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panpipes, Pandean pipes (păndē`ən), or syrinx (sĭr`ĭngks), musical wind instrument, consisting of graduated tubes closed at one end and fastened together. The player holds the instrument vertically and blows into the open end of the tube; each tube has its own pitch. Of Chinese origin, the instrument was known to the Greeks (who connected its origin with the legend of the god Pan Pan (păn), in Greek religion and mythology, pastoral god of fertility. ..... Click the link for more information. and the nymph Syrinx who was changed into reeds). It survives in some parts of Europe, South East Asia, and South America. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And the Trio Tirabosco on the panpipes, double bass and piano, whose gypsy-style music brings the house down. Coming first in the exhibition, it made everything that followed seem eerily still--a parade of mute chariots, panpipes, plants, burial mounds, abstract figures, diverse monuments, geometrical theorems. PANPIPES Magickal Marketplace began as A Hollywood tearoom opened by practitioners of the occult in 1961. |
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