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Couesnophone, the Glossary

Index Couesnophone

The couesnophone, also known as the goofus or queenophone, is a free-reed musical instrument in a saxophone shape, patented by French instrument manufacturer Couesnon in 1924.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Accordion, Adrian Rollini, Bass saxophone, Don Redman, Ed Kirkeby, Eddie Lang, Free reed aerophone, Harmonica, Hohner, Jazz, Joe Venuti, Key (instrument), Keyboard instrument, Melodica, Mouthpiece (brass), Musical instrument, Piano, Polyphony, Reed (mouthpiece), Saxophone, Single-reed instrument, The California Ramblers, Vibraphone, Western concert flute.

  2. 1924 musical instruments
  3. Free reed aerophones
  4. Toy instruments and noisemakers

Accordion

Accordions (from 19th-century German, from —"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame).

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Adrian Rollini

Adrian Francis Rollini (June 28, 1903 – May 15, 1956) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who primarily played the bass saxophone, piano, and vibraphone.

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Bass saxophone

The bass saxophone is one of the lowest-pitched members of the saxophone family—larger and lower than the more common baritone saxophone.

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Don Redman

Donald Matthew Redman (July 29, 1900 – November 30, 1964) was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer.

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Ed Kirkeby

Wallace Theodore "Ed" Kirkeby (October 10, 1891 – June 12, 1978) was an American bandleader, vocalist, manager, and salesman, best remembered as the manager of Fats Waller.

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Eddie Lang

Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro; October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American musician who is credited as the father of jazz guitar.

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Free reed aerophone

A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound as air flows past a vibrating reed in a frame. Couesnophone and free reed aerophone are free reed aerophones.

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Harmonica

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock.

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Hohner

Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Joe Venuti

Giuseppe "Joe" Venuti (September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was an American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist.

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Key (instrument)

A key is a component of a musical instrument, the purpose and function of which depends on the instrument.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers that are pressed by the fingers.

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Melodica

The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. Couesnophone and melodica are free reed aerophones.

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Mouthpiece (brass)

The mouthpiece on brass instruments is the part of the instrument placed on the player's lips.

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Musical instrument

A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Polyphony

Polyphony is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice (monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

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Reed (mouthpiece)

A reed (or lamella) is a thin strip of material that vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass.

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Single-reed instrument

A single-reed instrument is a woodwind instrument that uses only one reed to produce sound.

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The California Ramblers

The California Ramblers were an American jazz group that recorded hundreds of songs for many different record labels throughout the 1920s.

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Vibraphone

The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family.

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Western concert flute

The Western concert flute is a family of transverse (side-blown) woodwind instruments made of metal or wood.

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See also

1924 musical instruments

  • Couesnophone

Free reed aerophones

Toy instruments and noisemakers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couesnophone

Also known as Couénophone, Queenophone.