Flexatone
| Percussion | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Percussion |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 112.12 (Frame rattles) |
| Inventor(s) | the Playertone Company of New York, Although we do not have any record of who exactly invented the flexatone |
| Developed | 1922 |
| Timbre | bright, metallic |
| Volume | medium |
| Attack | fast |
| Decay | slow |
| Playing range | |
|
E4–G5 / E5–E6 E2–G#4 / D#3–D#5
| |
| Related instruments | |
| musical saw, ondes Martenot, slide whistle, vibraphone, water gong | |
| Builders | |
| Playatone, Kolberg Percussion Steve Weiss Music | |
The flexatone or fleximetal is a modern percussion instrument (an indirectly struck idiophone) consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle. Used in classic cartoons for its glissando effect, its sound is comparable to the musical saw.