mechanical action
61keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …
62senses — Introduction also called sensory reception or sense perception means by which animals (animal) detect and respond to stimuli in their internal and external environments. The senses of animals are most usefully described in terms of the kind …
63Ronald Sharp — (b.1929) is an organ builder based in Sydney, Australia.He specialises in mechanical, tracker action instruments, and was responsible for re introducing mechanical action to Australia. His tracker action baroque organs are particularly famous.… …
64bone — /bohn/, n., v., boned, boning, adv. n. 1. Anat., Zool. a. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. b. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen rich organic… …
65Bône — /bohn/, n. former name of Annaba. * * * I Rigid connective tissue of vertebrates, consisting of cells embedded in a hard matrix. Bones serve as the body s supporting framework, provide muscle attachment points for movement, protect the internal… …
66Industrial laundry — Large institutions that require a constant flow of clean linen, working clothing or uniform, will often employ the services of an industrial laundry. Hospitals, prisons and hotels, for instance, will usually have their own laundry departments.… …
67Wear — For other uses, see Wear (disambiguation). v · d · e Materials failure modes …
68machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… …
69Croonian Lecture — The Croonian Lectures are prestigious lectureships given at the invitation of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians.[citation needed] Among the papers of William Croone at his death in 1684, was a plan to endow one lectureship at… …
70Wicks Organ Company — is located in Highland, Illinois, where they build, repair and restore organs.HistoryWicks Organ Company was founded in the early 1900s in a small jewelry and watch making store in Highland. The local priest had asked John Wick to study organ so… …
