Double note anvil effect. Nominal pitch: B?.

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Instrument

Anvil

Instrument Family

Percussion

Date Made

Probably mid 20th century

Description

Technical description: Two iron bars, widths 50, 51, thickness 13.0, lengths 131, 185, mounted on raised blocks in shallow wooden boxes mounted on a board. Typical of home-made instrument. Box has corks in it to support the bars at nodal points.

Other Information

General usage of type: used for `anvil' effect - possibly in specific piece of music.

Notes

R. Parks, Aug-Sep 1998, Feb-Mar 1999; A. Myers, Feb-Mar 1999; C. Overton, 01.08.98.

Measurements

175 _ 215 _ 40.

Provenance

Purchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust.

Collection

MIMEd ; Ross Collection

Accession Number

1687