Musical instruments
"And now David, being freed from wars and dangers, and
enjoying for the future a profound peace, composed songs and hymns to God, of
several sorts of metre... He also made instruments of music, and taught the
Levites to sing hymns to God, both on that called the Sabbath-day, and on the
other festivals. Now the construction of the instruments was thus: the viol was
an instrument of ten strings, it was played upon with a bow; the psaltery had 12
musical notes, and was played upon by the singers; the cymbals were broad and
large instruments, and were made of brass" (Josephus, quoted by Ern Wilson in
"Psalms" 21-26).
