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stylophone

(ˈstaɪləˌfəʊn)
n
(Instruments) a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
[C20: from styl(us) + -phone]
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Other experiments have seen him play the theremin - an instrument controlled without physical contact - the bagpipes and the Stylophone.
He even made his own guitar from scratch following the instructions from an electronics magazine, only to have it stolen years later and even earlier than that, bought himself a Stylophone because if it helped David Bowie make Space Oddity a hit.
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THEATRE ABERDARE: The Coliseum Theatre (0800 014 7111), The Legend Of The Stylophone: Aberdare Park Primary.
THIS quirky double act bring fresh life to comedy with their guitar and Stylophone compositions and use of props.
Friday THE quirky double act The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue, best known for their use of props and Stylophone compositions, are playing Birmingham's Highlight on a great bill which also includesTim Clark, Stefano Paolini, Stuart Mitchell and Jellybean Martinez.
They provide surreal entertainment which includes their own versions of songs from Tainted Love to Crazy Horses, performed on guitar and stylophone.
Rolf Harris The wobble-boarded, watercolour wizard from Oz (via Merthyr Tydfil) used his appearance in the long-running panel show last year to rock out with that other household icon of the '70s - the Stylophone. He pulled it out as part of the musical clue round and an entire generation of grown-up kids watching at home were overjoyed to learn it still sounded like an angry wasp in a jar - or "R2D2 sings Sinatra" - as team captain Paul Merton put it.
These included the softly major-key melodic omnichord, a descendent of the autoharp and zither, and the stylophone, a miniature synthesizer whose subtle auditory effects ensemble were best known to Kronos and sound designer Scott Fraser.
Q CAN you tell me anything about a Stylophone model 350S?