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Drone - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | The drone consists of a jointed pipe having a cylindrical bore and usually terminating in a bell. |
 | | In the union pipes the drones are separate pipes having keys played by the elbow, which correspond to the sliders in the musette drone and produce the same kind of harmonic bass. |
 | | The modern Egyptian arghool consists of a kind of clarinet with a drone attached to it by means of waxed thread; in this case the beating reed of the drone is set in vibration directly by the breath of the performer, who takes both mouthpieces into his mouth, without the medium of a wind reservoir. |
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