Panpipe

/pˈænpa‍ɪp/

/pˈænpaɪp/

Panpipe

a musical instrument consisting of a set of bamboo or cane pipes in different lengths that are put in a row and fixed together, played by blowing

synonyms : pandean pipe

syrinx

Examples

1. He's most commonly known for two things that both bear his name: PANpipes and PANic.

2. Pan created the syrinx, or panpipes, when a nymph he was chasing turned herself into reeds to escape.

3. Pan cuts loose on the panpipes and plays a beautiful rustic melody, which is very nice and charming, but Apollo’s classically trained and also the literal god of music and his lyre playing is straight-up breathtaking, so Tmolus declares Apollo the better musician.

4. Zeus asks Hermes to free her, so Hermes disguises himself as a simple shepherd, lulls Argus to sleep with a long and boring story about the creation of the panpipes, then cuts off his head.

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