Dulcitone tuning fork piano?

[Kent Swafford]

This is really interesting. In some respects, then, the Rhodes electronic
piano is actually an electric Dulcitone, since the tine/resonating bar
assembly of the Rhodes constitutes a tuning fork, albeit with unequal arms.

Kent



On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:10 AM, <JWyatt1492 at aol.com> wrote:

>  Hello to All.
>
>    The original  Dulcitone  was made by
> Thomas Machell  in Scotland in the late
> 1800s.
>
>   It has a nice sound, as the tuning forks
> are mounted into the soundboard.
>
>   The legs fold  under and the single pedal
> operates dampers connected to the case
> and action by a string.  The action is a
> fairly simple one.
>
>   I am working on getting one of these very
> unique  musical instruments for display in
> our  Museum for the  2011 Convention
>
>   Wish me luck.
>
>  Jack Wyatt
>
>
>
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