摇滚口琴 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	摇滚口琴
品名（英）	Rock Harmonicon
入馆年号	1889年，89.4.2931
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者	William Till【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1880
创作地区	大不列颠联合王国（United Kingdom）
分类	Idiophone Struck条石（Idiophone-Struck-bar-stone）
尺寸	整体: 高 106.7 x 长 247.7厘米 (42 x 97 1/2英寸); Longest stone: 77 厘米 (26 英寸); Shortest: 22.9 厘米 (9 英寸)
介绍（中）	这种摇滚和声或石木琴是由蒂尔家族制作的，他们是维多利亚时期吸引英国观众的几个所谓的"摇滚乐队"之一。所有这些都来自英国湖区的凯西克地区，这是斯基德道石的产地，这是一种因其音质和共鸣而备受推崇的喇叭。这种铿锵的岩石的调音杆支撑在木架上，布置得很像现代木琴。该乐器有 22 个小节，可产生三个八度的全音阶。它最初也可能包括第二排石头，使其能够发出全半音阶。一系列锤子和皮革和布覆盖的木槌被用来哄骗乐器的不同音色。英格兰，苏格兰和欧洲的观众在广泛的巡演中听到了蒂尔家庭摇滚乐队。摇滚乐队的声音引起了英国艺术评论家约翰·拉斯金（John Ruskin）的注意，他鼓励家人的表演，并拥有威廉·蒂尔（William Till）制作的石木琴。在1880年代后期，这个家庭开始了美国和加拿大的巡回音乐会，后来在新泽西州的巴约讷定居了五年。
介绍（英）	This rock harmonicon or stone xylophone was made by the Till family, who were one of several so called "rock bands" that captivated British audiences during the Victorian period. All hailed from the area of Keswick in the English Lake District, the source of Skiddaw stone, a type of hornfels prized for its tone quality and resonance. Tuned bars of this sonorous rock were supported on a wooden stand and laid out much like a modern xylophone. This instrument has twenty two bars that produce a three-octave diatonic scale. It may have also originally included a second row of stones enabling it to sound a full chromatic scale. A range of hammers and leather and cloth covered mallets were used to coax different timbres from the instrument. Audiences throughout England, Scotland and Europe heard the Till Family Rock Band during their extensive tours. The sound of the rock band caught the ear of the English art critic John Ruskin, who encouraged the family’s performances and owned a stone xylophone made by William Till. In the late 1880s, the family embarked on a concert tour of the United States and Canada, later settling for five years in Bayonne, New Jersey.