INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY


Zuid, Holland Xylophone Repairs

Xylophone Repairs

Is a member of the percussion family, it was invented in Africa and Asia in the 9th Century the original would have been constructed with wooden bars seated on Gourds and struck by sticks. In the 1920s its cousin the vibraphone, which has tone production, produced by electricity was introduced.

 

The first use European xylophone was in Dance Macabre by Camille Saint Sans

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