Clariophone

Gebr. Ludwig (?)

ca. 1900 · Wood, various materials · Musical Instruments

A late version of the psallmelodicon, which in 1828 was invented by Johannes Weinrich, a poet and shoemaker living in Heiligenstadt, Germany. Weinrich attempted to make the psallmelodicon an orchestral instrument by endowing it with the chromatic range of the oboe. Instead, it went out of use but re-emerged as a children's instrument toward the end of the nineteenth century.

Artist

Gebr. Ludwig (?)

Date

ca. 1900

Medium

Wood, various materials

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889