Melofon: wehewehe o ka mea kani, haku mele, kani, hoʻohana

ʻO ka melophone, a i ʻole mellophone, he mea kani keleawe kaulana loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.

I ka nana aku, ua like ia me ka pu a me ka pu i ka manawa hookahi. E like me ka paipu, ʻekolu kāna mau pahu. Hoʻopili ʻia ia me ka pū Farani e nā manamana lima like, akā ua ʻike ʻia e kahi paipu waho pōkole.

ʻO ka pahu kani o ka mea kani pū kekahi i kahi kūlana waena: ua like loa ia me ka pū, akā kokoke i ke kani o ka pū. ʻO ka mea hōʻike nui loa o ka mellophone ʻo ia ka papa inoa waena, aʻo ka mea kiʻekiʻe ke kani a paʻa, a ʻo ka haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai piha, akā kaumaha.

ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokani hoʻokahi, akā hiki ke lohe pinepine ʻia i ka pūʻali koa keleawe a i ʻole ka symphony orchestra ma ka ʻāpana pū. Eia kekahi, ua lilo nā melophones i mea nui loa i ka hele ʻana.

Loaʻa iā ia ka bele i mua, hiki iā ʻoe ke kuhikuhi i ke kani i kekahi ʻaoʻao.

Aia ka Mellophone i ka māhele o nā mea hana transposing a, ma ke ʻano maʻamau, he ʻōnaehana ma F a i ʻole ma Es me ka laulā o ʻelua a me ka hapa octaves. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ʻāpana no kēia mea kani i ka treble clef i ka hapalima ma luna o ke kani maoli.