 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 pages
...have each their unchanging blower ; they are extremely long, and iiiv laid upon a machine or trussels, close to which the performer stands, and places his...near the bell of the tube, to give it a sharper or Hatter note, as may be required. The performers are, in general, thin and pale, and (says Sir R. Ker... | |
 | 1826 - 370 pages
...at different times on several pipes of various sizes, which breathe the higher notes ; but the bass pipes have each their unchanging blower; they are extremely long, and are laid upon a machine or trussels, close to which the performer stands, and places his mouth to the smaller extremity of the... | |
 | Anonymous - 1809 - 506 pages
...have each their unchanging blower; they are extremely long, and are laid upon a machine or trqssel, close to which the performer- stands, and places his...the smaller extremity of the pipe, in a horizontal pqsition. The shape is exactly that of a hearing trumpet ; a screw is inserted near the bell of the... | |
 | Nathanael Ellsworth Cornwall - 1851 - 156 pages
...at different times on several pipes of various sizes which breathe the higher notes ; but the bass pipes have each their unchanging blower. They are...extremely long, and are laid upon a machine or trussel. The shape is exactly that of a hearing trumpet ; and a screw is inserted near the bell of the tube,... | |
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... possessor. Some of these individuals, thus destined to drag through a melancholy existence, play at different times on several pipes of various sizes which breathe the higher notes. But the base pipes have each their unchanging blower: they are extremely... 