Room 11
There are 31 instruments and 3 audio links in this room
Xylophone, Vietnam, c. 2000
Mandolin by Grasso Toscano Santi, Italy (Sicily), c. 1910
(left) Trumpet vuvuzela, South Africa, 2010 (right) coach horn (modern copy)
(top) Rain stick, Peru (?), 1990s; (bottom, l to r) pair of rhythm sticks, Australia, 1980; Small gourd rattle, Peru (?) c. 2000
Rattle, Kenya, c. 1990
(top) Nail violin by Ian Summers, 1989 (bottom) Toy melodica, 1990s (?)
East African board zither bangwe by Ian Summers, 2000
(l to r) Panpipes by Ian Summers, for children's workshop, 1989; duct flute, India (?) 1990s; sideblown duct flute, India, 1990s; duct flute, India, 1990s; Two olive-wood recorders, 1990s
(top to bottom) Jew's harp with case, Philipines, 1990s; Swanee whistle, 1990s; Harmonica, Germany, 1990s
Small xylophone balafon, Burkina Faso, 1980s
(l to r) Thumb piano mbira dzavadzimu, Zimbabwe, c. 2000; Thumb piano, Nigeria (?), 1990s; Thumb piano (Kenya), 1980s
(l to r) Duct flute by Ian Summers, made from a bicycle pump, 1971, listen; Duct flute, Indonesia (?), 1990s; External-duct flute suling, Indonesia, c. 2000; Duct flute, India (?), c. 1980, listen; Two duct flutes, Peru, 1990s
by Ian Summers
ian.r.summers[at]btinternet.com
Two-row thumb piano by Ian Summers, 2000, listen