Sacha Votichenko

Sacha Votichenko (c.1888 – 22 October 1971) was a Russian musician of the tympanon, a French version of the hammered dulcimer.

[3] In the late 1910s Votichenko was a regular performer at the Hotel des Artistes in New York City.

[4] The Court Circular reported that and his wife dined with the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, and her husband Rear Admiral Ioannides and Prince Dolgorouki at London's Hotel Cecil in June 1923.

[5] He played his tympanon for Queen Mary and her royal guests during her visit to the exhibition of 'Royal and Historic Treasures' at 145 Piccadilly on 10 July 1939.

[2] Maurice Ravel said to Votichenko that his "Bells of Moscow" made him "forget the 'Belles of Venice' ... Only for one moment, though".