Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the
Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These
idiophones
An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow (as with aerophones), strings (chordophones), membranes (membranophones) or electricity ( electrophones ...
produce sound by being rubbed either against each other or by means of a non-sounding object. Instruments of this type are not very common; possibly the best known examples are the
musical saw and the
nail violin }
The nail violin is a musical instrument which was invented by German violinist Johann Wilde in 1740. The instrument consists of a semicircular wooden Sound board (music), soundboard, approximately by in size, with iron or brass Nail (engineering ...
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[Sachs, Curt (1940). ''The History of Musical Instruments'', p.456-7. W. W. Nortan & Company, Inc. ]
Friction sticks (131)
131.1 Individual friction sticks.
131.2 Sets of friction sticks.
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Nail violin }
The nail violin is a musical instrument which was invented by German violinist Johann Wilde in 1740. The instrument consists of a semicircular wooden Sound board (music), soundboard, approximately by in size, with iron or brass Nail (engineering ...
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Cristal baschet, preceded by the
euphon
131.21 Without direct friction.
131.22 With direct friction.
Friction plaques (132)
132.1 Individual friction plaques.
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Daxophone
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Musical saw
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Triolin
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Turntable
A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu ...
132.2 Sets of friction plaques.
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Clavicylinder
Friction vessels (133)
133.1 Individual friction vessels.
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Rainstick
A rainstick is a long, hollow tube partially filled with small pebbles, rice or beans that has small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inside surface. When the stick is upended, the pebbles fall to the other end of the tube, bouncing o ...
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Singing Bowl
A standing bell or resting bell is an inverted bell (instrument), bell, supported from below with the rim uppermost. Such bells are normally bowl-shaped, and exist in a wide range of sizes, from a few centimetres to a metre in diameter. They are ...
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Ekola
133.2 Sets of friction vessels.
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Glass harmonica
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Glass harp
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Terpodion/melodion
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Verrophone
See also
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Wind machine
The wind machine (also called an aeoliphone or aelophon) is a friction idiophone used to produce the sound of wind for orchestral compositions and musical theater productions.
Construction
The wind machine is constructed of a large cyli ...
References
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SVH Classification, ''Wesleyan.edu''.
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