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{{Short description|Obsolete tuned percussion instrument}} |
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[[File:Marimbaphone advert.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|A 1911 advertisement for a marimbaphone]] |
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The '''marimbaphone''' is an obsolete tuned percussion instrument, developed by [[J. C. Deagan, Inc.]], of [[Chicago, Illinois]], in the early 20th century. |
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==Description== |
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There were two types of marimbaphone produced: one with wooden bars (called wooden marimbaphone) and another with steel bars (called steel marimbaphone). Of these, the steel marimbaphone is much better known and more instruments of this type survive to the present day. |
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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. |
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In addition to being played with mallets in the conventional way (as in the playing of a |
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Deagan Resource - A Historical Reference Catalog of Deagan Instruments|url=http://www.deaganresource.com/index.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.deaganresource.com}}</ref> |
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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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Blades|first1=James|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Marimbaphone"|date=2001|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0195170672|editor1-last=Sadie|editor1-first=Stanley|edition=Second|location=London|editor2-last=Tyrrell|editor2-first=John}}</ref> |
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Although the instrument has been comparatively little used, some composers of [[contemporary classical music]] have called for it, and some performers continue to use it. |
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== Steel marimba == |
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Deagan Resource|url=http://www.deaganresource.com/steelmar.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.deaganresource.com}}</ref> Both of these instruments were superseded by the invention of the vibraphone in 1921.<ref>{{Cite web |title=vibraphone · Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection · Grinnell College Libraries |url=https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2395 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=omeka-s.grinnell.edu}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Xylorimba]] |
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*[[Tuned percussion]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.pas.org/ |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023042258/http://www.pas.org/experience/onlinecollection/deaganmarimbaphone7015.aspx Deagan Steel Marimbaphone exhibit] from Percussive Arts Society Museum site |
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Latest revision as of 17:05, 12 February 2024
The marimbaphone is an obsolete tuned percussion instrument, developed by J. C. Deagan, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, in the early 20th century.
Description
[edit]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 marimba
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[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
[edit]- Deagan Steel Marimbaphone exhibit from Percussive Arts Society Museum site
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