Global InformationAluphone information
| Percussion instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Percussion |
| Developed | 2011 |
| Musicians | |
| Evelyn Glennie, Colin Currie, Martin Grubinger | |
The Aluphone is a tuned percussion instrument consisting of aluminum bells that are struck with a mallet to produce musical tones. In its standard configuration, the bells of the Aluphone are mounted on a frame, but it can also be played as a single handheld bell or as a stack of bells.[1] The bells of the Aluphone are very durable, so they can be struck with a large variety of mallets, wands, or hammers depending on the tone that the musician seeks to produce.
The Aluphone is closely associated with Evelyn Glennie, who played the instrument in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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