One approach is to view the images as mirrors, both of Shaker doctrine and of other kinds of Shaker art. Many instruments were talented textile-makers, and some of their drawings could almost be ...

Debuted at Winter NAMM 2012, the Z-Stik is a multi-use percussive instrument that its creator says "combines the most intriguing elements of a rhythm stick, a shaker, a fingertip drum, and a rain ...