His instruments are also characterized by a powerful and unusually brilliant tone, but also possess a harshness.

The contrabassophone's bore was substantially larger (by about a third) than that of the contrabassoon, and the result was an instrument with a powerful tone.

The brothers demonstrate their rich, powerful tone, fine ensemble playing and wide range of repertory on their new disc, "Inventions."

She has a powerful sound and a mature but agile, rounded and appealingly consistent tone.

He experimented with making the tone more powerful by increasing the thickness of the soundboard and bottom.

The jets lost their powerful tone from one moment to the next as the ignition failed.

Mitspieler's answer came in a changed voice, tones harder and more powerful.

One was simply moved by her lament, powerful in its sobbing refrain and ecstatic tone.

Their harpsichords used a heavier construction and produced a more powerful and distinctive tone.

Elzbieta Szmytka brought a beautiful, focused and powerful tone to the vocal sections.