Definition of Pandean pipe

1. Noun. A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.

Exact synonyms: Panpipe, Syrinx
Generic synonyms: Pipe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pandean Pipe

pandani
pandanus
pandanuses
pandar
pandared
pandaring
pandarism
pandarisms
pandarize
pandarized
pandarizes
pandarizing
pandarous
pandars
pandas
pandean pipe (current term)
pandebono
pandect
pandects
pandeiro
pandeiros
pandeistic
pandeistical
pandeistically
pandemain
pandemia
pandemias
pandemic
pandemically
pandemicity

Literary usage of Pandean pipe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"The stopped tube may be represented, however, by the pandean pipe instead of by the clarinet, and the cone may be represented by the bassoon instead of by ..."

2. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1898)
"The most important bamboo instrument is called the P'ai- hsiao, or pandean pipe, and is said to have been invented by the Emperor Shun. ..."

3. Musical Instruments by Carl Engel (1908)
"The hsiao, likewise a pandean pipe, contained sixteen tubes. Thep'ai-hsiao differed from the hsiao inasmuch as the tubes were inserted into an oddly-shaped ..."

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