Eleuke
M. Gerarda
Waikiki
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We do not supply any electronic instruments at this point in time.
WIND |
STRING |
PERCUSSION |
ELECTRONIC |
Definitions:
WIND instruments: any instrument that the player blows into (e.g. trumpet or flute) or pumps air into (e.g. accordion or pipe organ). The bagpipes do both, but sorry we don't supply them.
STRING instruments: includes two types, bowed instruments (e.g. violins) and plucked instruments (e.g. guitars), both of which use vibrating strings to produce the sound. The piano fits into both this category and the percussion category, since the strings are hit by hammers. btw, we don't distribute pianos, either.
PERCUSSION instruments: the vibrating medium is struck by the players hand (e.g. bongos) or a by a stick or mallet (e.g. drum kit).
NB: this is not a text book, these definitions are simplified for our purposes to help our customers find items on this website.
WIND INSTRUMENTS |
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REED ORGANS, PIPE ORGANS |
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We supply three main sub-categories of wind instruments: brass instruments (sound produced by the player's lips vibrating inside a cup-shaped mouthpiece), woodwind instruments (sound produced by the player blowing through a reed or air-reed), and free-reed organs (where the air is blown or pumped into the instrument by mechanical or indirect means). We do not supply pipe-organs or harmoniums.
TYPE |
GROUP |
NAME |
HORNS (CONICAL BORE) |
VALVES |
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NO VALVES |
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CLARIONS (STRAIGHT BORE) |
SLIDE |
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VALVES |
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HYBRID |
VALVES |
TYPE |
GROUP |
NAME |
VOICE |
FLUTES |
FIPPLE FLUTES |
SOPRANINO | |
| SOPRANO or "DESCANT" (UK & AUST) | |||
| ALTO or "TREBLE" (UK & AUST) | |||
| TENOR | |||
| BASS | |||
| GREAT BASS | |||
| TIN WHISTLE | |||
| PENNY WHISTLE | |||
| CONCERT (the common flute) | |||
| ALTO | |||
| BASS | |||
| PICCOLO | |||
REEDS |
DOUBLE REEDS |
BASSOON | |
| COR ANGLAIS | |||
| OBOE | |||
SINGLE REEDS (WITH MOUTHPIECE) |
Bb (the common clarinet) | ||
| A | |||
| Eb SOPRANO | |||
| C SOPRANO | |||
| Eb ALTO | |||
| Bb BASS | |||
| Eb SOPRANINO | |||
| Bb SOPRANO | |||
| Eb ALTO | |||
| Bb TENOR | |||
| Eb BARITONE | |||
for our purposes, these are the family of polyphonic reed instruments where the players' lips are not in direct contact with the reeds (i.e. mouth organs or harmonicas, melodicas) or those where the air is pumped through the reeds by mechanical means (i.e. the accordion family). Also called polyphonic free-reed instruments.
Examples of each type of instrument made by Hohner follow in the table below:
REED ORGANS |
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HARMONICAS |
ACCORDIONS |
MELODICAS |
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CHROMATIC (all notes playable) |
DIATONIC (single 7-note scale playable) |
PIANO |
BUTTON
(buttons in rows for right hand treble, buttons for left hand bass chords - left hand pumps the bellows) |
CONCERTINAS
(small number of buttons for both hands - squeezebox, i.e. both hands pump the bellows) |
Like the right hand section of a Piano accordion, but the player blows into a mouthpiece instead of pumping bellows. |
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TWO REEDS PER HOLE |
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STRINGED INSTRUMENTS |
GROUP |
TYPE |
NAME |
PLUCKED or STRUMMED |
ACOUSTIC (steel strings, narrow neck) |
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CLASSICAL (nylon or gut strings, broad neck) |
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BOWED or ORCHESTRAL |
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A NOTE ABOUT GUITARS: WE CATEGORISE THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR BASIC CONSTRUCTION. There are both acoustic and classical guitars which have pick-ups or amplification systems, but they are still grouped together with those that do not.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS |
GROUP |
TYPE |
NAME |
PITCHED |
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TONE BARS (single bar with resonator) |
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BELLS |
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UNPITCHED |
DRUMS |
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SHAKERS |
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BELLS |
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SCRAPERS |
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MULTIPLE BELLS/JINGLES |
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GLOCKENSPIELS AND XYLOPHONES FOR SCHOOL CLASSROOM USE: go to www.kurtjacob.com.au/EduPerc.html
Other examples of unpitched percussion include cymbals and drum kits, neither of which form part of our current
line-up of stocked items.
Latin/African bells (e.g. Agogo) and cowbells are not used melodically, and are therefore considered unpitched.