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calliope::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | steam organ |
| Type of | instrument, musical instrument |
calliope::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of calliope
calliope
The steam organ, or calliope, was invented in the United States in 19th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Gorney said it was the first official calliope sightings he's been a part of.
From the courier-journal.com
The calliope was invented in 1855 by Joshua C. Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusetts.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They supplemented their guitar sound with strings, baroque trumpets, even a calliope.
From the time.com
The Royals might get their singles calliope spinning against Strasburg and avoid a sweep.
From the kansas.com
Guests can also take a horse-drawn carriage ride and listen to an old-time calliope organ.
From the dailyherald.com
One of the cars in the group carried a calliaphone, a music machine similar to a calliope.
From the fresnobee.com
The American Queen's calliope pipes operate off the same steam that drives the riverboat.
From the sfgate.com
A pint-size keyboard controls pipes of the boat's classic steam calliope.
From the sfgate.com
- (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry
- A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard
- 22 Kalliope '' is a large main-belt asteroid of the M-type, discovered by J. R. Hind on November 16, 1852. It is named after Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry.
- A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or more recently compressed air, through large whistles, originally locomotive whistles.
- Calliope is a band using early music instruments, which plays both renaissance and modern music. The band is based in New York City.
- Calliope is a children's program that showed various animated shorts. These often included unusual stop-motion ("claymation"), European features such Cosgrove Hall's "Cinderella" and "The Pied Piper of Hamelin".
- (Calliopean) Of or relating to Calliope
- The Muse of epic poetry; the Muses were nine goddesses whom artists appealed to in order to inspire their works; epicists often called upon the Muse Calliope or another goddess to inspire their works at the beginning of their poems.
- Musical instrument, petticoat, corona, cadet
