Lyrophone

Lyrophone valved *duplex instr. invented by J. J. Chediwa of Odessa, in 1887, with 2 tubes of the same length but with different bores. A fourth valve controlled the air admission to one or the other tube. The narrow-bore tube was used for solo and piano passages, the wide-bore tube for tutti and forte passages (126, 154, 176). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Langwill, Lyndesay G. An Index of Musical Wind-instrument Makers, 1st and 2nd editions. Edinburgh, 1960, 1962. Pedrell…