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Pixiphone
Percussion instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification111.212
(Sets of percussion sticks)
Developed1950s
Builders
Chas E. Methven Ltd

The Pixiphone was a range of toy glockenspiels (although they were inaccurately labelled as xylophones on their packaging). The larger Pixiphones had a 'raiser-bar' which could be used to end a note abruptly, rather than letting the sound fade naturally. Although marketed as a children's toy, the Pixiphone could be tuned pitch-perfect and was very robust, resulting in many children using them at British schools for music instruction,[1] and occasional use on professional recordings by established musicians (see "recordings" below).

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