melophone (Bellowed free reed in a lute-like casing)
~ Wind instrument
Description
Not to be confused with mellophone, a brass valved instrument.
Wooden body shaped like a lute, it has a bellow operated by a handle at the bottom and buttons operating the reeds in the “neck”.
Relationships
| invented by: | Pierre Charles Leclerc (in 1837) |
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| type of: | bellowed reed |
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| picture: | https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/melophone/melophone.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q1919657 [info] |
| other databases: | https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_melophone.html [info] |
