Editing Lamellophone (section)

=== Electro-magnetic lamellophones ===
[[File:Hohner guitaret.jpg|thumb|The [[guitaret]]|left]]
[[Ernst Zacharias]] created a series of electric lamellophones created in the 1960s for [[Hohner]]. These instruments were based on the reeds made by Hohner (already employed in accordions, concertinas, melodicas and harmonicas). These instruments were the [[Pianet]] (plucked by a foam pad), the [[Cembalet]] (plucked by a rubber pad) and the [[Guitaret]] (plucked by fingers). The idea of a struck reed tongue had been pioneered by the Alexandre brothers in their "Orgues expressifs" ([[Pump organ|harmonium]]s) in the 19th century, where they were called percussion stops.

The [[Space Harp]], or Frankiphone (designed, built and played by [[Phil Cohran]]), is a famous instance of an electric lamellophone.

A range of other mbiras and [[kalimba]]s have been created by contemporary instrument makers. The African band [[Konono No.1]] uses custom-built electric kalimbas with electro-magnetic pickups. [[Neptune (American band)|Neptune]]'s Jason Sanford makes electric thumb pianos from scrap in a similar tradition and [[Yuri Landman]] has made [[12-TET]] bass kalimbas and metal [[tongue drum]]s.