It's the hardwood used to make clarinets & some piano keys
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Clarinet - Wikipedia  The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind ... It would seem however that its real roots are to be found amongst some of .... Most alto and bass clarinets have an extra key to allow a (written) E3. .... of clarinets used by professional musicians are made from African hardwood,...
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The Clarinet - The Key System  In modern clarinets, some of the key mechanics are designed to close tone holes .... Because we have to operate the instrument and its 11 holes with 9 fingers, some ... forked fingering - and most players of older wood winds have to do the same. ... But a smaller tone hole has its disadvantages, when it is used as a normal...
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The Clarinet - the Instrument and its Parts  This is used to finetune the instrument and to adapt it to the player and the orchestra's pitch. ... The lower joint with the keys for the right hand - both parts could be made from ... sometimes have the cork replaced by two rubber rings that sit in indentions). ... Its black wood is often confused with - but not the same as - Ebony.
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Polymers in the Orchestra Polymers in the Piano Caring for ...  Since Clara is an old clarinet from the classical period, she also knows a lot about ... The keys of a piano were once made of the protein ivory, but now they are ... Newer pianos have quite a few plastic parts, even some of the action parts can ... In many cases synthetic polymers have been used to replace wood, which is a...
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Introduction The Instruments of the Orchestra are organized into four ...  This section of the orchestra got its name from the fact that many of its instruments were ... in the case of the flute, some have one, such as the clarinet, and some even have two. ... The oboe is made of wood with metal keys, and played by blowing a .... Apart from being a solo star instrument, the piano was originally used in.
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3 Ways to Read Piano Sheet Music - wikiHow  When you look at sheet music, you will see five lines with four ... These are collectively called the staff. ... It looks vaguely similar to an ampersand (or & symbol). The lines, from the bottom up to the top, indicate the ... Sharps and flats are indicated by the black keys on your piano.
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Why are the saxophone and the flute classified as a member of the ...  Mar 5, 2012 ... Why are the saxophone and the flute classified as a member of the woodwind family even though they are not made of wood? ... Woodwind instruments aren't necessarily made of wood. ... is not lip reed; lip reed is sound production system of brass instruments which make sound by vibrating your lips.
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J! Archive - Show #2874, aired 1997-02-13  It's a creamy white color, or what white piano keys were once widely made of .... In Paris it's just the thing to get around underground...
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Young People's Concert Curriculum Guide - Waterbury Symphony ...  Electronic equipment was not part of Bach and Vivaldi's world, nor is it part of a ... Neither eating nor drinking is permitted inside most auditoriums. ... source of sound for the piano, it is technically a percussion in- ... The woodwind section has its name because at one ... Proper breathing is .... were developed in France.
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Course Materials - Castle View Elementary Instrumental Music  1. An Instrument - These can be purchased or rented. For Band: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet ... Renting an instrument is a good option for beginning students. ... If you're planning on using an instrument that's been around in the family ... Clarinet: 4 "medium soft" clarinet reeds*, cork grease and a "swab. ... This should include snare.
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Among his projects are purses & shoes MK # Quiz # Question ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... Among his projects are purses & shoes MK # Quiz # Question ... Among his famous pianos have been his bed & swimming pool # Quiz #...
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Instrument Lab | ArtsAlive.ca Music  Start by exploring the resources available here. ... A tiny flute that plays an octave (eight notes) higher than a full-sized flute; Made ... Has the highest range in the woodwind family; Is the smallest member of the woodwind family ... Made of Yugoslavian maple wood; Its lowest tones provide a solid base for orchestra harmony.
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Irish Musical Instruments  A survey of Irish Musical Instruments. ... The reed is a narrow, thin piece of wood, plastic or metal that vibrates when air is blown past it. ... Bagpipes, while not quite as ancient as the harp, have been played in Ireland three or four ... named Theobald Boehm, who made his flutes from silver instead of wood, enlarged the holes...
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Woodwind instrument - Wikipedia  Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind instruments. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments (otherwise called reed pipes). What differentiates these instruments from other wind instruments is the way ... To produce a sound with a closed flute, the player is required to blow air into...
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Sound Forms For Piano - New World Records  The piano factory of Chickering and Sons in Boston was the largest of its kind ... play the notes "in the cracks between the piano keys"--intervals smaller than the half tones of the ... of 24 violin strings stretched across a clothespress, and even though it ..... The first sounds are produced by sweeping the fleshy part of the finger.
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Pedal keyboard - Wikipedia  A pedalboard is a keyboard played with the feet that is usually used to produce the low-pitched bass line of a piece of music. ... These windchests were often built into tall structures called "organ towers." Until the 15th ... In the 17th and 18th centuries, the pedal part of organ music was rarely given its own staff. Instead, the...
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Upright (Giraffe) Piano | old pianos | Pinterest | Giraffes, Piano and ...  Giraffes ... Upright (Giraffe) Piano 1832 http://adjustablepianobench.net ..... Instruments Music, Antique Instruments, Instruments Musicals, Keyboard Instruments .... Lyraflugel, this type of upright piano was made almost exclusively in Berlin ...... Sounding somewhat like a mandolin, it has a wide and full chromatic range and is...
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Leonardo Da Vinci's wacky piano is heard for the first time, after 500 ...  Nov 18, 2013 ... Full of steel strings and spinning wheels, Slawomir Zubrzycki's ... of three we know: the harpsichord, the organ and the viola da gamba,'' ... The inside of its lid is a deep raspberry inscribed with a Latin quote in ... Each is connected to the keyboard, complete with smaller black keys for sharp and flat notes.
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Trees of TU Walking Tour | Towson University  Easily recognized by its smooth gray bark, the beech is one of the most distinctive trees of North America. ... The fine-grained white wood is used in inlay woodwork and piano keys. George Washington's dentures were made from holly wood. ... Small creamy-white flowers in 8-10 inch long catkins appear in June or July.
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Shawm - Wikipedia  The shawm is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renaissance ... (The name of a somewhat different reed instrument, the chalumeau, also shares .... For the latter case I favor 'pipe' or 'shawm.
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UPDATE 11/4/94 - Google Groups  Nov 5, 1994 ... Ends missed DD: Musical Instruments $500. The English name of this woodwind is a corruption of its French name, which means "high wood".