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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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Roots of the Xylophone: Uganda's Local Piano.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 3/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...carrying your soul out of your body. The xylophone, a tuned instrument made of a series...wood sound), many have pointed to the xylophone as originating from Africa. Notes on...Uganda could have produced the original xylophone. In Uganda, the xylophone is very strong...
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-CPSC: CPSC, Playwell Toy announce recall of xylophone mallets.
M2 Presswire; 10/19/1998; 692 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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Recall of Toy Xylophones.(Dolgencorp Inc. recalls xylophone)(writing on box says "Baby Toys Xylophone, to Help Babe Lean and Develop, and Made in China.")
Newspaper article from: Child Health Alert; 12/1/2000; 552 words
; ...113,000 toy xylophones. The red mallet sold with the toy xylophone can get lodged...xylophone. the xylophone is red with two...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.
M2 Presswire; 11/3/2000; 548 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, PLAYWELL TOY ANNOUNCE RECALL OF XYLOPHONE MALLETS
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 10/15/1998; ; 588 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
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 The Land of Nod Due to Choking Hazard.
M2 Presswire; 1/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...January 2009-CPSC: Toy Xylophones Recalled by The Land of Nod...Name of Product: Rolling Toy Xylophones Units: About 500 Distributer...Hazard: The pegs on the xylophone can break, posing a choking...recalled product is a rolling xylophone made of metal, wood and plastic...
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PASSING A NOTE A WELLESLEY MAN DISCOVERS AN ANTIQUE XYLOPHONE AT AN ESTATE SALE - AND THEN HITS ON A TIDY PROFIT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/30/2006; ; 556 words
; THE OBJECT OF DESIRE A rosewood key xylophone that measures 30 inches high and almost...instrument for sale online as a "marimba or xylophone" because he wasn't sure which it was...ages 6 and 8, loved banging on the xylophone, and Conners says he will find a suitable...
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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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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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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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Gibbs, Terry
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...focusing on the drums while Sol played the xylophone, an instrument he guarded and kept safely...under strict orders to stay away from the xylophone, but whenever Sol ’ s back...first song that Terry mastered on the xylophone was “ Boulevard of Broken Dreams...
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Balinese music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...also the ceremonial gamelans of the temples. The most important gamelan instruments are xylophones, which may be made of bronze or bamboo. Bronze xylophones are of two basic types— gangsa, whose keys are supported over a wooden resonance...
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