Tubaphone
Classification | Percussion instrument (Idiophone) |
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Inventor(s) | J.C. Deagan Company |
Related instruments | |
glockenspiel | |
Builders | |
J.C. Deagan Company |
A tubaphone is a type of metallophone constructed from a series of metal tubes arranged in a keyboard configuration.[1][2] The tubes are similar in length to that of a xylophone, and sound vaguely like a glockenspiel.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ John H. Beck (2013-11-26). Encyclopedia of Percussion. ISBN 9781317747680.
- ^ Thomas D. Rossig (2000). Science of Percussion Instruments. ISBN 9789810241582.
- ^ Karl Peinkofer and Fritz Tannigel, Handbook of Percussion Instruments, (Mainz, Germany: Schott, 1976), 71
Categories:
- Keyboard percussion
- Pitched percussion
- Idiophones
- Melodic percussion