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Weird & Wonderful

This section is crammed with all our strangest instruments

 

Most of them are also in other sections but we thought we'd also bring them all together here in case you're looking for something out of the ordinary.

 

Click on one of the images below for full information.

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Buzzer Bamboo 35cm reducedBird Water Whistle Pottery Bird Ocarina reducedBuzzer Bamboo 40cm Jaw Harp Bamboo

Buzzer Bamboo 35cm

Bird Water Whistle

Pottery Bird Ocarina

Buzzer Bamboo 40cm

Jaw Harp Bamboo

The smallest and highest sounding of three bamboo buzzers, each beautifully decorated and each producing a different tone - but not like anything y
Fabulous-sounding water whistle. Pour a little water down the mouthpiece and blow. The sound is astonishingly bird-like and needs no skill at all!
Beautifully painted terracotta ocarina in the shape of a bird. This has two finger holes for changing the pitch and so produces three different not
The medium of three bamboo buzzers, each beautifully decorated and each producing a different tone - but not like anything you'll have heard before
Bamboo version of the jaw harp. This has been around in Poynesia for a very long time. Hold gently between the upper and lower jaw and tweak for an
RRP: £2.16
Web: £1.84
Edu: £1.51
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RRP: £3.24
Web: £1.81
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RRP: £3.24
Web: £2.75
Edu: £2.27
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Pod Shaker Buzzer Bamboo 45cm reducedKlik Klak Shell reducedCreaker Creature Thunder Drum (Spring Drum) 30cm large

Pod Shaker

Buzzer Bamboo 45cm

Klik Klak Shell

Creaker Creature

Thunder Drum (Spring Drum) 30cm large

You can't get more natural than this - an oversized acacia seed pod, which makes a great shaker. Hold one end and hit the other against the palm of
The biggest and deepest sooudning of three bamboo buzzers, each beautifully decorated and each producing a different tone - but not like anything y
A most unusual instrument made from two snail shells on bamboo sticks.
Wonderful new instrument based on our popular Frog shape twirler but using the big fruit husks also used in our agogo. As with the Frog twirler jus
Another amazing instrument producing a fantastic roaring thunder sound. Really easy to play - just hold the tube upright with the spring dangling b
RRP: £3.78
Web: £3.21
Edu: £2.65
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RRP: £4.32
Web: £3.67
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Web: £3.02
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Agogo Natural Kuika Begijen Guitar 50cm small Begijen Guitar 60cm medium Bering bau

Agogo Natural

Kuika

Begijen Guitar 50cm small

Begijen Guitar 60cm medium

Bering bau

A natural version of the classic metal agogo. This one is made from sustainable wood and over-size fruit husks and, played with the hard wood stick
Another strange but wonderful instrument used in South American music. Technically it's a "membranophone" - an instrument which produces sounds fro
Smaller version of the begijen guitar. Not a guitar as you know it but based on the Indian single string guitar. In fact it's a drum and a guitar a
Not a guitar as you know it but based on the Indian single string guitar. In fact it's a drum and a guitar as hitting the drumskin in the centre makes
Classic South American instrument used to accompany Capoeira.
RRP: £9.72
Web: £8.26
Edu: £6.80
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RRP: £9.72
Web: £8.26
Edu: £6.80
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RRP: £9.72
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RRP: £10.80
Web: £9.18
Edu: £7.56
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RRP: £10.80
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Long Clacker Tongue Drum 4 notes Flexitone Kolshi terracotta drum 27cm (11")

Long Clacker

Begijen Guitar 80cm large

Tongue Drum 4 notes

Flexitone

Kolshi terracotta drum 27cm (11")

This is a classic Indonesian instrument. It's a longer version of our animal clacker and is a bit trickier to play. This one is made of pine wood a
Longer and deeper sounding begijen guitar. Not a guitar as you know it but based on the Indian single string guitar. In fact it's a drum and a guitar
Simple, easy to play, 4 note tong drum (though to be honest there are often only 2 or 3 different notes!). The sound is very special and it sounds
Another one that needs to be heard to be believed. Beautifully made and painted by hand.
An adaption of the Indian "kolshi" drum - made from a water pitcher. This one has an extra hole on the side as well as a well-stretched skin over one
RRP: £12.96
Web: £11.02
Edu: £9.07
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RRP: £14.04
Web: £11.93
Edu: £9.83
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Web: £17.44
Edu: £14.36
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Belt Shaker - Pangi Belt Shaker - Pangi

Belt Shaker - Pangi

Belt Shaker - Pangi

A big shaker with a big sound. The pangi fruits are attached to a pad which can be worn around the neck, as a chestplate, around the leg or even as
A big shaker with a big sound. The pangi fruits are attached to a pad which can be worn around the neck, as a chestplate, around the leg or even as
RRP: £27.00
Web: £22.95
Edu: £18.90
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RRP: £27.00
Web: £22.95
Edu: £18.90
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