Swinging Chime - 9 bar - Dhani- water scale

Hanging tubalophone – 9 notes – Water element

Hanging tubalophone – 9 notes – Dhani: Dom penta

Element water, minor pentatonic with a C in 256 Hz based on a tuning fork at A 432 Hz

C-Eb- Fa- Sol- Bb- C- Eb- Fa- Sol

As its name suggests, the Tubalophone is an instrument made up of sound tubes. These tubes, the number of which varies from 6 to 9 depending on the model, are made of metal and emit very pure and crystalline tones when they vibrate, after being struck with a mallet.

Thanks to the precise tuning of the different tubes to each other, many harmonics are created, filling the entire room with their vibrations and enveloping listeners in powerful sound waves.

This suspended model is made up of 9 metal tubes, from 26 cm for the shortest to 46 cm for the longest, connected to each other by a cord and suspended horizontally from a wooden support.

Held in the hand or attached to a hook, the instrument can be waved, slowly swayed or briskly turned, while playing the hits, in a musical choreography creating new harmonics and ever more surprising sound effects.

Dimensions

? Width: 50 cm

? Height: 38 cm

? Diameter of the tubes: 1.8 cm

? Weight: 1.1 kg