Evans had been the arranger for the Claude Thornhill orchestra, and it was the sound of this group, as well as Duke Ellington's example, that suggested the creation of an unusual line-up: a nonet including a French horn and a tuba ( this accounts for the " tuba band " moniker that was to be associated with the combo ).

On the Listening Time promotional LP, Townshend said he should win a " Stupid Title of the Year " award for the unusual moniker.

Cysteine is unusual since it has a sulfur atom at the second position in its side-chain, which has a larger atomic mass than the groups attached to the first carbon, which is attached to the α-carbon in the other standard amino acids, thus the ( R ) instead of ( S ).

Cards which do something, or have articles attached to them, or are printed in an unusual size or on strange materials.

The company attached an unusual clause to the deed stating that the property would not be used for " the dispensation of intoxicating liquors.

Elisabeth was strongly attached to her parents, especially to her mother, and was still a child in search of an identity of her own when an adult role with unusual obligations and restrictions was imposed upon her.

Guitarist Dominic Frasca uses unusual single string " mini capo ", attached by drilling through the neck of his customized 10-string guitar.

The teachers are even more unusual than the students: Ms. Biddy McBrain has a light bulb attached to her head while Coach Frogface eats flies and Professor Icenstein has to keep his classroom cold or he will melt.

The Fat Man Model 1773 EBW detonators used an unusual, high reliability detonator systems with two EBW " horns " attached to a single booster charge, which then fired each of the 32 explosive lens units.

Bands who play in glam metal genre may have instruments with an unusual colour / attribute, like guitars with pink, violet, dalmatian or pink rose colour ; microphone stands with ( usually ) a leopard or silk scarf ( there may be some different attributes attached to the microphone stand, but mostly only leopard-colour scarfs have been seen ); drumkits with some artwork ( this kind of drumkit is seen in other metal genres as well, not only in glam metal ).

The suspension bridge design was unusual because the cables were attached to the cliff with only small towers.

Built in 1957 entirely by local volunteer Templers, the building, with its unusual belltower and the attached nine-pin bowling alley, has been assessed by the Heritage Council in 2003 as " culturally significant " and placed on the Register of Heritage Victoria.

Fokker's V. 4 prototype of 1917 ( identified by some as the V. 3 ) had unusual cantilevered wings without bracing, the uppermost wing being attached only by cabane struts to the fuselage.

) The boot parcel shelf was also unusual in that it was attached to the inside of the tailgate, and lifted up with the tailgate.

Designed with the artillery spotting role in mind, the Ae 50 was a high-wing monoplane of unusual design, with a fuselage that terminated abruptly immediately aft of the crew cabin, leaving the tailplane to be mounted on a single boom attached to the wing.

One unusual aspect of the railway working from Peterborough to Quorn and then on to Hawker was the need for the engine to be turned and attached to the opposite end of the train when arriving at Quorn, as it was not a " through " station for the trip from Peterborough to Hawker.

Nearly attached to the southeast rim is the unusual figure-eight-shaped Von Kármán L formation.

Sills are fed by dikes, except in unusual locations where they form in nearly vertical beds attached directly to a magma source.

The rim of this crater is perhaps unusual for the number of lesser craters attached to the exterior.

Wallscape-Wallscapes are attached to buildings and are able to accommodate a wide variety of unusual shapes and sizes.

Tamper-evident physical devices are common in sensitive computer installations, for example network cabling is often run down transparent conduit in plain view and switches located in glass-fronted cabinets, where any unusual device attached to the network can easily be seen.

* Paraphilic lovemaps – when lust is attached to fantasies and practices that are socially forbidden, disapproved, ridiculed, or penalized ; sometimes as the result of residual imprinted memories from certain traumatic or unusual episodes from early childhood, or sometimes the result of various physiological anomalies such as the presence of a micropenis, a chromosomal abnormality ( 45, X / 46, XY ), or of accelerated growth ( premature puberty ).

Although Blaw-Knox built many kinds of towers, the term Blaw-Knox tower ( or radiator ) usually refers to the company's unusual " diamond cantilever " design, which is held upright by guy wires attached only at the vertical center of the mast, where its cross-section is widest.

Some showings of Andy Warhol's Frankenstein during its 1974 U. S. first run featured unusual glasses consisting of two stiff plastic polarizers held together by two thin silver plastic tubes slit lengthwise, one attached across the tops and bent at the temples to form earpieces, the other a short length bent in the middle and serving as the bridge piece.

Jones ' diverse contributions to the group extended to the use of other instruments, including an unusual triple-necked acoustic instrument consisting of a six and a twelve string guitar, and a mandolin.

The instrument was especially popular in the late 17th century, although a specialised viola d ' amore player would have been highly unusual, since it was customary for professional musicians to play a number of instruments, especially within the family of the musician's main instrument.

The most unusual musical instrument on display is the giant double bass attributed to Gasparo da Salò and once owned by Domenico Dragonetti.

He moved to New York City and switched to saxophone, then still an unusual instrument.

He is unusual as a calypsonian in the fact that his instrument was the piano, ( not exactly the best instrument for the calypso tent.

Morphine's instrumentation was unusual for a rock band: Sandman's primary instrument was a two-string bass guitar ( with both strings usually tuned to a 5th or octave interval ) played with a slide ; however, on the group's records he added touches of guitar, piano, electronic organ, and other self invented guitar instruments such as the tritar, featuring two guitar strings and one bass string.

The hit was also performed, albeit in an unusual manner ( accompanied a dombura, a traditional Central Asian musical instrument ), during the auditions for SuperStar KZt, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol.

Teagarden's trombone style was largely self-taught, and he developed many unusual alternative positions and novel special effects on the instrument.

The Ngbaka use an unusual instrument called a mbela, which is made with an arched branch and a string strung between the two ends and held in front of the musician's mouth.

In particular, the song " Fat Man " showed an interest in unusual instrumentation, as Ian Anderson played mandolin, one of the first times the instrument had been used by a rock band.

Brookmeyer ’ s primary instrument was an unusual one: the valve trombone, played with valves like a trumpet ’ s rather than a slide.

Pink Floyd ´ s " Money " is noted, for its unusual 7 / 4 – 4 / 4 time signature, and the tape loop of money-related sound effects that opens the song. In 1974 a new musical instrument called a Birotron was invented using tape loops from 8 track tapes.

It combines the sound of double reeds and the slide for a distinctive and unusual instrument.

She has recorded extensively with this unusual instrument and has collaborated with such luminary figures as composer Pauline Oliveros, choreographer Deborah Hay, the Kronos Quartet, and Francis-Marie Uitti.

This close connection within a work of both theme ( 3 and 6 ) and instrument ( 1 and 6 ) is unusual in Bach's cantatas.

He often uses layers of a single instrument to create unusual combinations of sounds.

Meyer is noted for achieving virtuosity on an instrument of unusual technical difficulty.

The NRT is a transit instrument of the unusual Kraus-type design, with two mirrors.

Karn's use of the fretless bass guitar, an unusual instrument in modern popular music, produces a distinctive sound and playing style, which makes his playing immediately recognisable.

A hook may also garner attention from listeners from other factors, such as the vocal timbre or instrumentation, as in the case of the Beach Boys ' use of an unusual theremin-like instrument in " Good Vibrations ".

The Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement, in that players had to either be non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them.

The plough was the name given to an unusual instrument that existed for a short time.