Vibraphone
OriginUSA
Year1921
FamilyPercussion
About the Vibraphone
Invented by Herman Winterhoff. Metal bars with motor-driven resonators create vibrato. The pedal controls sustain. Lionel Hampton popularized jazz vibraphone. Gary Burton developed four-mallet technique. The rotating discs in resonators create the signature shimmer.
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