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  2. Instrumentalism - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy of science and in epistemology, instrumentalism is a methodological view that ideas are useful instruments, and that the worth of an idea is based on how effective it is in explaining and predicting natural phenomena.

  3. Music law - Wikipedia

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  4. Mersenne's laws - Wikipedia

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    The equation was first proposed by French mathematician and music theorist Marin Mersenne in his 1636 work Harmonie universelle. [2] Mersenne's laws govern the construction and operation of string instruments, such as pianos and harps, which must accommodate the total tension force required to keep the strings at the proper pitch.

  5. Musical instrument - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Bloemaert playing a bagpipe.. A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument.

  6. Gustav Radbruch - Wikipedia

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    Born in Lübeck, Radbruch studied law in Munich, Leipzig and Berlin.He passed his first bar exam ("Staatsexamen") in Berlin in 1901, and the following year he received his doctorate with a dissertation on "The Theory of Adequate Causation".

  7. Hornbostel–Sachs - Wikipedia

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    Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first published in the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie in 1914. [1]

  8. List of period instruments - Wikipedia

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    The clavichord is an example of a period instrument.. In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written.

  9. Organ (music) - Wikipedia

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    Carol Williams performing at the United States Military Academy West Point Cadet Chapel.. In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means (generally woodwind or electric) for producing tones.