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stringed instrument
stringed instrument Musical instrument sounded by the vibration of strings. Instruments fall into different classes, according to the action used to set the strings in motion: bowed, chiefly those of the violin family; plucked, chiefly the harp, lute, and guitar; and plucked and struck, such as the... Read more |
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Tradition of the Instruments
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musical instruments
musical instruments are classified in various ways, but the system devised in 1914 by Kurt Sachs and E. M. von Hornbostel has been accorded recognition by both anthropologists and musicologists because it is applicable not only to modern Western instruments but to primitive and exotic instruments... Read more |
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wind instrument
wind instrument in music, any instrument whose tone is produced by a vibrating column of air. In the pipe organ the column of air is set into vibration by mechanical means. Other wind instruments are blown by the player and are divided into two groups, the woodwinds and the brass winds, or... Read more |
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reed instrument
reed instrument in music, an instrument whose sound-producing agent is a thin strip of cane, wood, plastic, or metal that vibrates as air is passed over it. The predecessor of these instruments is the Chinese sheng. Single-reed instruments have one reed that is either free or beating. Free reeds,... Read more |
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Beckman Instruments Inc
Beckman Instruments, Inc. 2500 Harbor BoulevardP.O. Box 3100Fullerton, California 92634-3100U.S.A.(714) 871-4848Fax: (714) 773-8543 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1934 as National Inking Appliance CompanyEmployees: 5,880Sales: $888.6 millionStock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 3826 Analytical... Read more |
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percussion instrument
percussion instrument any instrument that produces musical sound when its surface is struck with an implement (such as a mallet, stick, or disk) or with the hand. Perhaps the most universally familiar percussion instrument is the drum , common to the most primitive as well as the most... Read more |
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concertina
concertina , musical instrument whose tone is produced by free reeds. It was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1829. It is a chromatic instrument similar to the accordion , but its bellows are attached to hexagonal blocks having handles and buttons (finger pistons), and it is smaller. It is... Read more |
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