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Jeremy Mark

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anyone know what this keyboard instrumenet is?

« on: March 02, 2003, 09:52 PM »

so the only person I have recently seen useing this was the drummer for the band Jimmy Eat World. its based on a keyboard setup and uses round discs to make every note so that it can be played in a drumset percussion set up and use regular drum sticks. does anyone know what it is called and where I can find out more about them? they arent too common and for some reason I've had trouble finding anything like them. thanks


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Re:anyone know what this keyboard instrumenet is?

« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2003, 12:19 AM »

The only thing that comes to mind is something like the Zildjian Crotales which are pitched metal discs ... available in two octaves.

Paiste also makes something similar ... but I forgot what they call theirs.


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Re:anyone know what this keyboard instrumenet is?

« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2003, 09:08 AM »

Zach Lind uses those crotales, yea. So Bartman nailed it. He's listed on Zildjian's site, if you want to know specifically what he uses, or what they are.

www.zildjian.com

Not a lot of drummers incorporate crotales into drumset playing, but a lot of percussionists use them.


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Re:anyone know what this keyboard instrumenet is?

« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2003, 10:32 AM »

Paiste also calls theirs crotales. Here is a link for some info:
http://www.paiste.com/company/press/1998.5.shtml

And here is a link for the Zildjian version:
http://www.zildjian.com/product1.asp?ty=C

I always wanted a set of these, back in the early 80's during my Peart worship phase. I settled for a set of 5 differently pitched woodblocks on a stand (La Villa Strangiata (SP?)). I put any kind of oddball stuff on my set back then, including bells form the inside of old phones (remember when they had bells inside?).

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