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xylophone
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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xy·lo·phone / ˈzīləˌfōn/ • n. a musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more wooden or plastic mallets.
DERIVATIVES: xy·lo·phon·ic / ˌzīləˈfänik/ adj.xy·lo·phon·ist n.![]()
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-CPSC: CPSC, Playwell Toy announce recall of xylophone mallets.
M2 Presswire; 10/19/1998; 700 words
; ...000 individually sold xylophones, 150,000 Little...rounded ends of the xylophone mallets are smaller...The metal bars on the xylophones are red, yellow...The individually sold xylophones have stickers on them...reads, "Music World Xylophone... Playwell...
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CPSC, Dolgencorp Inc. announce recall of toy xylophones sold at Dollar General Stores.
M2 Presswire; 11/3/2000; 556 words
; ...about 113,000 toy xylophones. The red mallet sold with the toy xylophone can get lodged...involving these toy xylophones. This recall is...injury. The toy xylophone is white, rectangular...reads, "BABY TOYS XYLOPHONE, TO HELP BABY...sold these toy xylophones from July 1998...
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CPSC, DOLGENCORP INC. ANNOUNCE RECALL OF TOY XYLOPHONES SOLD AT DOLLAR GENERAL STORES
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 11/2/2000; ; 334 words
; ...about 113,000 toy xylophones. The red mallet sold with the toy xylophone can get lodged...involving these toy xylophones. This recall is...injury. The toy xylophone is white, rectangular...reads, BABY TOYS XYLOPHONE, TO HELP BABY...sold these toy xylophones from July 1998...
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PLAYWELL RECALLING TOY XYLOPHONE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/15/1998; 385 words
; ...Playwell recalling toy xylophone WASHINGTON, Oct...000 individually sold xylophones. The Lake Forest...The metal bars on the xylophones are red, yellow...the individually sold xylophones have stickers on them...reads, ``Music World Xylophone...Playwell...
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Toy Xylophones Recalled by King Import Warehouse Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard.
M2 Presswire; 11/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...November 2008-CPSC: Toy Xylophones Recalled by King Import Warehouse...instructed. Name of Product: Toy Xylophones Units: About 144 Importer...Surface paint on the toy xylophone contains excessive levels...recall involves a miniature toy xylophone with item number KW20119...
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Toy Xylophones Recalled by King Import Warehouse Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/4/2008; 624 words
; ...Name of Product:Toy Xylophones Units:About 144 Importer...Surface paint on the toy xylophone contains excessive levels...involves a miniature toy xylophone with item number KW20119. The toy xylophone measures about 12 inches...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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113,000 TOY XYLOPHONES RECALLED.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 11/4/2000; 367 words
; ...recalling about 113,000 toy xylophones because young children could...Commission said. The toy xylophone is white and rectangular...The mallet sold with the xylophone is red with two round balls...box reads, ``BABY TOYS XYLOPHONE, TO HELP BABY LEARN AND DEVELOP...
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Mr. Xylophone Man; After Cheating Death, Chum Ngek Lives to Play, and Teach
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/20/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...coax bell-like music from large wooden xylophones. Though the National Endowment for the...notes coming out of the 21 keys of the xylophone click along like precise steps on a smooth...Chum, to me, is the best Cambodian xylophone player alive and he happens to be here...
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[ Toy xylophones recalled because of choking hazard... ]
Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 11/3/2000; ; 454 words
; - Toy xylophones recalled because of choking hazard...company is recalling about 113,000 toy xylophones because young children could choke on...the toy's box reads, "BABY TOYS XYLOPHONE, TO HELP BABY LEARN AND DEVELOP...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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JAZZ XYLOPHONE PIONEER RED NORVO AT AGE 91 IN SANTA MONICA.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/9/1999; 472 words
; ...and is credited with introducing the xylophone to jazz, died Tuesday at 91 in Santa...taught himself how to play piano and xylophone. By age 17, he was touring with a vaudeville...So Soon? In 1943, he switched from xylophone to vibraphone, which he played almost...
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xylophone
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
xylophone (Gr.). Wood sound. 1. Perc. instr. consisting of graduated tuned wooden bars, arr. as on pf...2. Perc. organ stop of 8′ pitch, played electrically to duplicate sound of xylophone.
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Xylophone
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Xylophone Background The xylophone is a component of the percussion section of an orchestra and many...rarity, and appearance make it fascinating to the listener. The xylophone has a close cousin called the marimba. Both instruments consist...
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Norvo, Red
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...x201D; Of course, I started on the xylophone and marimba in the mid-twenties, and...another chiefly in range.... The [xylophone ’ s] bars, or what would...Virtually unaided, Red Norvo lifted the xylophone, and then the vibraharp, from the clown...
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Pearl Musical Instrument Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...name and a variety of instruments, parts, and accessories under the Adams Concert label, including timpani, marimbas, xylophones, bell and glockenspiels, chimes, and vibraphones. The Pearl Percussion label offers such instruments as congas, bongos...
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Witoto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...sky, man and woman, thought and substance. In households that are politically and ceremonially prominent, there is a "xylophone" made of hollow logs of various sizes, suspended from a wooden frame, that produce different notes when they are beaten...
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