An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
The noun 'bellows' is an uncountable noun, a form of binary noun, a word for something with two parts making up the whole; a shortened form for 'a pair of'.The singular form is a pair of bellows.The plural form is pairs of bellows.
Expansion bellows are required in heat exchangers to compensate for thermal expansion and contraction that occur due to temperature variations during operation. They help prevent mechanical stress on the heat exchanger components, such as tubes and headers, that could lead to leaks or equipment failure. Expansion bellows also help maintain the structural integrity of the heat exchanger system over time.
Sound in an accordion is produced by air passing through reeds when the player compresses or expands the bellows. The reeds vibrate, creating sound waves that are amplified by the accordion's casing. The pitch and volume of the sound can be adjusted by the player's control of the bellows and keys.
To make a sound on the accordion the bellows must be operated by pushing or pulling to create a flow of air through valves which house reeds. By depressing a piano key on the right hand or a button on the left hand the valve is opened thereby allowing air to vibrate the selected reed and producing sound. More pressure on the bellows increases the volume of the note & vice versa. There are usually many banks of reeds and by selecting different registers (known as couplers) a great variety of tones can be produced.
The main components to every piano accordion are the treble keyboard, bellows and bass keyboard. The treble keyboard is similar to a piano or organ and the keys are arranged at right angles to the musical instrument with the tops of the keys pointing inwards towards the bellows. The bellows is located between the treble and bass ends and its main function is to drive air through the tone chamber to excite the reeds producing sound. The left hand side consists of a Stradella bass mechanism which is standard for all piano accordions.
You didn't say which meaning of the word you want to use. Bellows can mean a plural verb, as in yelling. The coach bellows at the team. The cow bellows when it's time to be milked. Bellows can also be a noun, as in the device used to force air through a furnace or forge. The blacksmith pumped the bellows to make the fire hotter. There was a crack in the bellows, and they didn't work well.
George Bellows has written: 'The lithographs of George Bellows' 'Bellows George (Untitled)' 'George Bellows and the war series of 1918' -- subject(s): Exhibitions 'The drawings of George Bellows' 'George Wesley Bellows' 'George Bellows, works from the permanent collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery' -- subject(s): Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Exhibitions
Albert Fitch Bellows died in 1883.
Some of the styles of Bellows expansion joints that are available for purchase are the Single Bellows Fixed Flange, the Single Bellows Floating Flange and the Single Bellows Raised Face Flange.
Bellows is already plural. The singular is bellow.
Gil Bellows is 178 cm.
Jim Bellows is 5' 7".
Dr. Bellows was created in 1965.
Kent Bellows was born in 1949.
A bellows is an air pump . A pump organ would have a bellows . A poet might conceivably use bellows as a figure of speech to stand for a pump organ.
The address of the Bellows Falls Writers Center is: 7 Canal Street, Bellows Falls, VT 05101-1367
The address of the Bellows Falls Historical Society Museum is: Po Box 466, Bellows Falls, VT 05101-0466