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.
The wind machine was used by Richard Strauss in Don Quixote in 1897 and in Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony) in 1915, and by Ralph Vaughan Williams in Sinfonia Antartica in 1952.
[edit] Sources
- The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, ISBN 1-85868-185-5, p109
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