Well here goes tapping into the wealth of knowledge that is chiffumfuppel
can anyone give me and info on a Dulcitone?
all I know is it has keys.
Richard.
http://www.musical-museum.org/dulcitone.htm
http://www.houseofraga.com/keys.html
http://antiquesandthearts.com/forumresponse.asp?var=176&var2=22
http://www.lawfineart.co.uk/15-Nov-2000/300_s.jpg
Guess it’s a play on the term “dulcet tone,” as well as dulcimer (an allusion to it’s hammering action), and that it plays tone forks, then. Seems a pleasant name, “the sweet tone.”
Very Interesting!!!
Any sound clips of it floating around?