lamellophone
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thumb|right|A Hugh Tracey treble [[kalimba]] thumb|A Jew's harp
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Skosmos: HornbostelAndSachs: Lamellaphones (or plucked idiophones)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- African lamellophones
- Electric lamellophones
- Piezo pickup lamellophones
- Electro-magnetic lamellophones
- Schaeffner's classification
- List of lamellophones
- In the form of a frame (121)
- In the form of a comb (122)
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|A Hugh Tracey treble [[kalimba]] thumb|A Jew's harp
A lamellophone (also lamellaphone or linguaphone) is a member of the family of musical instruments that makes its sound by a thin vibrating plate called a lamella or tongue, which is fixed at one end and has the other end free. When the musician depresses the free end of a plate with a finger or fingernail, and then allows the finger to slip off, the released plate vibrates. An instrument may have a single tongue (such as a Jew's harp) or a series of multiple tongues (such as a mbira thumb piano).
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