The Idiot's Guide to Idiophones (Pt. 1): Celestes
We continue to look in the corners of the band room for the peripheral instruments used in pop, rock and folk, and this time it's the first in a series of shows featuring (struck) idiophones. Today we're awarding "best of show" to the celeste (or celesta), with xylophones, marimbas, vibraphones and glockenspiels to come. (Cowbells are a distinct possibility, but triangles are out.)