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Bell plate

Bell plate
A set of suspended bell plates.
Percussion instrument
Classification Idiophone
Metallophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification111.222
(Sets of percussion plaques)
DevelopedAsia
Playing range
Varies
Related instruments
Bell
Builders
Matt Nolan Custom, UFIP, Paiste, Zildjian, Maurice Davies, L.A. Percussion Rentals

A bell plate is a percussion instrument consisting of a flat and fairly thick sheet of metal, producing a sound similar to a bell. They are most often used in orchestral and theater music.[1][2]

  1. ^ Blades, James, Percussion Instruments and their History, (Westport, CT: Bold Strummer, 1992), 393, 401.
  2. ^ Baines, Anthony, The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), 34-35.

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