Leaving, then, the compass and statistic details of orchestral instruments to theorists, the pleasing task we have undertaken to fulfil is as follows: In an opening chapter we give a bird's-eye view of the orchestra as it appears to the casual spectator in the audience, with such information as may be necessary for a distinct location of the various members, or groups, of the band. Then we will proceed to introduce to the reader every individual of the great families of sounding pipes, strings and membranes, giving to each a pedigree, and disclosing the story of all as far as may be of real interest to the occasional concert-goer.

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