Handbook of materials for percussion instruments<p>Chapter 0 Preface</p><p>PART 1 Percussion instruments, their classification and their sound</p><p>Chapter 1 Introduction </p><p>Chapter 2 Organology of percussion instruments and patents </p><p>Chapter 3 About the sound of percussion instruments </p><p>Chapter 4 Experimental methodology for acoustical properties of percussion instruments </p><p>PART 2 Structural parts of the Instruments</p><p>Chapter 5 The membranophones - timpani, drums, tambourine </p><p>Chapter 6 The Idiophones made of wood played with mallets – marimba, xylophone </p><p>Chapter 7 The metallic idiophones played with mallets- vibraphone, glockenspiel </p><p>Chapter 8 The struck idiophones played with mallets -gong, tam-tam, cymbal, chimes, triangle, plate</p><p>Chapter 9 The mallets </p><p>Chapter 10 Other Struck idiophone- the church bell, carillon </p><p>Chapter 11 Idiophones with keyboard – celesta </p><p>Chapter 12 The Concussion Idiophones - castanets, woodblocks </p><p>Chapter 13 New Percussion instruments </p><p>PART 3 Properties of Materials</p><p>Chapter 14 Properties of wood for percussion instruments </p><p>Chapter 15 Properties of metallic alloys for percussion instruments </p><p>Chapter 16 Properties of leather for percussion instruments </p><p>Chapter 17 Properties of new materials for percussion instruments </p><p>PART 4 Maintenance and conservation of percussion instruments</p><p>Chapter 18 Care and maintenance of percussion instruments </p><p>Chapter 19 Conservation of percussion instrument </p><p>Chapter 20 Patents</p>