Sentence examples for usual instrument from inspiring English sources

(Mr. Taylor played a Steinway -- not his usual instrument, a Bösendorfer, which has eight extra keys in the bass).

Although saxophone is not the usual instrument on which the national anthem is played, Mr. Demsey says that the crowd reaction is enthusiastic and that some players consider his performance good luck.

That Ms. Palmer absorbed the basics in a day — her usual instrument is the piano — indicates one of the ukulele's great advantages: it's so easy to learn that it's said to be almost impossible to play it badly.

Those on Wall Street had used their usual instrument — fear of 'roiling' the markets — to get what they wanted, a team that had already demonstrated a willingness to give banks ample money at favorable terms".

The audience cheered whenever Ms. Apple approached her usual instrument, the piano, but for this set, her piano parts, with their thick chords or elaborate counterpoint, were largely set aside.

Andrew Lamy, one of the orchestra's clarinetists, traded his usual instrument for an Irish whistle and joined the violinists Mike Stewart and Paul Woodiel for some traditional Irish tunes.

Then he started to play, not drums, saxophone or trumpet or any of the the usual instruments of jazz that have been the basis of past competitions, but congas.

Scripture, Poetry and Bluegrass (Friday and Sunday) Banjos and mandolins are not the usual instruments to accompany church music, but this weekend they will join violin, bass and guitar for a special program at the Church of the Holy Trinity.

Intelligent instruments, sensors or actuators, differ from usual instruments because of a more complex architecture, allowing them to increase significantly their perfonnances, and to integrate a multitude of new services.

This calorimeter has flatter and broader 24-ml vessels (height 50 mm and diameter 28 mm) than usual instruments to allow larger aquatic invertebrates to swim around during the experiment.

As well as their usual instruments, Townshend played piano and organ and bassist John Entwistle doubled on french horn.