Multi-Spiral Scraper Metallophone - Springfield, MA
Posted by: neoc1
N 42° 06.231 W 072° 35.161
18T E 699601 N 4664126
A type of metallophone known as a multi-spiral scraper has been installed outside the entrance to the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts on the Quadrangle at 29 Edwards Street in Springfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMQX05
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2016
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This eye-catching multi-spiral scraper metallophone is at the intersection of music, art, and science. This percussion instrument has wooden posts supporting a beautiful arrangement of metal spiral spokes can be tapped or scraped with a beater, each producing a different tone according to its length. A pair of beaters is permanently attached to the bottom spirals. The instrument can be played by two persons from both sides.