Sentence examples for extraordinary instruments from inspiring English sources

They wanted more of those extraordinary instruments hitherto denied them: consorts of viols, bass lutes, sackbuts.

The dark and earthy sounds the Bartok brought forth from the Tokyo's extraordinary instruments — the musicians played on a set, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation, that was made by Stradivarius and once belonged to Paganini — and the airy, agile playing they produced in the Debussy.

Occasionally, and without warning, Tyler bursts into song, flaunting a voice that is, by some measure, one of the most extraordinary instruments in American music, one that can give vocal-cord-busting performances of rock (Walk This Way, Janie Got a Gun), blues (Dream On, Sweet Emotion) and ballads (Don't Wanna Miss a Thing, Crazy).

There is a southern gospel singer named David Phelps who has one of the most extraordinary instruments ever.

"He starts with the most extraordinary instrument for a stage actor, that incredibly expressive voice," he said.

His voice is still an extraordinary instrument, capable of foggy depths, penetrating highs and a sort of mezzo-falsetto that stretches his supple baritone into the alto range.

But it remains an extraordinary instrument, still matchless in its clarity and ability to project every syllable, still phrased with instinctive musicality.

And it is that voice, by turns flinty and tender, beseeching and plaintive, that is the most extraordinary instrument of all.

There was, and is, a constant: throughout Led Zeppelin and the subsequent albums: that extraordinary instrument of the larynx which dominated everything.

He used this extraordinary instrument to marvellous effect, luring unwary ministers, captains of industry and posturing ninnies into believing he was one of them before sliding the poniard below the third rib or, if necessary, bringing the broadsword crashing down on their startled skulls.

BBC News went to meet Clare Salaman and her extraordinary instrument collection.