ANIMAL GUIRO’S

This wooden instrument croaks as the back is rubbed back and forth or have a clave type feature if strum to resonate.                  

Animal Guiros

Guiros originating in Thailand in the shape of various animals. They are made of wood, and come with a wooden mallet.

Anklung

An ancient Indonesian instrument made of bamboo, which was an important ceremonial instrument in Java's Hindu period. They are able to play only one note, and thus are played in large orchestras.

Apitua, Grello, & Agogo

Apitua and Agogo are metal African bells. Grello are more like castanets as they are played on two of the fingers. All are usually made of iron and are percussion instruments used to establish and drive rhythm and to add texture and variety to music. They are distinctive and provide a strong cutting metallic sound […]

Bell Tree

A bell tree is a percussive instrument consisting of vertically nested inverted metal bowls. The bowls are fixed to a vertical rod and are arranged inexactly in order of pitch. An effective ascending or descending glissando is accomplished by sliding a metal beater up or down the tree. When a glissando is played, the inexactness […]

Bird and Fish Trident

Our bird and fish tridents are fun percussion instruments that are great value for money because they double as a guiro and a wood block with three different tones. They are well made and very cute! Appealing and quite suitable for children.

BRAZILIAN CUICA

This unique instrument is used mostly to accompany samba rhythms. It’s cylindrical, alum based body allows sound to escape at the bottom; and the tight skin connected to a wooden stick which is rubbed with wet hands to produce the sound.

Cabasa

The cabasa is a percussion instrument of African origin that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wide cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, narrow wooden or plastic handle. It provides a metallic, rattling sound when shaken or twisted, similar to the sound of a rattlesnake. The cabasa is […]

Castanets

Caxixi

Caxixi (pronounced ka-shee-shee) are a percussive musical instrument of African origin that became popular in Brazil as a accompaniment to the berimbau in Capoeira. In West Africa it is used by singers and often alongside drummers. They are similar, in many ways, to maracas. Caxixi consist of a woven cane basket with a hard gourd […]

Claves

Claves are a percussion instrument made up of two short pieces of wood which are played against each other producing a sharp cutting sound. They are traditionally made from good hardwoods but some modern producers will even use fiberglass or plastic. When played they are held with the non dominant hand cupped underneath one of […]

Cuica

A Brazilian friction drum, is synonymous with the sound of fun and laughter that one would experience at a Brazilian carnival. The cuica is often used in samba music and is a wonderfully simple instrument. It is made from a small drum with a stick mounted in the middle of the skin. One plays by […]

Damroo

The damroo (also known as the 'monkey talking drum') is a two sided Indian percussion instrument that is shaped like an hour glass. Gandharva Loka generally stocks three sizes the smallest if which is 8cm high by 9cm in diameter (a good size for children) and the largest being 15cm high by 10cm in diameter. […]

Devil Chaser

Also known as a Frog Caller, this novel and fun instrument consists of a small wooden drum with a hide skin. Through the skin passes a nylon line which is loosely attached to a resin coated groove in a wooden stick. The attached handle is pulled taught and tweaked to create a loud rasping sound […]

DOUBLE SHAKERS

Wooden double chamber shakers perfect for professional and casual musicians.

Egg Shakers

Egg shaped shakers in either wood, plastic, or rawhide available in various sizes. $4.25

Elephant

A sweet little elephant shaped wooden flute, which when played produces a high squeak, much like the call of an elephant calf.

Flexatone

The flexatone was invented in the 1920s. It is a percussion instrument that consists of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame that also makes up the handle. Two wooden knobs are mounted on strips of spring steel and attached on each side of the metal sheet. The player holds the flexatone […]

Forest Devil

Also known as a Frog Caller, this novel and fun instrument consists of a small wooden drum with a hide skin. Through the skin passes a nylon line which is loosely attached to a resin coated groove in a wooden stick. The attached handle is pulled taught and tweaked to create a loud rasping sound […]

FREE RIDE BONGOS

Small sized bongos with a big sound! Great for traveling musicians.

Guiros

The guiro is a percussion instrument commonly used throughout Latin-America. Originally created using a gourd, modern models are made from both wood and plastic. The guiro has ridges cut into the surface of it. One typically holds the guiro in one hand and plays it by rubbing a stick up and down over the ridges. […]

Jingle Sticks

This is a cute percussion instrument with a colourful wooden handle and a funny face that comes in in two designs. Five bells are fixed with studs to a strap and the novelty toy jingles cheerily when shaken. This kind of toy is a great way to introduce music and rhythm in a playful, fun […]

Kokoriko

Gandharva Loka stocks hand-made wooden clackers with handles that are carved as dolphins or geckos. These eighteen blade wooden clackers offer a warm and natural tone. Clackers play a crucial role in both traditional and contemporary music that requires a strong percussive rhythm section.

Maracas

Maracas (also known as rumba shakers and, in Trinidad, shac-shacs) have their origins in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala and are also associated with several nations in the Caribbean Islands. Clay maracas have been found that were used by the natives of Colombia some 1500 years ago. Maracas are a simple percussion instrument that are […]

Owl

An owl shaped whistle, which comes in three different sizes and produces a sweet owl hoot when blown.

Pellet Drum

Used in East Asia both for ceremonial purposes (in Mongolia) and as children's toys in many other places, these small percussion instruments are either made entirely of wood, or of a wooden frame with animal skin stretched over it. The drum is played by rolling the stick between the palms or rotating it between the […]

POCKET SHAKERS

This shakers are designed to fit in your pockets to start a beat anytime!

Qi-Gong Balls

A melodious fitness device for all hands that need relaxation! In China where the ancient art of healing has been cultivated for many ages, Qi-Gong Balls are a widely used means of relaxing the nerves and to develop the flexibility of the fingers. The trick is to spin two balls in one hand without letting […]

Rain Stick

The rain stick comes from the Atacama Desert in Chile and is a truly natural instrument. Rain sticks are made from a particular type of cactus which, when it dies, is dried out. The thorns are then cut off and pushed back into the dried cactus branch so that the pointed tips of the thorns […]

SEAPOD SHAKER WRIST BAND

Artesanal sea pod seed shakers attached to a wrist band, great for dancers and world music performers.

Shakers

We have wooden eggs, wooden balls, plastic eggs, maracas, talking shakers, caxixi, shakers on a stick, and a variety of plastic, metal and wooden shakers. The colourful plastic egg shakers, as in the red one pictured on the right side of the image, are excellent for young children.

Shaman Rattle

Shaman rattles are traditionally made from various materials including wood, turtle shells, snake skin, rawhide, gourds and coconuts and filled with items such as corn seeds, teeth and shards of bone or crystal, and shells (which they are also sometimes decorated with, along with feathers and fur). They are used for ritualistic purposes among Shamanic cultures […]

Shekere

The shekere is a percussive instrument of West Africa origin. It is made of dried gourds of various sizes that are covered with nets that have colourful beads or shells woven into them. Throughout the African continent there are similar gourd and bead or gourd and seed percussion instruments that have various names and decoration. […]

SINGING MAGNETS

This very unique looking magnetized stone can achieve the most amazing sounds as it flies through the air or made into a bracelet. It’s capabilities go beyond imaginable!

Singing Saw

At the beginning of the 20th century, blacksmiths did not have any way to test the degree of steel's hardness when it had been in the fire. What he did was to strike the steel with a hammer. When it produced a particular long lasting tone, the hardness was deemed correct. Carl Feldmann was a […]

Sound Shapes

Sound Shapes are high-quality, affordable percussion instruments that are perfect for the home, classroom or daycare center – children love them! They come in a variety of geometric shapes and cool sounds that are as vibrant as their colors. They range in size, colour, and shape but all have a great sound. Sound shapes can […]

Spoons

The spoons are a percussion instrument that originated in Ireland as 'bones' – literally the convex sides of a pair of sheep rib bones that were rattled together. In more recent times 'playing the bones' has developed into 'playing the spoons'. A pair of desert spoons (or similar) are held with concave sides facing out […]

Tambourine

The tambourine is at once an ancient instrument and one of the most common and best known instruments in the world today. It has been used in a wide range of music genre over the centuries. The tambourine consists of a wood or plastic frame with pairs of small metal discs, known as 'zils', mounted […]

Televi Shaker

Considered a children’s toy in Ghana, the televi, aslatua, or patica is a rhythmic/percussive instrument that is traditionally made from two small gourds filled with beans that are connected by a short piece of braided sting. With a pair in each hand – one gourd being cupped in the palm while the other being free […]

Temple Block

Temple blocks are traditionally used to serve as a beat for chants in Buddhist ceremonies. One can also use them with a lot of flexibility as the different sizes and tones produce a wonderfully array of sounds. Temple blocks are generally played as a set on a stand but they can also be held and […]

Tree works

  These chimes are appropriate for performing artists, and are handmade in Tennessee – various shapes and sizes are available, and professional performers will not be disappointed by their quality.

Triangles

The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family. It is a bar of metal, usually steel but sometimes other metals such as beryllium copper, bent into a triangle shape. One of the angles is left open, with the ends of the bar not quite touching. The instrument is usually held […]

Twittering Birds

These sweet clay bird shaped whistles can be filled with water to create amazingly lifelike bird noises! Also available in plastic.

Vibraslap

The vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire that is bent into a U shape and connects a wood ball to a hollow wooden box that contains small pieces of metal. The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ball with the free hand. The box […]