Flutes are aerophones. An aerophone (/ËÉÉroÊfoÊn/) is any musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound. Aerophones categorically comprise the largest and most complex group of instruments in the Americas.
The last ten miles of Peters Mountain is wholly within Alleghany County, Virginia. The elevation varies from 3,000 to 4,000 feet, with the highest point, near Zenith, reaching 4,050 feet. Peters Mountain, long a barrier to transportation, is crossed only by State Route 311 and the old Salt Sulphur Turnpike.
The mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountain range, a ridged uplift that runs along the East Coast of the United States. Within the Blue Ridge range are the highest mountains in Virginia, a state with a mean elevation of 950 feet above sea level.Modern equipment has allowed geographers to determine the exact high point in Virginia, although for many years which mountain in the state was the highest was a subject for debate.homas Jefferson declared the Peaks of Otter, a group of mountains near present-day Bedford, Virginia, were the highest mountains in Virginia, according to scholars at the University of Virginia.