's original. [70] More images: John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun: Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh: 1824-29: Thomas Campbell: Sculptural group on plinth: Bronze and ...

6. Robert Erskine (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Erskine was born in Scotland and attended the University of Edinburgh. As a young man he started a business, but it failed. He invented the "Continual Stream Pump" and "Platometer", a centrifugal hydraulic engine, and experimented with other hydraulic systems. He became known as an inventor and engineer of some renown in his native land.

7. Scottish royal tapestry collection - Wikipedia

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   Two inventories of 1539 and 1543 list the tapestries of James V. [22] Some of these had belonged to James IV, though Gavin Douglas said that Regent Albany had cut up royal crimson and purple hangings to make clothes for his servants and pages, [23] but many were bought by James V, or were presents from Francis I of France on his marriage to Madeleine of Valois. [24]