The marimbaphone had either shallow steel or wooden bars arranged chromatically with a tube resonator under each bar. Its timbre was similar to the celesta, and it was used mainly by marimba bands and as a solo instrument by stage artists.
In addition to being played with mallets in the conventional way (as in the playing of a marimba or vibraphone), the marimbaphone was designed so that its bars could be rotated from a horizontal position to a vertical position, allowing them to more easily be played with a bow. To further facilitate bowing, the ends of its bars were shaped to be concave rather than flat. A single marimbaphone could be played by more than one performer, allowing both techniques to be used simultaneously.[1]
Although the instrument has been comparatively little used in art music (Percy Grainger was one of only a few composers ever to call for it), the name is mistakenly written in many scores intending the use of the ordinary marimba rather than the marimbaphone.[2]
Steel marimbaedit
Also invented by Deagan was the steel marimba, a variation on the steel marimbaphone design that was intended to be played strictly with mallets and not bowed.[3] Both of these instruments were superseded by the invention of the vibraphone in 1921.[4]
^"The Deagan Resource - A Historical Reference Catalog of Deagan Instruments". www.deaganresource.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
^Blades, James (2001). Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Marimbaphone" (Second ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN978-0195170672.
marimbaphone, confused, with, similarly, named, marimba, marimbaphone, obsolete, tuned, percussion, instrument, developed, deagan, chicago, illinois, early, 20th, century, 1911, advertisement, marimbaphone, contents, description, steel, marimba, also, referenc. Not to be confused with the similarly named marimba The marimbaphone is an obsolete tuned percussion instrument developed by J C Deagan Inc of Chicago Illinois in the early 20th century A 1911 advertisement for a marimbaphone Contents 1 Description 2 Steel marimba 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDescription editThe marimbaphone had either shallow steel or wooden bars arranged chromatically with a tube resonator under each bar Its timbre was similar to the celesta and it was used mainly by marimba bands and as a solo instrument by stage artists In addition to being played with mallets in the conventional way as in the playing of a marimba or vibraphone the marimbaphone was designed so that its bars could be rotated from a horizontal position to a vertical position allowing them to more easily be played with a bow To further facilitate bowing the ends of its bars were shaped to be concave rather than flat A single marimbaphone could be played by more than one performer allowing both techniques to be used simultaneously 1 Although the instrument has been comparatively little used in art music Percy Grainger was one of only a few composers ever to call for it the name is mistakenly written in many scores intending the use of the ordinary marimba rather than the marimbaphone 2 Steel marimba editAlso invented by Deagan was the steel marimba a variation on the steel marimbaphone design that was intended to be played strictly with mallets and not bowed 3 Both of these instruments were superseded by the invention of the vibraphone in 1921 4 See also editXylorimba Tuned percussionReferences edit The Deagan Resource A Historical Reference Catalog of Deagan Instruments www deaganresource com Retrieved 2020 08 29 Blades James 2001 Sadie Stanley Tyrrell John eds The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Marimbaphone Second ed London Macmillan ISBN 978 0195170672 The Deagan Resource www deaganresource com Retrieved 2020 08 29 vibraphone Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection Grinnell College Libraries omeka s grinnell edu Retrieved 2024 02 12 External links editDeagan Steel Marimbaphone exhibit from Percussive Arts Society Museum site nbsp This article relating to mallet percussion is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marimbaphone amp oldid 1206615235 Steel marimba, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
