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Vibraphones

Scope note

Metallophones consisting of tuned, graduated metal bars arranged in two rows suspended from a metal frame with tubular resonators suspended below them; motor-driven spinning discs fixed above the open tops of the resonators produce the unique vibrato characteristic of the instrument.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041914

Broader Terms used

metallophones

Term used for

vibraharp
vibraharps

Equivalent Terms used

vibraphone

Created

13yrs ago

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