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The instrument was designed by Thomas Machell of Glasgow and manufactured by the firm of Thomas Machell & Sons during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A significant feature of the dulcitone was its portability, a product of its lightweight and compact construction and the fact that the tuning forks (unlike, for instance, the strings of a Piano ) were not prone to going out of tune. However, the volume produced is extremely limited, and the dulcitone's part is frequently substituted by a Glockenspiel .The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, ISBN 1-85868-185-5 One piece scored for the dulcitone is Vincent D'Indy 's ''Song of the Bells'' (1888) Surviving examples exist as far afield as New Zealand , where one is preserved in the Whittaker's Musical Museum. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS SEE ALSO Rhodes Piano , technically an electrically amplified dulcitone. |
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