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"i heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps." - revelations 14:2 h - harp i - pandean pipes, a wind instrument of antiquity, made of reeds fastened together side by side, gradually lessening, and tuned to each other; a syrinx; - said to have been the invention of pan. j - pandean pipes k - organ, a wind-instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano. l - ophicleide, a large brass wind instrument of the trumpet kind, used in the orchestra, and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves. m - ophicleide n - lute, a stringed instrument formerly much in use. it consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten stops or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. the strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed. o - lute p - kettle-drum, a drum made of a copper vessel, usually hemispherical, or shaped like a kettle, covered with parchment. kettle-drums were formerly used, in pairs, in martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras, where they are also called tympani. q - kettle-drum r - serpent, a bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; - so called for its form. s - serpent t - tambourine, a small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides. u - tambourine v - trombone, a deep-toned brass instrument of the trumpet kind, consisting of three tubes, of which the first, to which the mouthpiece is attached, and the third, which terminates in a bell-shaped orifice, are placed side by side, the middle tube being doubled, and sliding into the other two like the tube of a telescope. by the sliding of the tube it commands every tone throughout its whole compass, and surpasses every other wind instrument in admitting, like the violin or the voice, the introduction of the slide. w - trombone x - bass-viol, a stringed instrument used for playing the bass or gravest part; the violincello. y - bass-viol z - triangle, an instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, and struck with a small rod. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- having misplaced his case, the tuneful ta-tuba player took to carrying his instrument around in his wallet...