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by Kathy WolfeThere are lots of ways to make beautiful music on instruments other than the familiar ones. This week, Tidbits looks at some of the world’s more unusual instruments along with a few well-known ones.• Atlantic City, New Jersey, is home to the world’s largest

pipe organ, with seven manuals, or keyboards, and 33,112 pipes. Credited as the largest musical instrument ever constructed, it was built between 1929 and 1932 by Long Island, New York’s Midmer-Losh Organ Company at a cost of $350,000, and weighs about 150 tons. It’s in the midst of a 10-year, $16 million restoration project. If you want to take a tour of the organ at that city’s Boardwalk Hall, you will need to notch out 4 ½ hours.

• Another interesting organ is located deep in the Luray Caverns of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Its inventor Leland Sprinkle was a scientist and mathematician at the Pentagon who discovered that the cave’s stalactites produced deep resonating notes when struck. Over the course of three years in the early 1950s, Sprinkle tuned stalactites across 3 ½ acres to specifi c pitches using sandpaper. Rubber-tipped mallets were then wired to keys on the Great Stalacpipe Organ’s keyboard, so that they would strike the stalactites whenever the corresponding key was played.

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INSTRUMENTS (continued):• The Fluegelhorn has its origins in the early 18th century,

when it was a large semicircular hunting horn, essentially a bugle without valves, played by the “Fluegelmeister.” The modern instrument looks much like a trumpet, but with a much wider bell. It has a richer, mellower, darker sound than the trumpet, about halfway between the tones of a trumpet and a French horn.

• Benjamin Franklin invented an instrument called the hydrocrystalophone, which in simpler terms is known as the glass armonica. His armonica consisted of a series of glass bowls of graduated size fl oating in a tray of water. The varying sizes produced different musical tones based on the size of the bowl.

• A thin fl at wooden frame with up to 50 strings stretched across its body is known as a zither. Five of the strings are used to play the melody with the remainder used for the harmony. The performer can pluck the strings with either his fi ngers or a special tool called a plectrum. The zither is common in Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, and southern Germany. An early form of the zither was found in the tomb of Chinese royalty dating back to 433 B.C.

• The indigenous Australians of northern Australia developed the didgeridoo about 1,500 years ago, and it’s still in use today. The wooden cylinder measures anywhere from 3 to 10 ft. (1 to 3 m) in length. The longer the didgeridoo, the lower the pitch. Aboriginal craftsmen look for hollow live eucalyptus trees, usually ones that have been invaded by termites that have attacked only the heart of the tree. The tree is cleaned out and the bark removed, then shaped into an instrument, with a rim of beeswax added to the mouthpiece end. A British medical study indicates that playing the didgeridoo helps reduce snoring and sleep apnea by strengthening muscles in the upper airway.

• Oompah! Where would marching bands be without the sousaphone? Although many folks call it a tuba, this large 40-lb. (18.1 kg) brass instrument that wraps around the player (who supports most of the weight with his or her shoulder) is more accurately called a sousaphone after its designer. John Philip Sousa, conductor of the United States Marine Band in the 1890s, and composer of “Stars and Stripes Forever,” was looking for an improvement to the era’s helicon, a narrower version of the sousaphone. Sousa came up with a design that was submitted to Philadelphia’s J.W. Pepper Company, a design with the bell pointed upward. By the 1920s, the design had been changed to the bell pointing outward for better sound projection. In more recent years, the instruments have been manufactured from fi berglass to lighten the load.

• The hurdy-gurdy has been around since about the 12th century when it was known as the organistrum or symphonia. It’s a three-stringed instrument with a wheel or circular bow that is turned by a crank. The strings are attached to keys and when the wheel rubs against the strings, it produces a sound similar to that of a violin. The large organistrum has a guitar-shaped body and long neck where the keys are set. The name hurdy-gurdy is often confused with the barrel organ or street piano played by street musicians. That instrument consists of barrels onto which perforated paper rolls are attached. Only a turning of the crank is required to play the barrel organ, with no musical skills required. It’s the instrument seen in illustrations of an organ grinder and his performing monkey.

• One of the world’s oldest musical instruments, the harp, was developed from a hunting bow. Pictographs of harps have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs dating back to 3000 B.C. The modern harp has a long hollow side called the column or pillar, in which are situated the rods that control the instrument’s seven pedals. The pedals allow for changing notes and switching keys. Because there are no “black keys” to help the harpist locate notes on the nearly 50 strings, the “C” strings are colored red and “F” strings are black. The harp’s strings are made of nylon, gut, wire, or silk.

• The Jew’s harp isn’t a harp and it isn’t Jewish! Its proper name is “plucked idiophone,” and its small lyre-shaped metal frame is played by positioning it on the performer’s teeth. A bent metal tongue inside the frame is plucked by the player’s fi nger. Ancient frames dating back to the year 1400 have been found in Germany. One of Beethoven’s music teachers, Austrian composer and organist Johann Alberchtsberger, composed several concerti for the Jew’s Harp around 1765.

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What Can I Do About It? (Part 2)Do You Have Traveler’s Breath? Does a

Smaller Waist cause Bad Breath?

Q. What is Traveler’s Breath?A. Traveler’s Breath is bad breath that develops while traveling. Oftentimes while traveling, especially by plane, the salivary glands slow saliva production. This allows bacteria to grow inside the mouth, which leads to bad breath. Travelers usually have to alter their food intake while at the airport or on the plane. This usually means wolfi ng down a fast food and a soda, and ignoring after-meals good oral hygiene. Bacteria then break down small bits of food left in the mouth producing stinky sulfur compounds – “Traveler’s Breath”.

Q. What if I just brush before getting on the plane, and not eat while traveling? A. Hunger or fasting from skipping meals can be a com-mon habit of some frequent fl iers. ,Dr. Nick Russo, DDS, FAGD, states that “Even if you have brushed your teeth , but have not eaten all day, “morning mouth” may reoccur during the day.”

Q. I’m on a low-carb diet, and my breath stinks. Why?A. As dieters shed pounds, they may be saying “goodbye” to carbs, but “hello” to halitosis. Low carb diets cause the body to burn stored fat, instead of carbohydrates. Chemicals called “ketones” are produced when the body burns it’s fat reserves. High protein foods can generate more sulfur break-down products, especially on the back of the tongue. Food for thought: Does a smaller waist cause Stinky Breath?

Q. So………..what can I do about my stinky breath?A. 1. Drink plenty of water to wash away bacteria and food particles. If you’re on a high protein diet, plenty of water can dilute the stinky ketones. 2. Chew sugarless gum, especially after meals. Chew-ing gum increases benefi cial saliva production. Gums sweetened with Xylitol are espe-cially benefi cial, because of Xylitol’s cavity fi ghting benefi ts. 3. Chew Parsley. (Huh?) Parsley chewing increases saliva production. (Better get some at the super market, before people fi nd out about this, and there’s a run on parsley! 4. Keep a toothbrush handy and brush after all meals. 5. Get a good tongue scraper, and scrape those stinky bacteria and sulfur compounds off. Get way Back there and “go for it”. One survey found that 75 percent of people eat at the offi ce, but less Than 15 percent brush (and scrape) after eating.

Keep Your Teeth and Gums (and Breath) Healthy for a Lifetime: YOU CAN DO IT !

Questions? You can Ask the Dentist by phone: 720-870-9500, email: [email protected]

or consult the website: www.parkerlumineers.com Dr. Burgner has served on the Fellowship Examination

Committee of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), and received national recognition awards from that 30,000 member organization. He has been recognized in the local

magazine 5280, and practices General Family and Cos-metic Dentistry in Parker, Colorado.

Q: Why have scientists started using lawyers for experiments instead of rats?

A: They don't become so attached to the lawyers.Lawyer jokes have been around forever, but they also refl ect the public’s low opinion of lawyers. According to a 2008 Gallup poll, the public trusts lawyers more than car salesman and congressmen, but less than doc-tors and teachers.Why are lawyers so disliked? Perhaps it is because people often hire a lawyer when something bad has happened. But, whereas a doctor can make someone well, lawyers cannot fi x a broken marriage or make a bad business deal go right. It also may be that lawyers seem uncaring, focused on “just the facts,” or on making witnesses squirm. But would you want a lawyer who was warm and fuzzy but won’t stand up for your interests? Many lawyers are nice people and also effective lawyers. But a lawyer’s primary job is to look out for his clients. Still, the problem of unpleasant lawyers is well-known in the legal community and the state bar association is addressing it. For now, though, lawyer jokes will continue to make us smile because, as the saying goes, many a truth is said in jest.

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