musical reeds

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Escaped Plant of Arundo donax
... commonly are shorter and have stems too narrow for manufacturing musical reeds. Nonetheless, large stems of Arundo have been commercially used for musical reeds and have been gathered from the wild. [Return to Text ...
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Arundo donax
... it is harvested, cured and shipped to those who shave them into the thin reeds used by musicians. I found particularly interesting that commercial growers have selected and will ... grower actually makes the finished reeds themselves but ships them to craftsmen overseas (California) who create the reeds. The leftover French "cull" canes that are unsuitable for musical reeds are made into sheeting, ...
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Bamboo
... constructed their houses entirely from bamboo-like grasses called reeds, including Phragmites australis and Arundo donax. The name Canebrake ... Bolivia have made boats from totora reeds (Schoenoplectus tatora). Four long bundles of reeds which taper at both ends are ... Origin Of Coconut Palms Reeds and bamboos are very significant plants in the development and evolution of musical wind instruments. The ...
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A DAY IN THE MOUTH OF BENNY GOODMAN
... , which unearth the rhizomes growing along rivers. Its use for musical instruments comes from the Near East, where there are records ... over 5000 years old made from stem internodes. One ancient musical instrument was the pan pipe, consisting of up to 25 ... was developed during the Renaissance, when workers discovered that donax reeds would vibrate when moist but would not crack when dried. Greece, ...
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Floridata: Arundo donax
... thrives in soils that stay moist, and can even tolerate occasional standing water. Unlike most reeds, however, giant reed also does well in average garden soils, where it will not get ... garden. Features Giant reed is widely planted in wet soils to control erosion. The reeds in woodwind musical instruments are made from the split stems of giant reed, and organ pipes formerly ...
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Dictionary of Mythological and Other Terms
... Minor. lyre Ancient musical instrument with ... musical pan-pipe consisting of 7 reeds and was reputed to cause sudden groundless fear (panic), such as that felt by travelers in remote and desolate places. pan-pipes Musical instrument made of a series of reeds ...
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