The Dulcitone is a rare and beautiful portable keyboard that was originally made for missionaries to hump around remote african village churches to perk up hymn services.
It has a very basic piano action with spring loaded felt covered hammers striking small magnet shaped tuning forks - a bit like a Fender Rhodes electric piano without the electric bit - and has a woody, clonky glockenspiel/celesta kind of sound.
Apparently no one has sampled one before but Pendle Poucher has been in touch to tell us that he has now done just that and has the sample set available for sale in various formats.
Pricing and Availability:
£15 More information and sound samples:

• www.virb.com/dulcitone1884
  
  
  

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