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- Marxophone abstract "The Marxophone is a fretless zither with two octaves of double melody strings in the key of C major (middle C to C''), and four sets of chord strings (C major, G major, F major, and D7). The player typically strums the chords with the left hand. The right hand plays the melody strings by depressing spring steel strips that hold small lead hammers over the strings. A brief stab on a metal strip bounces the hammer off a string pair to produce a single note. Holding the strip down makes the hammer bounce on the double strings, which produces a mandolin-like tremolo. The "bounce rate" is somewhat fixed, as it is based on the spring steel strip length, hammer weight, and string tension—but a player can increase the rate slightly by pressing higher on the strip, effectively moving its pivot point closer to the lead hammer. The instrument has also been called a mandolin-guitar-zither, and a celestaphone. As well as sounding like a mandolin, the Marxophone sound is reminiscent of various types of hammered dulcimer.Numerically coded sheet music prepared specifically for the Marxophone indicates when and in what order to play melody and chord strings. This type of music, similar to tablature, was produced for those who could not read standard notation. A rectangular piece of metal provides a backstop for the spring steel hammers, displays the name Marxophone and the patent number, and has clips that hold sheet music. It also marks the 15 keys by letter (C, D, etc.), by number (1-15) and in standard musical notation. When the instrument is moved or stored, the metal rectangle bends down, holding the keys against the strings, so the Marxophone can fit into its case—which is the size of a large briefcase.".
- Marxophone thumbnail Marxophone.JPG?width=300.
- Marxophone wikiPageID "2127927".
- Marxophone wikiPageRevisionID "586696813".
- Marxophone hasPhotoCollection Marxophone.
- Marxophone subject Category:Box_zithers.
- Marxophone type Artifact100021939.
- Marxophone type BoxZithers.
- Marxophone type Device103183080.
- Marxophone type Instrumentality103575240.
- Marxophone type MusicalInstrument103800933.
- Marxophone type Object100002684.
- Marxophone type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Marxophone type StringedInstrument104338517.
- Marxophone type Whole100003553.
- Marxophone type Zither104615226.
- Marxophone comment "The Marxophone is a fretless zither with two octaves of double melody strings in the key of C major (middle C to C''), and four sets of chord strings (C major, G major, F major, and D7). The player typically strums the chords with the left hand. The right hand plays the melody strings by depressing spring steel strips that hold small lead hammers over the strings. A brief stab on a metal strip bounces the hammer off a string pair to produce a single note.".
- Marxophone label "Marxophone".
- Marxophone label "Marxophone".
- Marxophone sameAs Marxophone.
- Marxophone sameAs m.0fspgwv.
- Marxophone sameAs Q3296114.
- Marxophone sameAs Q3296114.
- Marxophone sameAs Marxophone.
- Marxophone wasDerivedFrom Marxophone?oldid=586696813.
- Marxophone depiction Marxophone.JPG.
- Marxophone isPrimaryTopicOf Marxophone.
