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pan-pipes
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pan-pipes (Pandean Pipes, Syrinx). Instr. of classical antiquity, ancestor of the fl. Series (4 to 12 or more) of short vertical pipes of wood, cane, or pottery fixed side by side and graduated in length to give the pitches of the different notes. The player blows across the open ends. The ancient Greeks credited the god Pan with its invention. Used by Papageno in Mozart's
Die Zauberflöte.
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Panpipes across the Ocean: a Production of Popular Tunes from the South Pacific Islands.(Sound Recording Review)
Magazine article from: The Contemporary Pacific; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Panpipes across the Ocean: A Production of Popular...review here, a traditional instrument--panpipes--is used to perform a type of popular...brief notes accompanying this recording, panpipes have quite a wide distribution in the...
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PANPIPE CONCERT, WORKSHOP EXAMINE CULTURES.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...Andes Mountains, using bamboo panpipes and other traditional instruments...students make samponas, or panpipes, Andes Manta invited some...Elementary, said making his panpipe required a bit of patience...was worth it in the end. A panpipe, he learned, is a wind instrument...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Panpipes sound to help street children; CONCERT: Alvaro leads a day of music making to support charity's work.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 10/3/2008; 628 words
; ...teacher Alvaro Grana has been showing youngsters how to play the panpipes ahead of a fundraising concert tomorrow. Alvaro, aged 62...Lane, Coventry. He will be showing people how to play the panpipes while fellow musician Craig Cubbitt will run a percussion workshop...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Brand aids fit for the inn crowd; Ambient music is a vital part of the hotel experience ... unless it's Andean panpipes.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 3/4/2005; 700+ words
; ...speakers was the unpalatable sound of Panpipe Moods, an inexplicably popular mid...You), not even recreated on actual panpipes but on a synthesised imitation of the...plenty to satisfy discerning ears. The panpipes can stay in the Andes, where they belong...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Shopping mall fundamentalists? I'd rather suffer the panpipe players.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...form of gentlemen purporting to come from the Andes blowing panpipes, or a guitarist with a sadlookingdog in tow strumming hippie...conflict. I was curious to find out why they had replaced the panpipe players and the guitarist. Kingston Council initially said...
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New decorations for glass flutes & panpipes: Hall Crystal Flutes.(PRODUCT NEWS)
Magazine article from: Music Trades; 2/1/2007; 487 words
; ...beautiful new decorations for its line of glass flutes and panpipes: a vibrant red rose pattern and an elegant blue floral pattern...flute, the D flute, and the one-octave and two-octave panpipes. MSRP is from $59 to $89. Accessories include instructional...
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Panpipe tool storage.(Workshop Tips)
Magazine article from: The Family Handyman; 12/1/2004; ; 368 words
; ...and hobby knives. For the fatter tools, use PVC cement to join short pieces of 1-1/4 in. PVC pipe side to side into a panpipe design, then add pieces of 1/2-in. pipe along the front of the flute for skinnier tools. Build a simple case around...
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Melanesian panpipes used to empower youth.
Magazine article from: Anglican Journal; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...pipes -- mostly bamboo, though occasionally made of heavy plastic electrical conduit piping. Some are small hand-held panpipes. Some are the size and sound of eight-foot organ pipes, and some are in-between pipes of two to four feet where the sound...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Andrew Cowen's Big World of Rock: Put this in your pipe, not your player.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...heard the album I knew I hated panpipes, but until the first bars...hit with spittle. The Best Panpipes in the World . . . is nothing...of somewhere 'up' that the panpipes belong, but modesty forbids...interest. CAPTION(S): A panpipe maestro yesterday
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sounds like Peru
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/27/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...dictatorship at home. The panpipes have become evocative symbols...that isn't too heavy on the panpipes, focussing principally on...the Andes (Tumi 101). A panpipe and guitar-free zone for...from Bolivia with top-notch panpipes and charangos. Their name...
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panpipes
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
panpipes ( syrinx ) Primitive musical wind instrument, probably originating in Asia. Several...together side by side. Blown across one end, each pipe produces one note of a scale. Panpipes are associated with the pastoral Greek god Pan .
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Flute
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...instruments include Japanese bamboo flutes and the panpipe. The panpipe, also known as the syrinx, consists of several vertical...in the Middle East today. The ancient Greeks used panpipes, probably indirectly influenced by more sophisticated...
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Pandean pipes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pandean pipes see panpipes .
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reed
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...been used to make reed instruments, bagpipes, and reed organs. This is the reed from which Pan was fabled to have made his panpipe, or syrinx. The "reeds" of wickerwork are often rattan . Reeds are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Liliopsida...
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quill
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine, hedgehog, or other spiny mammal. ∎ ( quills ) inf., dated panpipes. ∎ a weaver’s spindle. • v. [ tr. ] 1. form (fabric) into small cylindrical...
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