Beaters: xylophone or glockenspiel; pair.

Viscount

Photo by Rachel Travers © The University of Edinburgh

Instrument Family

Beaters

Maker

Viscount

Place Made

Europe; England; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1970

Description

Technical description: Pair of cane sticks with very hard wooden heads; shafts tapered behind the heads over 150mm. Total mass 15g; head mass 8g (53%).

Other Information

General usage of type: Glockenspiel or xylophone.

Notes

R. Parks, 15 or 22 May 1999; A. Myers; RP 12.9.98; C.J. Overton, 12.9.98.

Measurements

lengths 304, 305; head diameters 20, 21.

Provenance

Purchased, 1982.

Collection

MIMEd; Blades Collection

Accession Number

1643