Prev Next. What happens when you cry, exactly? A salty fluid chock full of protein, water, mucus and oil is released from the lacrimal gland in the upper, outer region of your eye. This fluid, better known as tears, then flows down the surface of your eye, across your face and smears your mascara.
INSTRUMENTS IN DEPTH. THE OBOE. The oboe, a double reed instrument in the woodwind family, is one of the most beautiful, important, and unique musical instruments. With a long history dating back as far as ancient Greece, it has developed through the centuries into one of the most challenging and distinct instruments in the modern orchestra.
Oboes /ËoÊboÊ/ OH-boh are a family of double reed woodwind musical instruments. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. Oboes are usually made of wood, but there are also oboes made of synthetic materials.A soprano oboe measures roughly 65 cm (25 1â2 in) long, with metal keys, a conical bore and a flared bell. modern oboe with the full conservatoire (conservatory in the US) or Gillet key system has 45 pieces of keywork, with the possible additions of a third octave key and alternate (left little finger) F-or C-key. The keys are usually made of nickel silver, and are silver-or occasionally gold-plated.