Aeolsklavier
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An aeolsklavier is a musical instrument
with sounding elements that vibrate when air is blown onto them.
. For example, the unsuccessful keyboard wind instrument, named the aeolsklavier, containing wooden reeds and invented in 1825 by Schortmann of Buttelstädt. The sound was produced by a jet of air which put in motion a set of vibrating blades of very thin wood. It was equipped with a keyboard and with a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
with sounding elements that vibrate when air is blown onto them.
Materials
Aeolsklaviers can be made of various materials, but the sounding elements (the objects that vibrate in response to the air being blown on them) are usually made of woodWood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
. For example, the unsuccessful keyboard wind instrument, named the aeolsklavier, containing wooden reeds and invented in 1825 by Schortmann of Buttelstädt. The sound was produced by a jet of air which put in motion a set of vibrating blades of very thin wood. It was equipped with a keyboard and with a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.