| Instrument |
A.K.A. |
Description |
Origin |
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| Sabar |
Sabar |
African Peg Drum Played with hand and thin stick |
Africa |
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| Sand Paper |
Sand Blocks |
...that old "soft Shoe" sound |
USA |
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| Sanh Sua |
Vietnamese Cricket |
Two flat plates on a split bamboo handle |
Vietnam |
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| Sansa |
Kalimba, Mbira |
Thumb piano (see Kalimba) |
Africa |
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| Séssé |
K'sing-k'sing |
falt sheet metal "ears" attached to the djembe |
West Africa (esp Guinea, Mali, Senegal) |
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| Shekere |
Large Beaded Gourd |
Beaded net outside a calabash Gourd |
Africa, Cuba |
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| Shekere, Tail |
Beaded Gourd Rattle |
Beaded net outside a Gourd with "tail" of extra cord. |
Africa, USA |
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| Shime Daiko |
Taiko |
Rope tensioned drum with two lacquered heads |
Japan |
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| Ship's Bell |
Captain's Bell |
Brass bell with clapper |
USA |
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| Singing bowls |
Tibetan Prayer Bowls |
Prayer Bowls Played by friction with wood stick . |
Tibet |
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| Siren Whistle |
Siren Whistle |
Vaudeville comic siren whistle. |
USA, UK |
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| Sistrum, African |
African Sistrum |
Rattles with coins, Disks or bottle caps strung on a wood and wire frame |
Africa |
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| Sistra, misc. |
Sistrums |
A little more refined than african sistrums, but the same idea |
Midde East |
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| Sizzle Cymbal |
Rivet Cymbals |
Cymbals with rivets; sustained soft hissing sound. |
Various Origins |
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| Slapstick |
Whip |
Two hinged flat pieces of wood; bright whip-crack accent. |
USA |
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| Sleigh Bells, misc. |
Jingle Bells |
a variety of different types incuding large antique set from a sleigh in Vermont. |
USA |
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| Slide Whistles, misc. |
Slide Flute |
More Vaudeville! Cartoon-type slide whistles of various types. |
Various Origins |
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| Slit Drums |
Poëtti, Log Drum |
Wood drum, multi toned, carved from one piece of wood |
Various |
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| Snare Drums, misc. |
Side Drum |
Several high quality vintage snares. |
USA |
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| Snare, Piccolo |
Piccolo Snare Drums |
3"x13" Blaymeyer, 4"X12" Trick & Ocheltree |
USA |
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| Snare Drum, Field |
Parade Drum |
14"x15" Roland Dynasonic |
USA |
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| Splash Cymbals |
Splash Cymbals |
Variety of small thin cymbals |
Various |
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| Spoke Tree |
Spokes Tree |
Assembly of graduating Remo Roto-Tom frames. |
USA |
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| Spoons, misc. |
Spoons |
Assorted metal and wood spoons |
USA |
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| Spring Coils |
Coils |
About 6" diameter metal coils |
USA |
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| Spring, Truck |
Automotive Spring |
Large auto suspension spring. |
USA |
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| Stamping Tubes |
Stamp Tubes |
Tuned bamboo or PVC tubes closed at one end, stuck against the ground. |
Pacific Islands |
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| Steel Sheet |
Thunder Sheet |
4' X 10' suspended stainless steel sheet; awesome sound. |
USA |
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| Stones |
Stone clickers |
Small flat stones. |
USA |
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| Surdo |
Brazilian Bass Drum |
Large lightweight bass drum with calf heads. |
Brazil |
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| Tabla |
Tablas |
Several Pairs of North Indian Drums |
India |
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| Taiko |
Shime Daiko |
Japanese Folk Drum |
Japan |
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| Talking Bells |
Gankogui |
African Iron double bells. |
Africa |
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| Talking Drums, misc. |
Tama, Dundun |
Usually "Talking Drum" refers to hour glass-shaped squeeze drums. Also see: Atumpan (Gahnaian Talking Drum) |
Africa |
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| Tam Tams |
Gongs |
Large flat deep Gongs, various sizes and makers |
China, Switzerland |
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| Tamborin |
Brazilian Tamborim |
Small single headed hand-held drum, very bright tight sound. |
Brazil |
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| Tambourines, misc. |
Frame Drum |
Huge collection, of course. With and without heads. |
Various Origins |
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| Tap Shoes |
Taps |
Pair of patent leather tap shoes. Very becoming... |
Italy |
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| Tapan |
Davul, Macedonian Tupan |
Large (20"x16") drum with goatskin heads played with a heavy wood beater on one side and a thin switch on the other |
Bulgaria, Turkey, Eastern Europe |
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| Tar |
Def |
Generic Arabic Frame Drum |
Middle East |
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| Telephone Connectors |
Telephone Clickers |
Old metal Telephone Connectors, castenet-like, but warmer. Used a lot during the Disco craze. |
USA |
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| Temple Blocks |
Mokugyo |
Round Carved, and assebled plywood deep wood Blocks |
Various Origins |
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| Temple Clickers |
Clickers |
Little wood rattles. |
Japan |
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| Thunder Sheet |
Steel Sheet |
see Steel Sheet |
USA |
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| Timbale |
Timbales |
Latin Timbale, various makers |
USA, Cuba |
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| Timpani |
Kettledrums |
Walter Light Dresden with supended copper bowls |
USA |
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| Tinglik |
Grantang, Rindik |
Bamboo Tube Xylophone |
Bali |
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| Tingsha |
Tingcha |
Small thick cymbals. Buddhist Prayer Cymbals |
India |
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| Tinkle Toys |
Music Box Rattle |
Toy with interior metal tines struck by a ball. |
Japan |
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| Togo Rattle |
Adodo, Iron Rattle |
Iron Rattle form Togo, also Ghana |
Africa |
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| Tolonyi |
Djun Djun Bell |
Iron bell attached to a Doun Doun |
Africa |
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| Tom Toms, Indian |
Native American Drums |
Taos American Indian Drums with rawhide heads. Great generic ehnic Tom Toms |
USA |
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| Tom Toms, Concert |
Concert Toms |
Standard Toms of graduated sizes |
USA |
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| Toy Cymbals |
Toy Cymbals |
Assorted toy and small Chinese cymbals |
Various |
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| Toy Xylophones |
Toy Xylo |
small toy tube xylophone |
Taiwan |
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| Triangles, Misc. |
Triangles |
Large assortment including orchestral, rhythm, Cajun,Chuck Wagon, ridged etc |
Various Sources |
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| Tube Reco |
Recofone |
see Recophones |
Brazil |
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| Tubos |
Chocollos, Shakers |
Tube Shakers misc. |
Various Sources |
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| Tugangay |
Devil Chasers |
Split Bamboo Buzz-sticks |
Phillipines |
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| Tupan |
Davul, Tapan |
Bass Drum with Goatskin heads, Rope Tension |
Turkey or Balkan |
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| Turkey Call |
Gobble-gobble |
Folk Art sound effect |
Appalachia |
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