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  2. Conservation and restoration of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    If a space is too warm, wooden instruments may retain moisture from the air and warp, which can eventually lead to cracks in the structure. Even small fissures in the wood can greatly impact the sound that the instrument is able to produce. Recommendations include: "If you play wooden-bore wind instruments, warm them up and play them in gradually."

  3. Kazoo - Wikipedia

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    A metal kazoo Other examples of kazoos. The kazoo is a musical instrument that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. It is a type of mirliton (which itself is a membranophone), one of a class of instruments which modifies its player's voice by way of a vibrating membrane of goldbeater's skin or material with similar characteristics.

  4. Barbara Stewart (composer) - Wikipedia

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    Barbara Dean Stewart (September 17, 1941 – August 5, 2011) [1] was an American composer and musician, known for her work on the kazoo, both in those fields and as a speaker, researcher, and author. She appeared on The Tonight Show and performed at Carnegie Hall. Stewart was the founder of the group Kazoophony, and was called a "kazoo virtuoso ...

  5. Red McKenzie - Wikipedia

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    William 'Red' McKenzie (October 14, 1899 – February 7, 1948) [1] was an American jazz vocalist and musician who played a comb as an instrument. He played the comb-and-paper by placing paper, sometimes strips from the Evening World, [2] over the tines and blowing on it, producing a sound like a kazoo.

  6. Jug band - Wikipedia

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    A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of conventional and homemade instruments. These homemade instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, bones, stovepipe, jew's harp, and comb and tissue paper.

  7. Hornbostel–Sachs - Wikipedia

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    421.112.21 Mixed (raft) panpipes – The pipes are tied together in the form of a board, or they are made by drilling tubes *in a board. 421.112.22 Mixed bundle (pan-) pipes – The pipes are tied together in a round bundle. 421.12 Side-blown flutes – The player blows against the sharp rim of a hole in the side of the tube.

  8. Mbira - Wikipedia

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    Mbira (/ ə m ˈ b ɪər ə / əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe.They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger.

  9. List of European medieval musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Beginning 12th century, may have had "large wooden key installed" to make playing easier and to help play bigger bells. [20] Depicted in small sets (4 to 5, 8 to 9). [21] Latin, western tradition from church tintinabuli, little bell: Circa 1066-1083 A.D., Normandy.