The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...

Whether you are planning to learn a percussion instrument or want to switch from one to another, you need to check out some good percussion instruments for beginners. There are plenty of choices ...

Classical notes Nov. 12 There are more than a thousand entries in my teen-age son’s “Percussionist’s Dictionary,” beginning with aeolian bells (suspended brass bars), and ending with xylorimba (wooden ...

Yakir Ben-Hur, National Dance Institute, creates beats with a variety of instruments. Create exciting beats and rhythms with Yakir Ben-Hur from the National Dance Institute. Learn about a variety of ...

NEPTUNE CITY, NJ - Malletech, a maker of vibraphones and other acoustic wood instruments, is seeking a skilled and motivated woodworker to develop his/her skills in an apprenticeship for tuning and ...

A Cajon is a box-shaped percussion instrument that is played by tapping the front and rear surfaces by hands. Besides hands, the tapping is even done by fingers, brushes and sticks at times to bring ...

A total of nine samba musical instruments, including the pandeiro (a type of hand frame drum), tam-tam (a percussion instrument, often referred to as a gong), cuíca (a type of friction drum), and ...

For many decades, stone artifacts that had been found in the San Luis Valley, and Great Sand Dunes National Park, had been a mystery. That was until an archaeologist based in Longmont decided to take ...

Forte and Moscow have signed an agreement under which a plant for the production of percussion musical instruments will be built on Burakova Street in the east of Moscow. This was reported by the ...