He was one of the earliest composers for stringed instruments, and Kircher has given one specimen of this class of his works in the Musurgia.
You can even define your own stringed instrument and calculate tablatures for it!
He also continues to raise substantial sums for the purchase of fine stringed instruments for top UK-based players.
On display are 1,000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe and from distant lands.
And it will be found that the method of performance which most nearly justifies the instrumental effect of these otherwise beautiful works is that in which the pianoforte player regards himself as frequently doubling the stringed instruments, and not vice versa.