PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND NOISEMAKING DEVICE

摘要

A noisemaking devices (Figs. 1 and 2) arc described which may be a blade member (10) having a handle (20) joining portion at its base a flexible plate member (30) operable for making sound (e.g., low-pitched, clicking sounds and alternative, louder, high-pitched clicking sounds) the flexible plate member having an indention that is operable for producing a sound when the flexible plate member i flexed about the indention. A handle (20), an upper portion of which is joined to the flexible plate member (30) and be pivotably joined to the blade (10) such that the blade pivots when the handle is translated perpendicular to the plane of the blade and the blade and the flexible plate member being oriented such that when the blade pivots, the blade causes the flexible plate member to flex and thereby make the sound (Figs. 3 and 4).