thumb|upright|Couesnophone by French manufacturer Couesnon The couesnophone, also known as the goofus or queenophone, is a free-reed musical instrument in a saxophone shape, patented by French instrument manufacturer Couesnon in 1924. Its reeds vibrate when the desired keys are activated and the player blows through a tube. It has been described as a type of mouth-blown accordion, with a sound somewhere between that of a harmonica and an accordion.
thumb|upright|Couesnophone by French manufacturer Couesnon The couesnophone, also known as the goofus or queenophone, is a free-reed musical instrument in a saxophone shape, patented by French instrument manufacturer Couesnon in 1924. Its reeds vibrate when the desired keys are activated and the player blows through a tube. It has been described as a type of mouth-blown accordion, with a sound somewhere between that of a harmonica and an accordion.
==Construction== thumb|right|230px|Illustration from French manufacturer Couesnon's 1924 patent Couesnon was awarded patent no. 569294 for an instrument that was described as a (). Unlike the saxophone, the couesnophone is a polyphonic instrument with a set of single reeds, one for each of the notes produced, similar to a melodica. The keys are set in a keyboard with a layout similar to that of the early Hohner melodicas, in parallel rows corresponding to the white and black keys of a piano. Its rubber mouthpiece allows the horn be held and played vertically like a saxophone, or horizontally like a flute or melodica.
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