Tubaphone

A tubaphone (or tubuphone)[1] is a type of metallophone constructed from a series of metal tubes arranged in a keyboard configuration. [2] The tubes are similar in length to that of a xylophone, and sound vaguely like a Glockenspiel.[3]

Tubaphone
Viscount Bells, a type of tubaphone
Classification Percussion instrument (Idiophone)
Inventor(s)J.C. Deagan Company
Related instruments
Viscount Bells, Tube Bells
Builders
J.C. Deagan Company

A Tu-ba-Phone', or Tubaphone, is also a model of banjo that was made by the Vega company, and the tone ring design used in it. Modern makers continue to use tubaphone tone rings, among other tone ring designs.


See also

References

  1. John H. Beck (2013-11-26). Encyclopedia of Percussion. ISBN 9781317747680.
  2. Thomas D. Rossig (2000). Science of Percussion Instruments. ISBN 9789810241582.
  3. Karl Peinkofer and Fritz Tannigel, Handbook of Percussion Instruments, (Mainz, Germany: Schott, 1976), 71
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