Symphonium - Image 3

c. 1829

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States

View of ivory studs located on player's left-hand side of the symphonium. Pitch designations, stamped into the body beside each ivory touchpiece (stud), reveal that the player must alternate fingering between the left and right sides of the symphonium in order to produce a diatonic scale.

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Title: Symphonium - Image 3
Creator: Charles W. Wheatstone (1802-1875)
Date Created: c. 1829
Location Created: London, England
Type: free reed musical instrument
Rights: © National Music Museum
Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
Credit: Acquisition Funding Gift of Alan G. Bates, 2005

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota

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