Jubal played his Magrepha; Pythagoras came with his Monochord; Plato listened to the music of the spheres; the priests of Joshua blew seven times upon their Shofars or Rams-Horns.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
Before the piano-forte came the harpsichord, prior to the latter the spinet, then the virginal, the clavichord, and Monochord; before these, the clavieytherium.
"Great Violinists And Pianists"
George T. Ferris
As in his opening speech of this scene we heard all the clangour and resonance of warring wind and sea, so now we hear a sound of sacred and spiritual music as solemn as the central Monochord of the inner main itself.
"A Study of Shakespeare"
Algernon Charles Swinburne