THE PYROPHONE. 



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music" made its debut at the Vienna Exhibition of J 873. La Nature 

 and La Revue des Sciences, edited by M. Tissandier, believe that this 

 new instrument is destined to produce the most remarkable and unex- 

 pected effects in the orchestras of lyric theatres and in large concert?. 



Fig. 3 The Ptkophone, ok Gas-Okgan. 



The chandeliers of the theatre, besides serving to light it, may be con- 

 verted into an immense musical instrument : 



" "When the pyrophone is played by a skillful hand, a sweet and truly de- 

 licious music is beard; the sounds obtained are of an extraordinary purity and 

 delicacy, recalling the human voice." 

 voT,. VII. 29 



