Show t builds new instrument for jazz or church use los angeles A new musical instrument ment the sym resembling a small piano which plays on pipes instead of strings has been introduced here it has 55 piano keys which send padded hammers thumping li against 55 reed like metal pipes rangi ranging from 6 to 28 inches in length the along long pipes produce the deep notes I 1 and the short pipes the high section i of the scale music of the new instrument is a cross between the xylophone and i f fast ast played chimes lov notes with the stops released so th ehst A each blow on the pipes vibrates can be made to resemble the far off striking of a I 1 tower clock I 1 tone range of the instrument in trumont tru ment is about six notes short of a small pi pi anos scale uses ranging from symphony ay iy or chestra to jazz a e stressed by the inventor harry V F ne aspa per man because it leighs only pounds and cannot got get wit of tune lie says several urchins c are considering its use for foreign missions worked i vo and ad one hall years developing the instrument ment lind and has applied for a patent ile he says the construction cost is less than that of a moderately good upright piano |