There were empty musical instrument cases and handwritten letters.
No, this emotion is the sort that pushes the existing air from your lungs, like a vaudeville accordionist after the night's last performance, callously emptying his instrument's bladder, with a faint and corrosive hiss that is no note and all notes at once.
Giesing's bags were emptied, every instrument was examined; even the lightbulbs of the otoscope were taken out and screwed back in again.
Giesing's bags were emptied, every instrument was examined; even the light bulbs of the otoscope were taken out and screwed back in again.
The 2007 World Cup in the West Indies was a shambles: No musical instruments allowed, empty stadia and listless crowds.
Two full rows of seats behind mine had been removed to accommodate this (presumably empty) tank, a makeshift percussion instrument for the Philharmonic's performance of Magnus Lindberg's "Kraft," in its New York premiere, conducted by Alan Gilbert.
On the first attempt, he and his brother – who plays guitar – picked an empty cabin, took out their instruments and broke into a song.
By the railroad tracks, the ground was sprinkled with the instruments of coping: empty beer bottles, a tattered Bible, a crumpled picture of a young boy.
The affair honored "local hero" Jane Ekayu for her work rehabilitating Uganda's child soldiers and it celebrated the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay, whose young musicians play instruments made from empty cans, old cutlery, buttons and other throwaways.
Anthropometric measurements were performed by standard methods using calibrated instruments in an empty room in every village.
