Larry Jackson, our wonderful folk music educator, plays a Tibetan Temple Horn, which echoed in all the instruments in the room.

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A conch shell and ocean drum transported us to the Hawaiian islands.

Giant harmonica
There are actually harmonicas much larger designed to be played by 4 people at the same time!

Laocane from Laos


Tube drums from Fiji.
Make your own from PVC!

Tube drum concert

Talking Drum from west Africa is played by squeezing the leather straps under your arms while drumming on the skin on the end.

Homemade friction drum (cuica from Brazil) from a coffee can.

This log slit drum from Africa is at least
100 years old.

Modern slit drum from Arizona

Thumb piano from African. Also known as a kalimba, sansa or mbira.

Bass Kalimba-sit on it and play. What a beautiful sound!

Tibetan singing Bowl

Water buffalo yoke bell. The bell above the mountain dulcimer is for elephants! It's primarily to alert people that the elephant is moving near them.

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