Browse Items (149 total)

Morphology: Trumpet
Location: Germany
Culture: German
Dates: 1842-1915
Description: Trumpets are used to play the highest range of notes in the brass family and might date back to at least 500 AD(comma) if not earlier. This trumpet was made by…

Morphology: Ukelin
Location: Hoboken(comma) NJ
Culture: Euro-American
Dates: 1926-1960
Description: Patterned after a dulcimer(comma) but played with a bow(comma) the ukelin combines the strings/chords of the Hawaiian ukulele with the violin. It…

Morphology: Tambourine
Location: Spain
Culture: Spanish
Dates: 1900-1968
Description: This tambourine consists of a rounded wood frame with small pairs of metal jingles(comma) called zils(comma) and a skin drumhead. The tambourine is a very old…

Morphology: Castanets
Location: Spain
Culture: Spanish
Dates: 1950-1968
Description: These castanets consist of two pairs of wooden concave shells joined on an edge by string. To play(comma) one pair would be held in each hand and clicked…

Morphology: Cretan Lyra
Location: Crete(comma) Greece
Culture: Greek
Dates: 19th-20th century
Description: The common Cretan lyra is a three stringed violin-like instrument played with a bow. It consists of a pear shaped body with two…

Morphology: Tom tom
Location: China
Culture: Chinese
Dates: 1920-1940
Description: A modified Chinese Ban gu was added to American drum sets in the mid-1920's to add new sound effects to the kit. During the early 20th century American music was…

Morphology: Bolang Gu
Location: Tibet
Culture: Tibetan
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: A bolang gu is a traditional Chinese pellet drum(comma) noisemaker(comma) and toy. A pellet drum has two heads and two pellets attached to the drum by cord.…

Morphology: Cricket Cage
Location: China
Culture: Chinese
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: Crickets have been kept for over 2000 years in China. These crickets serve one of two purposes: their song or for fighting. This specimen(comma) designed for…

Morphology: Dizi
Location: China
Culture: Chinese
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: This dizi(comma) or hengdi(comma) is a major Chinese musical instrument. It is made of bamboo and has six finger holes(comma) plus an extra hole covered with a fine…

Morphology: Bagpipe
Location: Saudi Arabia
Culture: Arab
Description: This bagpipe-like instrument is known as the mišnice or mjeršnice. It is made of goatskin or the skin of other domesticated animals. They have been known to exist in Europe…