panpipes

/ ˈpænˌpaɪps /

plural noun

often singular; often capital a number of reeds or whistles of graduated lengths bound together to form a musical wind instrument Also calledpipes of Pansyrinx

I was "strung up" to a high degree of expectation and listened every moment to hear the panpipes and the Roo-too-too-it.

Fortunately fond of music, so easily pacified them by playing selection from "Tannhuser," arranged for drum and panpipes by Liszt.

Give me the drain pipes of the Fabians rather than the panpipes of the later poets; the drain pipes have a nicer smell.

There followed a deafening pealing of panpipes, drumming of drum, and yelling of voices.

Wild ramped the merry-go-round with its bells and hootings; and the panpipes sobbed their liquid decoy.

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