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Celestas

Scope note

Keyboard instruments having the form of a small upright piano in which metal plates (usually steel) suspended over resonating boxes are struck by hammers and sustained in a manner similar to piano action.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041895

Broader Terms used

metallophones

Equivalent Terms used

celesta

Created

13yrs ago

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