a reed in a musical wind instrument whose edges do not overlap the edges of the opening over which it is fixed and that is used typically in the harmonium or concertina
Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising of a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it
a musical wind instrument played by blowing air trough a reed, which is fixed directly to the mouthpiece or to a reed block or similar fixture over an airhole in
(Anatomi) Reed valves restrict flow of gases to a single direction and consist of thin flexible metal or fiberglass strips fixed on one end that open and close upon changing pressures across opposite sides of the valve. They operate in a similar manner to heart valves
born Oct. 22, 1887, Portland, Ore., U.S. died Oct. 19, 1920, Moscow, Russia U.S. journalist. He attended Harvard University and began writing for the radical socialist journal The Masses in 1913. He covered the revolutionary fighting in Mexico (1914) and was frequently arrested for leading labour strikes. A war correspondent during World War I, he became a close friend of Vladimir Lenin and witnessed the Russian Revolution of 1917, described in his book Ten Days That Shook the World (1919). He became head of the U.S. Communist Labor Party; indicted for sedition, he escaped to the Soviet Union, where he died of typhus and was buried beside the Kremlin wall
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a British film director, whose films include The Third Man (1949), Our Man in Havana (1959), and the musical film Oliver! (1968) (1906-76). born Dec. 30, 1906, London, Eng. died April 25, 1976, London British film director. He made his stage debut as an actor in 1924 and as a director in 1927, staging Edgar Wallace's detective thrillers. He began directing films in 1935, winning praise for The Stars Look Down (1939), Night Train (1940), and the wartime semidocumentary The True Glory (1945). Noted for his technical mastery of the suspense-thriller genre, he had great success with Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and the classic The Third Man (1949). His later films include The Key (1958), Our Man in Havana (1959), and Oliver! (1968, Academy Award). He was the first British film director to be knighted
born Oct. 18, 1839, Portland, Maine, U.S. died Dec. 7, 1902, Washington, D.C. U.S. politician. He served in the Maine legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1877-99). As speaker of the House (1889-91, 1895-99) he introduced procedural changes that strengthened legislative control by the majority party and increased the power of the speaker and the Rules Committee. The Reed Rules were attacked by opponents, who called Reed "Czar Reed" for his vigorous promotion of their passage. Ten years later the speaker's powers were reduced
born Oct. 18, 1839, Portland, Maine, U.S. died Dec. 7, 1902, Washington, D.C. U.S. politician. He served in the Maine legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1877-99). As speaker of the House (1889-91, 1895-99) he introduced procedural changes that strengthened legislative control by the majority party and increased the power of the speaker and the Rules Committee. The Reed Rules were attacked by opponents, who called Reed "Czar Reed" for his vigorous promotion of their passage. Ten years later the speaker's powers were reduced
born Sept. 13, 1851, Belroi, Va., U.S. died Nov. 22, 1902, Washington, D.C. U.S. pathologist and bacteriologist. He received a medical degree at age 18 from the University of Virginia and entered the Army Medical Corps in 1875. He investigated the spread of typhoid fever in military camps during the Spanish-American War and was later curator of the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C. Yellow fever was believed to be spread by bedding and other articles, but Carlos Finlay had theorized in 1886 that it was carried by insects, and Reed's team ruled out a bacterium suspected as the cause and found patterns of spread that supported the insect theory. Controlled experiments proved transmission by mosquito bite, and in 1901 efforts to combat an outbreak in Havana succeeded within 90 days
born June 25, 1942, Hico, La., U.S. U.S. basketball player. Drafted by the New York Knicks in 1964, he averaged 19.5 points in his first season and was named Rookie of the Year. He led the Knicks to the NBA title in 1970 and that year became the only player ever to win the Most Valuable Player award for the regular season, the championships, and the All-Star game. After retiring in 1974 he coached the Knicks (1977-79) and other teams
tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
{i} any of several varieties of tall marsh grass; thin piece of wood or plastic placed on the mouthpiece of reed instruments (the air flow causes it to vibrate and create sound)
Reeds are tall plants that grow in large groups in shallow water or on ground that is always wet and soft. They have strong, hollow stems that can be used for making things such as mats or baskets
A thin strip of wood or reed, placed in the mouthpiece of a wind instrument so that it will vibrate when blown across Organs, Accordions, Harmonicas and the Chinese Sheng use metal reeds
a device consisting of several wires closely set which separate warp threads in a loom The reed determines the spacing of the warp threads, guides the weft carrying device, and beats up the weft against the fell of the cloth
One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ
One of a number of thin, flat pieces of pressed-steel wire between which the respective warp ends are drawn after they pass through the correct heddle eye on the proper harness frame in the loom The reed beats the filling picks into their respective place against the fell of the cloth
A comb that goes in the warp and is used to beat the fabric as it is woven Only applies to horizontal looms They are usually metal today but were originally made by fixing slats of reeds between two bars at even intervals
A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley
A thin piece of cane, plastic, or metal used as the principal vibrating source many instruments A single reed vibrating against the mouthpiece of the instrument would be found in the clarinet and saxophone families Double reeds vibrate against each other and are found in the oboe and bassoon families Search Google com for Reed
A reed is a small piece of cane or metal inserted into the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument. The reed vibrates when you blow through it and makes a sound. American journalist. A World War I correspondent, he was in Petrograd during the October Revolution (1917), an experience he recounted in Ten Days That Shook the World (1919). In 1919 he founded the American Communist Labor Party. Reed is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow. American politician. A U.S. representative from Maine (1877-1899), he twice served as Speaker of the House (1889-1891 and 1895-1899). American physician and army surgeon who proved that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. In botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses, especially the four species in the genus Phragmites (family Poaceae, or Gramineae). The common, or water, reed (P. australis) occurs along the margins of lakes, fens, marshes, and streams from the Arctic to the tropics. It is a broad-leaved grass, about 5-15 ft (1.5-5 m) tall, with feathery flower clusters and stiff, smooth stems. Bur reed (genus Sparganium) and reed mace (genus Typha) are plants of other families. Dried reed stems have been used for millennia as thatching and construction material, in basketry, for arrows and pens, and in musical instruments (see reed instruments). reed organ reed instrument Reed John Reed Sir Carol Reed Thomas Brackett Reed Walter Reed Willis Reeds Plain of
A pattern consisting of alternating fluted or spoon cuts and pairs or single vee cuts Often in books and elsewhere a fine ribbed pattern is mistakenly referred to as reed
A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis)
a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920) tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
A comb with both sides closed which fits into the beater It spaces the warp threads evenly and beats the weft into place For more information, go to reed
a comblike device on a loom that battens or bangs the filling yarn hard against the woven cloth after each movement of the shuttle to tighten the weave
any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
Any musical wind instrument that sounds when the player's breath or air from a wind chamber causes a reed (a thin blade of cane or metal) to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column or in the open air. Reed pipes have single or double reeds. A double reed, as in the oboe or bassoon, consists of two cane blades tied together that beat against each other. A single reed may hit against a frame (beating reeds), as in the clarinet or saxophone, or it may vibrate freely through a closely fitting frame (free reeds), as in a harmonica or accordion. Beating reeds in woodwind instruments depend on the pipe's sounding length (as determined by the fingering) to determine the pitch. Free reeds have their own single pitch, determined by their thickness and length. See also English horn; shawm
This pipe is alot like a single reed orchestral instrument The wind flowing through the pipe vibrates a metal tongue, a strip of flat metal, against an open-faced shallot This is not visible from the outside because these parts are contained in the boot, the bottom part of the pipe which rests on the wind chest The sound is amplified by the resonator, the top, flared part of the pipe Pitch is determined by the length of the tongue They have a strong, penetrating tone ( Ritchie and Stauffer ) For a diagram, see the sound characteristics page
A type of pipe on an organ Generally, the organ pipes fall into two categories, flue pipes or reed pipes Reed pipes create their sound similar to the way the Clarinet works A thin metal tongue simulates a metal reed vibrating against metal or wood shallot Air is forced around the housing Resonation of the sound depends on the lumen size and shape where the air is allowed to escape