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• musical instrument — I (Roget s IV) n. Types of musical instruments include: lyre, bell, tubular bells, chimes, pipes of Pan, flute, piccolo, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, licorice stick*, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, A clarinet, E flat clarinet, B flat clarinet,… …   English dictionary for students

• Helicon — may refer to: *Helicon (crater), lunar impact crater *Helicon (physics), low frequency electromagnetic waves *Helicon (planet), fictional planet in Isaac Asimov s Foundation Series *Helicon thruster, type of ion propulsion engine *Helicon Filter …   Wikipedia

• helicon — /hel i kon , keuhn/, n. a coiled tuba carried over the shoulder and used esp. in military bands. Cf. sousaphone. [1520 30; prob. special use of HELICON, by assoc. with HELICO ] * * * ▪ musical instrument also called  Sousaphone,         a bass or …   Universalium

• Helicon — /hel i kon , keuhn/, n. a mountain in S central Greece. 5738 ft. (1749 m): regarded by ancient Greeks as the abode of Apollo and the Muses. * * * ▪ musical instrument also called  Sousaphone,         a bass or contrabass tuba built in a spiral… …   Universalium

• instrument — [ ɛ̃strymɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1365; estrument v. 1119; lat. instrumentum « ce qui sert à équiper », de instruere → instruire I ♦ 1 ♦ Objet fabriqué servant à exécuter qqch., à faire une opération. REM. Instrument est plus général et moins concret que… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… …   Universalium

• Soprano helicon — A Soprano Helicon (in E flat) is a coiled brass instrument from the Hélicon family.The design of the modern Soprano Helicon takes acoustical advantage of the helicon s easy blowing, but is not simply another circular Petite Bugle or Soprano… …   Wikipedia

• Muse — This article is about the goddesses. For the English band, see Muse (band). For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). The nine muses: Clio, Thalia, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Melpomene Greek deities …   Wikipedia

• Vocoder — A vocoder (  /ˈvoʊk …   Wikipedia

• James Warren York — Infobox Person name = James Warren York image size = caption = birth date = November 24 1839 birth place = Exeter, New Hampshire death date = death date and age|1927|2|9|1839|11|24 death place = Los Angeles, California education = occupation =… …   Wikipedia