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Pages in category "Australian musical instruments" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Standard Resistor created by J. L. William Scientific Instruments J. L. (Les) William (18 January 1915 – 4 June 1994) was an Australian builder of scientific instruments. [ 1 ] Born in Melbourne, Australia he was known for his beautiful and precision craftsmanship and was known as one of the best scientific instrument makers in Australia.
Pages in category "Australian musical instrument makers" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In 1975, the company became BOC International Ltd, reflecting its success in developing business outside of Britain, and in products beyond oxygen. An important part of BOC's history was the acquisition of Airco Industrial Gases, an American competitor. After 11 years of litigation, in 1978 Airco became a wholly owned subsidiary of BOC.
A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb.
The wobble board is a musical instrument invented and popularized by Australian musician and artist Rolf Harris, and is featured in his best-known song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport". A wobble board, like some other musical instruments, can be ornately decorated because its large surface area can act as a canvas without detracting from its ...
In addition to these Indigenous traditions and musical heritage, ever since the 18th-century European colonisation of Australia began, Indigenous Australian musicians and performers have adopted and interpreted many of the imported Western musical styles, often informed by and in combination with traditional instruments and sensibilities ...
Didgeridoo – The didgeridoo is a wind instrument of northern Australia. [2] It is sometimes described as a " drone pipe," but musicologists classify it as an aerophone . Traditionally, a didgeridoo was made by selecting a section of a Eucalyptus branch , then burying it near a termite mound so that the termites would hollow it out, to produce ...