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Flexatones

Scope note

Idiophones invented in the 1920s consisting of a small flexible steel blade or lamella suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle. As the player waves the instrument, the blade is struck alternately on each side by wooden or rubber knobs on the end of wires fastened to the frame.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041903

Broader Terms used

percussion plaques

Equivalent Terms used

flexatone

Created

13yrs ago

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