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Xylophone
This is an early form of a four-row orchestral xylophone. It has 34 wooden bars arranged in four staggered rows, suspended with cord on a wooden frame. The resonator cylindrical tubes are made of a cooper alloy painted in black. The instrument has metal stand. It has two beaters with round plastic heads.
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Besson & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.212 Sets of percussion sticks
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- Inscriptions:Paper label on the wooden frame: Besson & Co. Ld. / LONDON|Stamped notes on lamellas.|Stamped on stand sides: 1 (and) 2
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.212 Sets of percussion sticks
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Length: 1050mm; Width: 1050mm; Height: 810mm