Musical instrument

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1978-02-23

1979-05-15

Franklin, Lawrence R.

Music

Instruments

Rigid vibrators

84103, G10K 136, G10K 138

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041541359

ABSTRACT:
A bell tower arranged to permit a single person to ring a substantial number of bells as in the playing of a musical selection. The bell tower includes a stand for supporting a plurality of bells suitably to be rung by the selective striking thereof as by a mallet or other ringing element. The instrument includes a control for selectively damping rung bells. The control may be foot pedal operated and may be arranged to damp selected groups of the bells of the tower. The bells may be supported on the tower stand to define octaves corresponding to the notes of a conventional piano keyboard. The respective octaves may be vertically related. The damping control may be biased to a damping disposition and selectively released by the user in the playing of the instrument.

REFERENCES:
patent: 33372 (1861-09-01), Williams et al.
patent: 3139855 (1964-07-01), Kunz

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