And indeed, the emphasis on full, lovely tone can make it too easy for American oboists to dismiss contemporary music.

The excellent violist was Lawrence Power, who played with a lovely tone.

An act later, she was still singing with free, full, lovely tone.

The best aspect of her playing, technically speaking, was straight scale work, which she executed with evenness and lovely tone.

"And I give you my word of honor it is possessed of nothing but a lovely tone."

And the flesh had over all a lovely even olive tone.

At one unfortunate juncture, a character sang "What lovely tones!"

This type of instrument has a lovely smooth tone, but was less powerful than the German-made instruments which had become popular since the 1920s.

He played both pieces with endearing grace and lovely rich tone.

There was a surprisingly balanced and incredibly lovely tone.