Lynch Family Bellringers, Glassophonists, Instrumentalists, Vocalists & Comedians poster, 1920s
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Title
Lynch Family Bellringers, Glassophonists, Instrumentalists, Vocalists & Comedians poster, 1920s
Description
The Lynch Family were renowned for using many unusual instruments, including handbells, organ chimes, glasses, and a metallophone (‘the Marimba Resonators’). This latter instrument, described as ‘the only instrument of its kind in the world’, is an example of the innovations that were happening in tuned percussion in this period. The actual metallophone — or one very much like it — is on display in the exhibition. You can see the metallophone being reconstructed for display in the video ‘Percy Grainger’s Tuneful Percussion’, a segment of which can be seen here:
Source
Grainger Museum Collection, Gift of Christine Fryer, 2000
Date
1920s
Identifier
01.2043 (detail shown)