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pipa

 or p'i-p'a

Short-necked Chinese lute. It has a pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard, and the silk strings are plucked with the fingernails. It is prominent in the opera orchestra and as an ensemble, solo, and accompanying instrument. The Japanese biwa is a similar instrument.



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Pipas also says production cuts reflect nothing more than lower industry sales and generally precede new products because of plant changeover of tools and employee training.
``Frankly, it would take a real monkey wrench in the spokes to derail this economy,'' Ford's Pipas said.
 
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