Many a wife would keep her husband's brass curling stone handle on the mantelpiece, brightly polished until the next time it was needed.

Many early bassists doubled on both the brass bass and string bass, as the instruments were then often referred to.

Many other materials also serve to make decorated nutcrackers, such as porcelain, silver, and brass ; the museum displays samples.

Many materials are used, but nickel-plated brass is popular for the highest-quality slides, which are shaped to fit the hand and as a result have a cross-section not unlike a railroad track.

Many commercial sextants use low expansion brass or aluminium.

Many alloys contain zinc, including brass, an alloy of copper and zinc.

Many Salvation Army corps have brass bands that play at Salvation Army meetings, although not all.

Many blacksmiths also incorporate materials such as bronze, copper, or brass in artistic products.

Many industries with very long histories, such as pottery in Iran, largely closed, while others, like metalwork in brass, became generally frozen in style, with much of their production going to tourists or exported as oriental exotica.

Many of the " show " cymbals provided by some drum kit manufacturers for use in shop window displays are also made from brass.

Many pits marched back to work behind brass bands, in processions dubbed " Loyalty Parades ".

The overtone series is an octave above that of the F horn, exactly like playing the lower portion of a horn in F. Many drum and bugle corps, however, use mellophones pitched in G, although the number has dwindled somewhat since the two major United States drum and bugle corps circuits ( first Drum Corps International and then Drum Corps Associates ) passed rule changes allowing use of bell-front instruments in any key ( although corps using mellophones pitched in G typically have the whole of their brass section also using G instruments, whereas those using mellophones pitched in F generally have the remainder of their brass section using B ♭).

Many jazz fusion records feature wind and brass instruments with the effect-Miles Davis's trumpet being a well-known example.

Many parts of brass instruments are made of nickel silver, such as tubes, braces or valve mechanism.

Many small, family bars still use tokens today, but modern tokens are generally made of plastic ( brass and aluminum tokens are still made, but as they are more expensive, are less used ).

Many different instruments are used throughout for an overall orchestral feel, another disco convention, but it is brass that stands out.

Many recordings are available, but nearly always on compilations of modern brass or fanfare music-the piece is so short that it almost never receives separate billing.

Many other industries were set up beside the railway station — a timber yard, iron and brass foundries, engineering works.

Many brasses remain in the interior ( where one of London's brass rubbing centres is now located ).

Many bandstands in the United Kingdom originated in the Victorian era as the British brass band movement gained popularity.

Many of the village's ancient traditions are still honoured today, notably the carnival, where children dress up in themed costumes, and a parade complete with custom made floats and a brass band that runs to the St Lawrence school field from the Royal Oak, another pub.

Many turned to other trades, including enamelling, electroplating and the manufacture of copper and brass coal scuttles, fire screens and kettles.

Many early bassists doubled on both the " brass bass " and " string bass ," as the instruments were then often referred to.

Many late pins were made of brass, a hard metal.

Many of the producers behind the Super Tuscan movement were originally Chianti producers who were rebelling against what they felt were antiquated DOC regulations.

Many stage performers, directors and writers were introduced to cinema as producers sought personnel experienced in dialogue-based storytelling.

Many British films are co-productions with American producers, often using both British and American actors, and British actors feature regularly in Hollywood films.

Many independent sugar growers, like independent banana producers, have become indignant over the relatively high profits shown by refiners and exporters.

Many of his films were noted for behind-the-scenes battles with producers and crew members, damaging his reputation and career during his lifetime.

Many food producers have replaced monosodium glutamate with yeast extract which is cheaper, requires no E-number labeling, and allows food producers to claim their product is'all natural ' or ' with natural flavorings '.

Many local programs are broadcast by networks in other countries, and others have their rights purchased by foreign producers for adaptations in their own markets.

The producers looked to Bob Denver, the actor who had played lovable beatnik Maynard G. Krebs in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

Many of the world ’ s largest producers of pigs ( US, Canada, Denmark, Mexico ) use sow stalls, but some nations ( e. g., the UK ) and some US states ( e. g., Florida, Arizona, and California ) have banned them.

Many television networks were hostile towards film programming, fearing that it would loosen the network's arrangements with sponsors and affiliates by encouraging television station managers to make independent deals with advertisers and film producers.

Many producers and wine critics will argue that Niagara's best offerings come from the Niagara Escarpment region which encompasses the Short Hills Bench, 20 Mile Bench and Beamsville Bench.

Many highly acclaimed recording artists and record producers both British and international recorded at the manor during this period.

Many of the methods used today by producers and homebrewers have their origin in the original 1940s research.

Many New Zealand Pinot noir producers leave their fruit on the vine much longer than is either possible or acceptable in Burgundian vineyards, and plummy flavours, heavier textures, and consequently more Syrah-like wine structure, results.

Many film producers also have competency in other fields ( directors, screenwriters, actors ) but that is not always the case.

Many " pop house " club music producers brand themselves as house music, however, in rave culture it is often disputed that pop house should be separated as a sub-genre of house.

Many Alsace producers switched to the name Pinot Gris several years before the deadline.

Many of the original Soulseek users are also music producers, and Soulseek Records ( not to be confused with " SLSK Records ") was formed in 2002.

Many TVP producers use hexane to separate soy fat from soy protein, and trace amounts of the solvent are left after manufacturing.

Many new playwrights and producers have appeared including Astrid Saalbach ( b. 1955 ), winner of the Nordic Drama Award in 2004, and Peter Asmussen ( b. 1957 ), who wrote the film script for Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.

** Many Broadway producers believe that the " Curse of the Bambino " extends to the Longacre Theatre.

Many traditional infomercial producers make use of flashy catchphrases, repeat basic ideas, or employ scientist-like characters or celebrities as guests or hosts in their ad.

Many producers of the fibre pluck the fur of these breeds.