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| | EMI Back Issues Volumes 1 & 2, 6/1985-4/1987 |
 | | Meyer also performs on the instrument and is a member of the organization Glass Music International. | | | It is a friction idiophone: many sizes of cup-shaped quartz glasses spin on a motorized treadle, sounded by rubbing the rims with fingers. | | | Each book is subtitled "Recognition, Construction, and Performance," contains a description of its instrument type and its principles, plus several instruments that children can make and play, using readily available materials, and a complement of pieces and games. |
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http://www.windworld.com/back_issues/bi1-2.htm
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| | Spoons (idiophone) - definition of Spoons (idiophone) in Encyclopedia |
| | Image supplied by FreeFoto (http://www.freefoto.com/preview.jsp?id=11-13-56andamp;k=Playing+the+Spoons).]] Spoons can be played as a makeshift percussion instrument, or more specifically, an idiophone related to the castanets. | | | A spoon is a common eating utensil, or item of cutlery, like a small spade, that occurs in a number of sizes and forms and is also suitable for liquid food and for stirring, and can have a number of other uses, including: courtship, combat and musical entertainment, strangely enough. | | | This fascination can also be seen in some types of domestic birds, such as lovebirds and budgerigars. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Spoons_(idiophone)
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