The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pandean pipes \Pan*de"an pipes\, n. pl., A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes.
Wiktionary
n. A pan flute.
Wikipedia
Pan flute or pan pipe is an ancient musical instrument.
Pipes of pan may also refer to:
- The Pipes of Pan, a poem by Adrian Ross
- The Pipes of Pan, a collection of verse by poet Bliss Carman
- The Pipes o' Pan, a 1914 silent drama film
- The Pipes of Pan (film), a 1923 British film directed by Cecil Hepworth
- The Pipes of Pan, a painting during Pablo Picasso's neoclassical period
- Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka, an album produced by Brian Jones
Usage examples of "pipes of pan".
As the congregation was apt to sing dreadfully out of key without the guidance of an instrument, the church had afterwards allowed the use of an organ, an invention of the second century of our era which consisted of a combination of the old pipes of Pan and a pair of bellows.
We were hearing the pipes of Pan, and at any moment across our lawn would troop horned and goat-legged creatures in the moonlight, satyrs at a wine festival.