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Tubaphone.

Technical description: 25 brass tubes, some plated, of diameter 21 and lengths 290-135. Mounted in keyboard layout through holes in wooden frame of length 718 and width 174-350. The frame closely fits in a wooden case. The bars are supported at their 'node points' in loops of string hanging centrally in the wooden frame holes.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.232 Sets of percussion tubes
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:case 742 × 384 × 119.