Wind machine
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The wind machine is a specialist musical instrument used to produce the sound of wind. One type uses an electric fan with wooden slats added to produce the required sound. More frequently, a drum covered in fabric is rubbed against wooden or cardboard rods when a handle is turned, making a swooshing sound.
Classical Music that uses the instrument:
- Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville
- Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) and Die ägyptische Helena
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica
- Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
- Oliver Messiaen: Des Canyons aux étoiles…, Saint-François d'Assise and Éclairs sur l'au-delà…
- Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
- Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
- Michael Tippett: Symphony no. 4
[edit] Sources
- The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, ISBN 1-85868-185-5, p. 109
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