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bellows and tongs

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

bellows and tongs. One of the burlesque means of mus.-making common in the 18th cent. Presumably the sound evoked was merely that of adroit rhythmic tapping.

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