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Flemish rommelpot friction drum
Egyptian ivory clappers
music box
drum set
Bianqing, Chinese stone chimes
musician playing a changgo
African log amadinda
lamellaphone with bamboo tongues
reconstructed Mayan fresco from Bonampak
Some of the percussion instruments of the Western orchestra (clockwise, from top): xylophone, gong, bass drum, snare drum, and timpani.
See Tom Teasley playing the frame drum using different drumming styles from various countries
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