Amaphon
System: Kukoreit
(unisonoric, side alternating, logical)
(Collection Oriwohl, Nr. IV-59)
Manufacture: unknown, around 1930
Inventor: Mr Kukoreit from Lehrte
Range: C - c3
The Amaphon was designed purely as a melody instrument. On this alternate-sided instrument must be changed sides when playing whole tones or semitones.
The right manual contains all whole tones and the left all semitones. It can therefore be used only as a melody instrument or only for chord accompaniment.
The instrument is similar to Wheatstone Concertina from 1830, on which the chromatic tone sequence was arranged alternate-sided. The Wheatstone Concertina was also a purely melodic instrument.
Left manual: only semitones
Right manual: only hole tones
Right side:
One row for the whole tones of an octave
Left side:
One row for the semitones of an octave
"Patent Sale!
Which company will buy my husband's invention to exploit it? The invention is called "Amaphon" and is a
melodic instrument with 4 octaves. The right hand has to play the whole notes and the left hand the half notes. These four octaves are in 4 rows. The first row on the left and right is the low octave (or scale). So the "Amaphon" has 4 rows of 4 scales, 3 rows of 3 scales, 2 rows of 2 scales and for small children 1 row of 1 scale.
Offers are invited from the widow Marie Kukoreit"
