"Jubal did not have an organ, nor David a harp. Nebuchadnezzar had neither sackbut (English for trombone) nor cornett. The Bible, as we know it in English, is a translation, and the history of Biblical translations in Aramaic, Greek, Latin, English, and all other languages, has involved the substitutions of the musical instruments from the translator's era for those of the original author.".

"Musical Instruments of the Bible uses all the resources available to establish what each instrument in the Bible really looked like, and how it was played. Sources are cited in the original Biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, but always with transcription into the modern Roman alphabet. Instruments are discussed, described, and identified in the order in which they appear in the King James Bible.".

"Three indexes supplement the text: an index of Biblical citations that provides the chapter and verse where the instrument is mentioned, a quadrilingual parallel citation in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and English, which allows the reader to crosscheck each reference, and a general index."--BOOK JACKET.