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SAMPOTAN - Asian mouth-organ or harmonica - Borneo: FTX-781 #73

SAMSHIN - Simple stringed instrument --Japan: 2 females: FTX-781 #22

SANTUR - see CIMBALOM

SARANGI - South Asian - FIDDLE

SAXOPHONE - Bob SMITH'S IDEAL BAND TOPIC 12-T-319 1977 B3 --- Josif MILU (Romanian "torogoata" with orch) ELECTRECORD EPD 78/ DAT-90-631 #19 & EPD 86/ DAT-90-632 #10 "conga" rhythym

SAZ -- OCORA OCR-65 Anatolian Sacred Chants

SCRAPERS - Mexico: Yaqui perform Deer Dance with notched scraper, sticks & water drum: FTX-785 #79 - Jamaica: drums & scraper: FOLKWAYS P-453

SHAKUHACHI - Japanese end-blown flute - Competition Song celebrating Spring by a fisherman accomp by shakuhachi rec by Genjiro Masu for Japanese Music Institute, Tokyo: COLUMBIA World Library/ ROUNDER CD 1700 1997 "Esashi Oiwake"

SHAWM - Korea heterophony with flute: FTX-781 #66 & Tibetan lama orchestra with long trumpets, hand-bell, cymbals & drums: #81

SITAR - (plucked lute with drones and movable frets has similarities to the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer) -- singer of West Bengal love song accomp by israj (bowed lute) and sitar rec by All India Radio c.1951: FOLKWAYS FE 4422/ FTX-789 #04 - COLUMBIA SL 215 ed by Alain Danielou/ ROUNDER 82161-1755-2

STAMPERS -- Bamboo tubes - Holland: OCORA OCR-78 A6 4 tubes & song

STAMPING - see also English MORRIS & SWORD, Scottish Linked Sword (Papa Stour) -- Africa, Nilotes Luo cattle-herders with leg bells: FTX-781 #26 - Devil Dance by Male Group of Apache Indians with drum and leg-bells: FTX-782 #06 - Gumboot Dance: FTX-812

STICKS - i e struck sticks - see also FIDDLE with beating - SCRAPERS & STAMPERS - Australia, N.Arnhemland, Ritual songs with stick accomp: FTX-781 #24 & #79 - Trinidad "Bongo Dancing" with bamboo strips & mouth-music: FTX-782 #74 - Cyprus SMITH & others with accomp on "croix-crois sticks" rec by Alan Lomax, Diego Martin, Trinidad 25/4/62: ROUNDER 1700 1997

STREET PIANO (Barrel Organ) - Canon Wintle's Street Piano: FTX-300

SYNTHESISERS -- Bob STEWART with psaltery ARGO ZDA-207 1975 - Accomp to songs by Donal LUNNEY GREENHAYS GR-705 - Bob DOWNES (flute) OPENIAN

TABLA -- Bernard BROERE Windows on the World PHILIPS 10388

TAMBOURINE- (see also BODHRAN) -- Spain, Estramadura: single pandero (square shape) accompanying shepherd girls: FTX-782 #31 - Spanish Basque solo girl with alboca (double oboe sounding like a bagpipe): FTX-782 #44

TAMBURA - plucked string - type of Lute -- accomp Madras-Tamil religious song: FTX-781 #60

TAP BOX - Jimmy Hogan Band: FTX-371

THREE-HOLE PIPE - see PIPE AND TABOR

TRIANGLE: -- Horn Dance (Staffordsh): FTX-110/ Video #009 - Colombia: FTX-938 - - Roger WATSON with MUCKRAM WAKES: LEADER LER-2093 1976

TRUMPET --Ron PURVER (Swing Jazz): FTX-251 - National Sound Archive rec from 1930's of string orch with trumpet: Radio 2 Xmas Prog 30/12/87 CASS-0423-4- Europe-- Basque Country: FTX-607 - Spain, Valencis witrh clarinet & trombone: FTX-783 #49 - Poland: 2 trumpet calls & shepherds tune on "trqbita" long wooden trumpet: MUZA 1976 - Africa - Central Africa: with horns: OCORA OCR-43 - Togo Kabiye War Dance: OCORA OCR-76 B6 - Jean Jenkins talking on Radio 3 in 1974: (RPL LP 26591) Welcome Bariba (Nigeria) with talking drums, flute, chanting - USA: New York Jazz veterans: FTX-783 #55 - Elsewhere - Tibet: two long trumpets, 2hort horns, hand-drum, fame-drum & cymbals: FTX-783 #54 - Colombia: FTX-938 - Islam: TANGENT TGS 134

TUBA: FAIRLANDS Family Band (cass) - Colin ROSS: TOPIC 12-TS-219 1972 "Canny Newcassel"

 
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