Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1898 — Queer Musical Instruments. [ARTICLE]

Queer Musical Instruments.

The pang-kou is a small Chinese drum resting on a wooden tripod. It is beaten with common wooden drumsticks. The kanoon is the favorite instrument among ladles in Turkey. Its shape resembles that of a harp laid flat. It has seventy-two strings, In sets of three, and is played with a small plectrum. The Algerian music is produced from seven different kinds of instruments, two being guitars, one a rude violin, two kinds of drums, a clarinet and a flute, all of the most primitive forms.