The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.
Calliope was one of the nine muses, who gives her name to the musical instrument, the calliope, made up of tuned steam whistles and played like an organ; it is also the name for the California hummingbird. See muse.
a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played like an organ; used today in displays and parades careers Controller (oversees money) Chaplain (spiritual support) General Manager (attends to non-performance details) Paymaster (payroll) Performance Director (ensures the show runs smoothly) Producer (in charge of total show, hires new acts) Purchasing Agent (buys supplies) Train Master (in charge of the circus train)
(Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry
a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard
a steam-powered "organ" with pipes to make music, with a keyboard
A musical instrument consisting of steam whistles, played by means of a keyboard.
A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam through whistles, originally locomotive whistles. Joshua C. Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusetts "invented" the calliope, patented October 9, 1855, although it is based on previously known concepts (e.g. earlier, in 1832, a musical instrument designer made a "steam trumpet" later to be known as a train whistle).
