John Weeks Moore

“ As the instrument is new, so it is also easy to construct and very pleasant. It is the admiration of every one. It is made exactly to tit a window, in which it is placed ; and the harp, while the window remains shut, is silent : but as soon as it is opened, an harmonious sound, though somewhat melancholy, coming from the passing wind, astonishes the hearers; for they are not able to perceive from whence the sound proceeds, nor yet what kind of instrument it is, for it resembles neither the sound of a stringed nor yet of pneumatic instrument, but partakes of both. ”

“ Modern flutes, as far as can be judged by a comparison of them with the graphical representation of the ancient tibiae, have greatly the advantage; and as to pipes of other kinds, such as the hautboy and bassoon, the chalumeau, and others, these, as having the adjunct of arced, are a new and original species, and may be pronounced an invention unknown to the ancents."
thus formed a natural Aeolian harp in the boughs of the firs and shrubs, to the tones of which the dashing of the mountain stream furnished an accompaniment. ”