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Wind machine
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This article is about the musical instrument. For the wind generator used for skydiving practice, see vertical wind tunnel.
Not to be confused with Fan (machine).
The wind machine (also called an aeoliphone or aelophon) is a friction idiophone used to produce the sound of wind for orchestral compositions and musical theater productions.[1]
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