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Bell plate
Percussion instrument
Classification idiophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification111.222
(Sets of percussion plaques)
DevelopedAsia
Playing range
varies
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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