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technology refers to the construction of instruments and the way
they have changed over time. Such change has produced modern
instruments that are considerably different from their
historical antecedents.  An example is the way in which many
instruments commonly associated with a modern symphony orchestra
are markedly different from the same instruments for which
European composers were composing music centuries ago.  Such
changes include the addition of piston valves to brass
instruments, the design of more complex fingering systems for
woodwind instruments such as the flute, and the standardization
of the family of orchestral string instruments.  Many
advancements were made in music instrument technology during the
Middle Ages and 19th Century. The introduction of copper
smelting allowed for trumpets, organ pipes, and slides to be
constructed with sheet metal which had a smooth texture and
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