Portal:Percussion/Did you know

...that Avedis Zildjian, the namesake of Avedis Zildjian Company, created cymbals as early as 1623?
...that a young male player of the agung, a set of two gongs, would be allowed to interact with young, unmarried women while others of his age would not?
...that Elliot Carter wrote Eight Pieces for Four Timpani as a study in metric modulation?
...that the first instrument to be titled a vibraphone entered the market in 1921?

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