bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals, maraca - a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

chime, gong, bell - a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer

cymbal - a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

drum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end

glockenspiel, orchestral bells - a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

gong, tam-tam - a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick

kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum, kettle - a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

marimba, xylophone - a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

forte-piano, piano, pianoforte - a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

rain stick - a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain

steel drum - a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)

triangle - a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle

vibes, vibraharp, vibraphone - a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound