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B flat

bi flæt
Flat wheelbarrow with two handles. The wheelbarrow is marked with a crowned B.
Flat wheelbarrow with two handles. The wheelbarrow is marked with a crowned B.
Illustrations
Basophicleid in B flat with 10 valves. A valve and mouthpiece are missing.
Basophicleid in B flat with 10 valves. A valve and mouthpiece are missing.
Basophicleid in B flat with ten valves, the lower one open with a set screw. The first and third valves are operated by the thumb of the left and right hands, respectively. The round, slightly convex valves are mounted on pillars with support plate and close on tubes around the holes. With holders for a music stand, eyelet for a carrying strap and support for the left hand. Mouthpiece is missing.
Basophicleid in B flat with ten valves, the lower one open with a set screw. The first and third valves are operated by the thumb of the left and right hands, respectively. The round, slightly convex valves are mounted on pillars with support plate and close on tubes around the holes. With holders for a music stand, eyelet for a carrying strap and support for the left hand. Mouthpiece is missing.
Flap bow in B flat with eight flaps, the bottom one open. The flat, round valves are mounted in saddles and close on tubes around the holes. One-piece cover and fingerboard. With support saddle for the middle finger of the right hand. The key of the third valve continues below. Also support hook for the little finger of the left hand. A wreath of nickel silver has been placed around the cup, with engraved leaf ornaments.
Flap bow in B flat with eight flaps, the bottom one open. The flat, round valves are mounted in saddles and close on tubes around the holes. One-piece cover and fingerboard. With support saddle for the middle finger of the right hand. The key of the third valve continues below. Also support hook for the little finger of the left hand. A wreath of nickel silver has been placed around the cup, with engraved leaf ornaments.
Valve clip in B flat. Six flat, round valves, the bottom one open and with adjusting screw. The valves are mounted on saddles and close on tubes around the holes. Flap and fingerboard made of one piece of metal. With support saddle for the middle finger of the right hand. The key of the third valve continues below.
Valve clip in B flat. Six flat, round valves, the bottom one open and with adjusting screw. The valves are mounted on saddles and close on tubes around the holes. Flap and fingerboard made of one piece of metal. With support saddle for the middle finger of the right hand. The key of the third valve continues below.
Flap lever in B flat with six flaps, the bottom one open and fitted with a set screw. a support saddle for the middle finger of the right hand. The key of the third valve continues below. Mouthpiece is missing.
Flap lever in B flat with six flaps, the bottom one open and fitted with a set screw. a support saddle for the middle finger of the right hand. The key of the third valve continues below. Mouthpiece is missing.
Basophicleid in B flat. A tuning bracket in the winding of the rudder pipe. Ten, round, convex valves, of which the bottom one is open and with adjusting screw. The third and fifth valves are operated by the thumb of the left and right hands, respectively. The valves rest on pillars with support plate and close on tubes around the holes.
Basophicleid in B flat. A tuning bracket in the winding of the rudder pipe. Ten, round, convex valves, of which the bottom one is open and with adjusting screw. The third and fifth valves are operated by the thumb of the left and right hands, respectively. The valves rest on pillars with support plate and close on tubes around the holes.
Black wool jacket, short and fitted with long sleeves and side pockets. Model: (b) flat shawl collar. Tight-fitting long sleeves with a slit at the wrist that closes with three buttons. Side pockets with fake pocket flaps. Fake split mid-back. Highly tailored, which is taken into account in the cut-out of the front panels. Closes with four buttons.
Black wool jacket, short and fitted with long sleeves and side pockets. Model: (b) flat shawl collar. Tight-fitting long sleeves with a slit at the wrist that closes with three buttons. Side pockets with fake pocket flaps. Fake split mid-back. Highly tailored, which is taken into account in the cut-out of the front panels. Closes with four buttons.
Oval chipboard box consisting of flat lid (a) and deep box (b), covered on the outside with imitation wood paper and on the inside with marble paper.
Oval chipboard box consisting of flat lid (a) and deep box (b), covered on the outside with imitation wood paper and on the inside with marble paper.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. B flat
    a humorous euphemism for the domestic bug.
Usage in the news

In The Wall Street Journal, Arthur B Laffer writes that Newt's flat tax would do a lot more to attract capital, spur growth and reduce compliance costs. online.wsj.com

As C-Note Falls Flat, GOP Looks for Plan B on Gas. ashingtonpost.com

I mean that literally, because fluoride makes people flat-out D-U-M-B, and the latest research proves it again. pineisland-eagle.com

And the B-52s as well as a massive roster of indie acts, including Love Tractor, Pylon, Flat Duo Jets, Kilkenny Cats, and Bar-B-Q Killers. atlantamagazine.com

To b-school students it may sometimes seem as if nobody has it quite as bad as they do: jobs are scarce, salaries are flat, and to critics at least the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression is all their fault. businessweek.com

Broussard was guitarist and founding member of the legendary band, Zydeco Force, whose hit songs included "Hey Madeline" and "B-Flat. therepublic.com

It's that so-called Zero Hour — the 60 minutes before school starts — when a pack of Sequim High School students lumber in, strap on their instruments and turn B flats into something simply beautiful. sequimgazette.com

I found a favorite chord , which is B flat 7 – that's my favorite chord . rollingstone.com

4 in B Flat ("sunrise") The Lindsays ASV Digital 0600. prb.com

New online charter broker ClearJet recently launched a flat-fee charter buyer-seller matchmaking service that it claims is more transparent to both b. ainonline.com

String Quartet in B-flat, Op. qxr.com

Franz Schubert 's piano trios in B-flat major and E-flat major are considered, by many musicians, to be among the most technically challenging pieces in all of piano-trio literature. news-daily.com

String Quartet No 13 in B-Flat Major, Op 130: II. qxr.com

This Week's Creature Feature Susquehanna Flats B&B Open for Business. bayweekly.com

Originally written in E major, the concerto is often performed in E-flat major, which makes the fingering less difficult on modern E-flat and B-flat trumpets . blog.mlive.com

Usage in scientific papers

Since all intersections are orthogonal, the Flat Quadrilateral Theorem, II.2.11 of , implies that the four points a, b, c, d and the geodesic segments connecting them in α , β , W1 and W2 form the boundary of a flat Euclidean rectangle isometrically embedded in D .
Automorphisms and abstract commensurators of 2-dimensional Artin groups

Using Proposition 4.2, we see that B is equivalent to the category Flat-A.
Locally well generated homotopy categories of complexes

The category K(Flat-A) is locally well generated by Corollary 3.10, and so must be K(B).
Locally well generated homotopy categories of complexes

For the whole argument, we put A = fp(B) and without loss of generality assume that B = Flat-A. (1) =⇒ (3).
Locally well generated homotopy categories of complexes

If B is pure semisimple and A = fp(B), then B is equivalent to Flat-A by Proposition 4.2, and Flat-A = Pro j-A by Proposition 4.4.
Locally well generated homotopy categories of complexes

Usage in literature

She was taking a nap this time, and the Singer had to sing up to B-flat before she could wake her. "The Children's Book of Christmas Stories" by Various

Beethoven's Second Pianoforte Concerto (B flat) given by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society. "Annals of Music in America" by Henry Charles Lahee

The man's a perfect B flat himself! "Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863" by Various

That solemn narrative in six-eight time in B flat, where had he heard it? "Melomaniacs" by James Huneker

Schubert does not, however, use it harmonically, otherwise the B natural would read C flat. "The So-called Human Race" by Bert Leston Taylor

The bass clarinet in B flat, an 8ve below that in B flat. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4" by Various

Thus in the opening tutti of the D minor concerto the second subject is announced in B flat minor. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7" by Various

They sing up to B flat without effort, and with purest tone. "The Boy's Voice" by J. Spencer Curwen

There was a flat rock near the roots of the tree, and putty soon Mr. B'ar squatted on this rock. "Boys of The Fort" by Ralph Bonehill

But if the strips move forward (as at B), it is a revolving flat card. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5" by Various