marimbaphone
(məˈrɪmbəfəʊn)
[f. prec. + Gr. ϕωνή sound, voice.]
= prec.
| 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 9 Oct. 23/2 The instrumentation will be as follows: 25 Violins, 6 Pianists.., 4 Marimbaphones, [etc.]. 1923 Weekly Dispatch 11 Mar. 5 The marimbaphone or Mexican xylophone..depends for its depth of tone on a number of tubes of varying lengths filled with liquid. 1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 263 Organ chimes, giant marimbaphone, vibraphone. 1962 Listener 22 Nov. 885/3 A marimbaphone and six chimes. |