Mattauphone

Mattauphone *musical glasses devised by Joseph Mattau, a Brussels dancing master, in or by 1855. Mattau became a virtuoso on the instr. It consisted of 38 graduated, tuned glasses set in a rectangular box and played with moistened fingers. The tuning was adjusted by varying the amount of water (132, 169). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Mahillon, Victor. Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire de Bruxelles. 1893–1922. Sachs, Curt. Handbuch der…