Word: instrument
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...such a slot yesterday, unused for years, I suppose. I am not nostalgic for the deadly old blades, which you screwed down into what was called a "safety razor" - an instrument that might leave the face dappled with bloodied toilet paper wads. The blades now rusting in the depository drew more blood in their time than the guillotine. For years, since the perfection of miraculous little whisker-reapers that come in cartridges, I have shaved blind, with impunity, without a mirror. I haven't cut myself since the Carter administration...
...must adjust to every piano,” he said. “The Hamburg [Steinway] Mr. Brendel selected is a fine instrument, and I am enjoying playing...
...Rock Club. Being that the Paradise is so small, it is difficult to get good acoustics and ambience there. Yorn, backed by three other musicians, was soundwise one of the best bands I’ve seen at the Paradise. You could hear all the different lines from each instrument clearly without distortion or overmodulation. Yorn himself, unknown to the crowd who were waiting for the Backstreet Boys of rock, Semisonic, rocked the stage with a short set highlighted by an alternative rendition of Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark.” He also...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra is the most visible student music organization, but many smaller groups mean that an instrument doesn’t have to be stowed away in the closet. A cappella abounds...
...really. My first instrument was piano. All the instruments are equal. Everyone’s improvising. everyone’s well versed, regardless of what instrument you perform on. Drummers like Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey played piano also. If you excel on a certain instrument, that’s where you position yourself. Ellington, who’s a composer, he performed on drums as well. Dizzy played all the instruments...