Plucked idiophone

Plucked idiophone (Fr.: idiophone par pincement; Ger.: Zupfidiophon), idiophone in which elastic tongues or lamellae, fixed at one end, are vibrated either with the fingers or mechanically. The tongues can be of wood, bamboo, metal, or other material. Commonly called linguaphone nowadays. The sansa, Jew'sharp, and music box are the best known linguaphones (100). Hornborstel, E. M. von, and Sachs, Curt. “Classification of Musical Instruments,” translated by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann…