Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1912 — New Musical Instrument. [ARTICLE]

New Musical Instrument.

A new musical Instrument is reported to have been devised by a Jap-, anese violin maker in the city of Nagoya. The invention Is named the reikin, and seems likely to supersede the samlsen. It has the shape of a guitar, save in the neck, which is the only part resembling a samlsen. There are four strings to ft, and by. manipulation of the keys the instru--meat can be made to do the work of several samlsen. The inventor has' played his reikin in Sn orchestra ot Japanese instruments, and showed that it success last year. . _ -