Tubaphone
 Viscount Bells, a type of tubaphone | |
| Classification | Percussion instrument (Idiophone) |
|---|---|
| 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