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The percussion instrument called the triangle
is made from a steel rod bent into a triangle with one corner
open. It is suspended from a cord and struck with a metal
rod. The triangle first entered European music as part of
the "Turkish" music that intrigued 18th-century
composers and audiences. The combination of triangle, cymbals,
and bass drum was used by Franz Josef Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven; later, the instrument was
used separately. Some of its most effective moments consist
of single, isolated strokes, as in Richard Wagner's overture
to Die Meistersinger. The instrument is relatively small,
each side being about 18 cm (7 in) to 25 cm (10 in) long.
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