Bigophone, bigotphone

Bigophone, bigotphone mirliton invented by Bigot, a Fr. toymaker, in 1883, made of zinc, often in form of orchestral brass instrs., with a hole in the wall of the tube covered with tissue paper (127, 169). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Larousse de la musique. Paris, 1957. Sachs, Curt. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. Leipzig, 1920.

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