eeeee ccccc fffff eeeeeeeee ccccccccc fffffffff eeee eeee cccc cccc ffff ffff eeee eeee cccc cccc ffff ffff eeee eeee cccc ffff eeeeeeeeeeeee cccc fffffffff eeeeeeeeeeee cccc fffffffff eeee cccc ffff eeee eeee cccc cccc ffff eeee eeee cccc cccc ffff emerald city fontwerks eeeeeeeee ccccccccc ffff p.o. box 45713 eeeee ccccc ffff seattle, wa 98145-0713 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- a tip of the hat to you and yours, and thank you for your interest in "musical instruments, 2nd chair," second in a set of 3 rather tuneful clipfonts from the folks at ecf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- extraordinary how potent cheap music is. - noël coward --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "musical instruments, 2nd chair" is a windows truetype clipfont, digitized in the emerald city from a collection of 19th century public domain woodcuts by steven j. lundeen emerald city fontwerks seattle, washington, usa. ©2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- please note, "musical instruments, 2nd chair" is an ecf cheapware clipfont. complete keystroke and character information is included at the bottom of this text file. the entire clipfont may be viewed by way of the following url: http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf/musica.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- should you wish to obtain the fully-enabled version of: "musical instruments, 2nd chair," the clipfont can be yours for the registration fee of $2.00 US. to get yours... 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"blow, bugle, blow; set the wild echoes flying." -tennyson h - huntsman's bugle i - violin, an instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle. the violin is distinguished for the brilliancy and gayety, as well as the power and variety, of its tones, and in the orchestra, it is the leading and most important instrument. j - violin k - castanet, an instrument composed of small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, placed together, fastened to the thumb, and beat with the middle finger. this instrument is used by the spaniards and moors as an accompaniment to their dances and guitars. l - castanet m - clarion, a kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. "he sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle." -e. everett n - clarion o - clarionet (clarinet), a wind instrument, of the wind kind, the leading instrument in a military band. p - clarionet (clarinet) q - concertina, a small musical instrument of the accordion species. r - concertina s - cornet a piston, a brass, wind, musical instrument, like the french horn or the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods. t - cornet a piston u - flageolet, a small wind-instrument, having a mouth-piece at one end. and six principal holes. v - flageolet w - cymbals, a musical instrument of brass, of a circular form, like a dish, held in the hand, and producing, when two are struck together, a sharp, ringing sound. x - cymbals y - french-horn, a wind-instrument of metal, consisting of a long tube, twisted into several circular folds, and gradually increasing in diameter from the end at which it is blown to that at which the sound issues. z - french-horn --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- extraordinary how well-rehearsed and intoxicatingly melodious are the oom-pah-pahs of the tuneful ta-tuba...