Daxophone

The Daxophon is a musical instrument that belongs to the family of Idiophone and is an instrument in the field of experimental music. It was developed by the Wuppertal guitarist Hans Reichel and is suitable for self.

A Daxophon is a painted with a cello or bass bow Holzbrettchen whose sounding end can be changed with a handy blocks in pitch and timbre. With the small board that can be shaped differently, a resonance body is mechanically connected.

The stroke of the bow excites the piece of wood as actual tone generator for vibration. This small board, according to the experience Reichel average 330 mm long, 30 mm wide, 5 mm thick, is connected at one end by means of a clamping device with the resonance box are connected to the pickup or Contact microphones, which forward the acoustic signal electrically to the amplifier and speakers. The other end of the small plank is floating freely. Its vibration behavior ( thus the pitch and timbre ) is manipulated by a flat wooden wedge, the Dax. This should be slightly rounded on at least one side so that he similarly on the boards with light pressure like a rocking chair can be moved back and hergewippt.

The sounds produced sometimes sound like a singing saw, very surreal sometimes, but can be noisy way.

The construction and operation has been presented in detail in American, Japanese and European scientific journals, and his music is be heard on numerous solo LPs and CDs.