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Moon blocks or jiaobei (also written as jiao bei etc. variants; Chinese: 筊杯 or 珓杯; pinyin: jiǎo bēi; Jyutping: gaau2 bui1), also poe (from Chinese: 桮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe; as used in the term "poe divination"), are wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to seek divine guidance in the form of a yes or no question.
This is a list of games in the 2017 version of British game show The Crystal Maze, sorted by zone. The coloured backgrounds denote the type of game: - Mental - Mystery - Physical - Skill ALIS - Automatic Lock-in Situation Aztec Zone Name of game Explanation Time ALIS Balancing scales Use a raft to retrieve sandbags and balance a set of scales to release the crystal 3:00 None Word wheel Turn ...
Silex Piano: Pitched Idiophone Lithophone Singing bowl: Himalayas Pitched 111.242.11 Idiophone Siren (alarm) Scotland Both Electrophone Skrabalai: Lithuania Pitched 111.242.222 Idiophone Skull: Idiophone Sleigh bells: Unpitched 112.112 Idiophone Jingle bells: Slenthem: Indonesia Pitched 111.222 Idiophone Slit drum: Both 111.24 Idiophone Snare ...
Half sandwich compounds, also known as piano stool complexes, are organometallic complexes that feature a cyclic polyhapto ligand bound to an ML n center, where L is a unidentate ligand. Thousands of such complexes are known. [1] [page needed] Well-known examples include cyclobutadieneiron tricarbonyl and (C 5 H 5)TiCl 3
A tack piano (also known as a harpsipiano, jangle piano, and junk piano) is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which objects such as thumbtacks or nails are placed on the felt-padded hammers of the instrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instrument a tinny, more percussive sound. It is used to evoke the ...
Much of a piano is made of wood and is therefore extremely sensitive to fluctuations in humidity. The piano's wooden soundboard is designed to have an arch, or crown. The crown increases or decreases with changes of humidity, changing the tension on the strings and throwing the instrument out of tune.