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2. Gig bag - Wikipedia

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   A gig bag (or gigbag) is a padded, soft-sided bag used for the storage and transport of musical instruments, [1] most commonly a guitar or bass guitar.A popular alternative to the usually heavier, more cumbersome hard shell cases, most gig bags include pockets for storage of sheet music, instrument cables, picks, straps, and other accessories, along with shoulder straps and grab handles for ...

3. Classical guitar accessories - Wikipedia

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   Some guitar makers, like Greg Smallman propose an armrest integrated to the guitar. An armrest provides three primary benefits: it lessens damping of the top caused by the right forearm; it is potentially more comfortable for the player; and it absorbs the wear to the finish that would otherwise happen on the top, the binding, and the side.

4. Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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   Some recorders have tone holes too far apart for a player's hands to reach, or too large to cover with the pads of the fingers. In either case, more ergonomically placed keys can be used to cover the tone holes. Keys also allow the design of longer instruments with larger tone holes. Keys are most common in recorders larger than the alto.

5. William S. Haynes Flute Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1896, Haynes began to make a name for itself, producing the first American gold flute for Henry Jaeger, then the Principal Flutist of the US Marine Band. Two years later, in 1898, George Haynes patented his creation of the drawn tone hole design for the flute, perfecting the design in 1913. These innovations completely revolutionized flute ...

6. Set-through neck - Wikipedia

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   Set-through neck (or Set-thru neck) is a method of joining the neck and the body of guitar (or similar stringed instrument), effectively combining bolt-on, set-in and neck-through methods. It involves: A pocket in the instrument's body for insertion of neck, as in bolt-on method. However, the pocket is much deeper than usual one.

7. Powell Flutes - Wikipedia

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   This flute was owned and played by the famous flutist William Kincaid until shortly before his death in 1967. In 1986 this flute was auctioned by Christie's for $170,000 plus $17,000 for the auction house fee, the highest price ever paid for a flute. The same flute was again put up for auction at Christie's in 2009 and sold for $37,500.

8. Neck-through-body construction - Wikipedia

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   On the right is chamfered bolt-on quartersawn Mahogany neck and Mahogany body. Both necks have carbon reinforcement strips. Neck-through-body (commonly neck-thru or neck-through) is a method of electric guitar construction that combines the instrument's neck and core of its body into a single unit. This may be made of a solid piece of wood, or ...

9. Western concert flute - Wikipedia

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   The flute is a transverse (or side-blown) woodwind instrument that is closed at the blown end. It is played by blowing a stream of air over the embouchure hole. The pitch is changed by opening or closing keys that cover circular tone holes (there are typically 16 tone holes). Opening and closing the holes produces higher and lower pitches.