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Pictured: Western (Boehm) Flute, nickel-silver

The flexatone is a modern idiophone consisting of a small flexible metal sheet held in a wire frame that ends in a handle. It is most commonly used in cartoons as a sound effect to represent a supernatural appearance or phenomenon.

Long-necked lute that originated in Kazakhstan.

Courses: COCO 20, MUS 17.04, ENGS 17.04

Originating in Turkey, the cymbals are metal crash idiophones. They are two identical, thin, domed plates typically made from bronze or brass. When the cymbals are brought together in a slanted motion to produce a full ringing sound.

The conch is a common name for most medium to large-sized shells. A Conch shell can be used as a wind instrument by cutting a hole near the tip of the spire and blowing into the shell.

"Conch", Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, accessed July 18,…

How it's made: Canes are dried, then sent to the warehouse where they are graded by thickness. They are sawed off to remove the nodes at the end of each section. Each tube is split into 4 pieces or splits. The splits are put into a reed blank by…

Materials: Metal (nickel silver, brass or silver), Wood, plastic, hardened rubber, aluminum, cork, foam

Also known as tubular bells, the chimes is an idiophone made from metal tubes. The most common type of chimes, standing chimes, have tubes that are arranged in a row from shortest to longest hanging from a large metal frame and produce a sound…

Hollow, plastic, percussion tubes that are color coded and tuned to a musical pitch by length. They can be struck together or against nearly any surface.

Tycoon bongo drums (not pictured but available in collection) hand-crafted in Thailand, made with Siam Oak (Rubber Wood) and water buffalo skin.