| Tubaphone | |
| Background: | percussion |
| Classification: | Keyboard percussion |
| Hornbostel Sachs: | 111.232 |
| Hornbostel Sachs Desc: | Sets of percussion tubes |
| Range: | C6–C8 |
A tubaphone is a type of metallophone constructed from a series of metal tubes arranged in a keyboard configuration.[1] [2] The tubes are similar in length to that of a xylophone, and sound vaguely like a glockenspiel.[3]