contrivances

  • 131Sordino — Sordino, with alternative forms sordono and sordun, etc., is an Italian term somewhat promiscuously applied by various writers:#to contrivances for damping or muting wind, string and percussion instruments (sordino); #to a family of archaic wind… …

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