The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-03
ODD SOUNDS,
Description ofTrick " .trumenta Common
ly Used In First Class OrchestrAs.
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One Of the instruments which Davis
plays Is commonly called the bells, OF
orchestra bells; In Germany called the
"glockenspiel." 1t consists q number Of
short bars Of steel resting on straw ropes.
The bars are played Upon by short ham
ners, the metals Of which are connected
with the wood handles by whalebone.
The full chromatic scale. two and a half
octAves, are represented by the bars;
which are toned by size. The instrument
most like the bells is the Iylophone, which
consists Of q number Of pieces Of rood
strung together by two cords and Resin 2
on ropes Of straw. The method Of tuning
the 1ylopbone is curious. II note be fat
1t is corrected in tone by having a section
sawed of; if sharp, il is notched on the
under side by a saw-cut
The anvils in an orchestra are far from
being such az smiths play upon by the side
Of forge, though their tones are remark.
ably like those of the real article. The
Anvi, which Mr.. Davis has are two pieces
Of hemi- OctAg Jnal brass. hollow and about
eight inches long. Hemi-octagonal may
not be the scientific term for describing a
tube which would be oc;agonal If alike on
both sides. but which looks as il 1t had
been octagonaI and sliced down is length
and the first side covered over. That is
what they are. They are contained in
little plush.lined case, and might be car.
RED in an overcoat pocket, but when
struck with little hammer give out a
.ound Ike an anvil. Il tells story Of the
times that there has been So much music
written Of late relating 70 champagne
drinking that instruments have been de.
vised and patented - initiate the pop"
Of a champagne cork. Mr.. Davis has two
such instruments. One is a simple wooden
cylinder, piston working in one end and
e captive cork in the other. II Is as SIM
pie as a toy's pop-gun, tut the sound has
a ve-doiiars-a-b0ttls bang that is
most captivating. The second pop.
imitator, recently invented, can
be worked more rapidly and
made 10 initiate the sound around a
race course bar just af;crth the field has won
against long odds. This IS a long brass
cylinder, the piston running through the
cork and having boIt en- that end to pre-.
vent the cork from flying of and hitting
the ringer IN the eve. The piston, pushed
In rapidly. causes a deceptive pop" and
being az rapidly pushed back, plugs the
cork tight in agaIn. ready for another hat.
tie which acton can be kept up faster
th4n the thlrs,iest crowd could cut the
wire.
The crack Of a whip is noise that is
heard under very different circumstances
on the stage II NAV lie n chorus dEscrib-
ing a rol.icking sle,gh-r.de, Lady Gay
Spanker, who emphasizes a story with
flourish Of a whip, or the oterseer in
Uncle Tom's Calm" Whatever the oc-
casIon. the man sitting at the end of the
orchestra supplies the crack" Mr.. Davis
does this with a Little instrument that
looks Ike BIZ razor strop split down 70
the haddle and there hinged. II is worked
with one hand. for very frequently, at the
same time, sleigh-bells must be heard, and
the other hand is employed in shaking a
belt Of silver bells right merrlly.