Linguaphone

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Linguaphone (lamellophone) refers to a musical instrument in which sound is produced by a vibrating member fixed at only one end.

[edit] Examples of linguaphones

  • Mouth harp;
  • Music box (pins pluck fixed vibrating elements)

[edit] Linguaphone classification

Schaeffner's musical instrument classification scheme has a place for the linguaphones at the second highest level of classification.

In 1932, Andre Schaeffner developed a new classification scheme that was ``exhaustive, potentially covering all real and conceivable instruments [Kartomi, p.176]. Schaeffner's system has only two top-level categories denoted by Roman numerals:

II: instruments that make sound from vibrating air.,

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