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Lamellaphones

Scope note

Instruments whose sound is produced essentially by the vibration of thin lamellae or tongues of metal, wood, or other material. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000193935

Broader Terms used

plucked idiophones

Narrower Terms used

sansas
Jew's harps
clack idiophones

Term used for

glottophones

Equivalent Terms used

lamellaphone

Created

13yrs ago

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