Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments

This book describes the properties of materials used for making percussion instruments for classical music played by a symphony orchestra in which the instruments could be played as a soloist instrument or  as  a group or several groups of instruments, as they are included into a musical work. A chapter is devoted to the bells.  The scope of this book is primarily confined to percussion instruments of symphony orchestras  taking into  account  the  centuries of musical art and tradition.  This book  bridge s   the  gap in the technical literature  on describing  the properties of materials for percussion instruments—timpani, other drums, marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, gong, cymbal, triangle, celesta, castanets.