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Definition of Pandean pipe
1. Noun. A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pandean Pipe
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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