See also:

• BATYPHONE (Ger. and Fr. Batyphon)

BATYPHONE (Ger. and Fr. Batyphon)  , a contrabass See also:

• CLARINET
• CLARINET, or CLARIONET (Fr. clarinette; Ger. Clarinette, Klarinett; Ital. clarinetto, chiarinetto)

clarinet which was the outcome of F . W . See also:

• WIEPRECHT, WILHELM FRIEDRICH (1802—1872)

Wieprecht's endeavour to obtain a contrabass for the See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments . The See also:

• BATYPHONE (Ger. and Fr. Batyphon)

batyphone was made to a See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale twice the See also:

• SIZE

size of the clarinet in C, the divisions of the See also:

• CHROMATIC (Gr. xpcoµaruc6s, coloured, from xpwµa, colour)

chromatic scale being arranged according to acoustic principles . For convenience in stopping holes too far apart to be covered by the fingers, See also:

• CRANK

crank or swivel keys were used . The See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument was constructed of See also:

• MAPLE, SIR JOHN BLUNDELL, BART

maple-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, had a clarinet See also:

• MOUTHPIECE (Fr. embouchure; Ger. Mundstuck; Ital. bocchino)

mouthpiece of suitable size connected by means of a cylindrical See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass crook with the upper See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube, and a brass See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell . The See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch was two octaves below the clarinet in C, the See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

compass being the same, and thus corresponding to the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass See also:

• TUBA

tuba . The See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone was pleasant and full, but not powerful enough for the contrabass See also:

• REGISTER

register in a military See also:

• BAND

band . The batyphone had besides one serious disadvantage: it could be played with facility only in its nearly related keys, G and F See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . The batyphone was invented and patented in 1839 by F . W . Wieprecht, director See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of all the Prussian military bands, and E .

Skorra, the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court instrument manufacturer of See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . In practice the instrument was found to be of little use, and was superseded by the bass tuba . A similar See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made in 1843 by Adolphe See also:

• SAX, ANTOINE JOSEPH

Sax, and met with a similar See also:

• FATE

fate . A batyphone bearing the name of its inventors formed part of the Snoeck collection which was acquired for Berlin's collection of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient musical instruments at the Technische Hochschule See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Musik . The 'description of the batyphone given above is mainly derived from a MS. See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on See also:

• INSTRUMENTATION

instrumentation by Wieprecht, in 1909 in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Herr See also:

• OTTO

Otto Lessmann (Berlin), and reproduced by Capt . C . R . See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day, in Descriptive See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of the Musical Instruments of the Royal Military See also:

• EXHIBITION

Exhibition, See also:

• LONDON

London, z890 (London, 1891), p . 124 . (K .