Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-05-28
ODD SOUNDS.
Description ofTrick lbs rumrnts Common
iy Used Ia First-Class Orrhestras.
Brooklyn Union

1y Used ia Efrst-Class Orrhestras
IBrooklyn Union
One of the instruments whi h Davis
plays is comm MY caIlel the bells. or
orchestra l ellis; I'm Germa called the
"elockenspiel." 1t consists of number of
short bars of steel resting on straw ropes.
The ars arc played upon by short ham
mers. the metals of which are c. INJECTED
with the wool handles ty wbalebone.
The full chromatic scale, two and q half
octaves, are represented by fha bars,
VIII are toned nv size. Ths nstrum mt
mosi like the bells is the xylophone, which
consists of number OF pieces of wood
strung to~ether by two cords an res i'm q
on rop@s of straw. The method of funin
the xylophone Is curious. If note lie fiat
it is corrected in tone by having section
sawed OF: if sharp, il is notched on the
under si,le by saw-cut.
The nnvils in an orch IS RI are far from
being such as smiths play upon by the silc
of forge, though their tones are remark
ably like those of the real article. The
anvil! which Mr. Davis has are two piecrs
of hemi- octagonal brass. hollow AMI about
eight in hes long. Hemi -octa gonal NAV
not he the scientific term for des rihing n
tube which would be octagonal if alike on
9th sides, but which looks as If IL Ind
been octa "onal nm l sliced down its length
and the first side covered over. Tbat ,s
what they are. They are contained in a
little plus i-lined case, an | might be car
red in an overcoat pocket, hut when
struck with little hammer give out a
sound like an anvil. Il tells story of the
times that there has b EN- SO much music
writ IF lott - H.
drinking that in strum-n.s have heen de-
vised AMI patented to initiate the s'popn
of a chlmpagna cork. Mr.. Davis has two
such instruments. One is q simple wooden
cylinder. piston working in one end and
captive cork in the other. 1t is as SIM
pie as a oy's pop-gun, lut the sound has
a e-do!lars-a-Lottls lang that is
must captivating. The second pom
imitator, recently invented. can
be worked more rapidly and
made to initiate the sounl around n
race-course Lar just af. er the field has won
against long odds. This is a long brass
cylinder. the piston running through the
cork aud hayin2 olt on that end 10 pre.
vent the cork from a ing of and hitting
the RINGER in the eye. The pis on. pushed
in rapidly, c, uses deceptive "pop.n and
being as rapidly pushed back. plugs the
cork tight in again. ready for ano her bat
tle' which action can be kept up faster
than the thirstiest crowd could cut the
wire.
The crack of a whip is noise that IL
heard under very different circumstances
on the stage 1t may be chorus desorib.
ing roilicking sleis h-ride. Lady Cav
spanker, who emphasizes story with
flourish of a whip, or the overseer in
Uncle Toms Cal in.v Whatever the oc.
casion, the man sitting at the end of the
orchestra supplies the "crack." Sir. Davis
does this with little instrument. that
looks Ike big razor strop split down to
The haddle and there hinged. 1t is worked
with one hand. for very frequently, at the
same time. sleigh-bells must be beard. and
the other hand is employed in SHAKING .
pelt Of silver bells night mcrrily.