Lithokymbalon
The Lithokymbalon is a lithophone invented by the Viennese musician Franz Weber , the sound is generated by striking stone slabs. In this case, disks made of alabaster were used as the sound body. Weber presented his instrument in Vienna in autumn 1837. The name is composed of the Greek lithos ("stone") and kymbalon (" basin ", see " cymbal ").
According to the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, Weber was able to perform sophisticated variations by the composers Joseph Mayseder and Carl Czerny on this simply structured instrument.
literature
- Curt Sachs : Real Lexicon of Musical Instruments. Julius Bard, Berlin 1913, p. 243
- General musical newspaper. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1838, volume 40, p. 174