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2 unusual facts about Reed pipe


French organ school

Grand jeu: a loud combination of reed stops used in homophonic sections of larger pieces or standalone préludes.

Pipe organ tuning

Reed pipes may be tuned in any of several ways: (1) by lengthening or shortening the vibrating length of the reed tongue by means of a wire protruding from the boot of the pipe; (2) by adjusting the effective speaking length of the resonator; (3) by adjusting the metal flap in the side of the resonator or the cap on the top of the pipe (especially with fractional length pipes).



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Rongshui Miao Autonomous County

The festivities are often accompanied by music played on the Lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, and dancing and singing performances.