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Stylophone, n.|ˈstaɪləfəʊn|
Also s-.
[f. stylo- + -phone 1, after xylophone.]
A hand-held, battery-operated musical instrument which is played by drawing an attached ‘stylus’ along a keyboard of metal touchplates, and produces a distinctive buzzing tone.
Formerly a proprietary name in the U.K.; a proprietary name in the U.S.
1968Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 June 1044/2 Stylophone 920, 133. Electronic musical instruments. Moviecol Enterprises Limited..24th January, 1968. 1969Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Apr. tm223/1 Stylophone... For electronic organs... First use Jan. 24, 1968. 1970Times 13 Oct. 16/5 A stylophone, a musical instrument like a small electronic organ, was held not to be a keyboard musical instrument and so not exempt from purchase tax. 1976Morecambe Guardian 7 Dec. 31/6 (Advt.), Guitars, school recorders, harmonicas. Stylophones. Large selection. 1984New Grove Dict. Mus. Instruments III. 469/2 In 1970 the five members of the pop group Printed Circuit performed on five different, specially made versions of the Stylophone. 1990Independent 7 May 11/2 A catalogue of songs, 90 per cent of which would sound acceptable knocked out on a Stylophone and a rank of water-filled milk bottles. |