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A calliope (see below for pronunciation) is a North American musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or, more recently, compressed air, through large whistles—originally locomotive whistles. A calliope is typically very loud. Even some small calliopes are audible for miles. There is no way to vary tone or volume.
A pyrophone, also known as a "fire/explosion organ" or "fire/explosion calliope" is a musical instrument in which notes are sounded by explosions, or similar forms of rapid combustion, rapid heating, or the like, such as burners in cylindrical glass tubes, creating light and sound.
412.14 Band reed instruments - The air hits the sharp edge of a band under tension. The acoustics of this instrument have so far not been investigated. [1] 412.2 Non-idiophonic interruptive instruments. 412.21. Rotating aerophones (the interruptive agent rotates in its own plane and does not turn on its axis) Siren; 412.22.
Calliope (music), a musical instrument; Calliope (record label), a French record label; Calliope (band), a Renaissance music band based in New York City "Calliope", an instrumental by Tom Waits from Blood Money "Calliope!", a song by The Veils from Nux Vomica; Calliope: Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, an organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...
Calliope Beach in Antarctica is named after the muse, as is the calliope hummingbird of North and Central America, and the calliope steam organ. Calliope Saddle is part of the Thisbe Valley Track in the Catlins Forest, South Otago, NZ. The Queensland town of Calliope Is another location named after the muse and is located in central Queensland.
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano , organ , and various electronic keyboards , including synthesizers and digital pianos .
Flutes are aerophones. An aerophone (/ ˈ ɛər oʊ f oʊ n /) is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, [1] without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively chordophones and membranophones), and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound (or idiophones).
( 4' C if you are an organist). From the number of pipes and the photos of the keyboards, all the Miner instruments currently on offer seem to be chromatic. Whether an air-blown calliope is really a calliope or whether it's a calliophone seems an interesting question. Andrewa 20:00, 4 August 2009 (UTC)