Bones and spoons are used with a variety of techniques as percussion instruments. In the hands of a practiced individual they are a visual as well as audible entertainment form. These are not hard to play but take some practice to gain control.

Bones were probably originally picked up from the scrap heap or fire by primitive peoples all over and struck together as a percussion instrument to a chant, song or dance. Spoons in later cultures were used the same way.

Today, bones, in a rib shape, are most notably seen in the Irish style, one pair in a hand, "rattling" them with rapid wrist motions. Leave it to the Irish to figure out a way to make a simple primitive instrument complicated. Fortunately it takes only a little time to master it. We furnish a simple instruction book with each pair.

While we do carry imported bone bones, we make our specialty bones in a variety of wood. Some are simply functional and some are beautiful for the wood color and grain. Generally the softer woods, pine and mahogany, are more muted while the harder woods and especially the tropical woods, due to their high oil content and density, are louder and sharper. Any can be "tuned" in the hand for muted to sharper tone.

Description	Price	Order
Bones Fir	$14.95
Bones Mahogany	$14.95
Bones Ash	$14.95
Bones Oak	$14.95
Bones Cherry	$14.95
Bones Maple	$16.95
Bones Walnut	$16.95
Bones Curly Maple	$16.95
Bones Birdseye Maple	$16.95
Bones Zebrawood	$18.95
Bones Bubinga	$20.95
Bones Purpleheart	$20.95
Bones Bocate	$20.95
Bones Cocobolo	$23.95
Bones Tulipwood	$23.95
Bones Verawood	$23.95
Bones Ebony	$32.95
Bones Ox Shin Bone	$39.95

Spoons Wooden musical spoons are played as a pair in one hand, keeping them separated and the spoon parts rapidly strike together by hitting various parts of the body. This can also be very intertaining to watch.

 

Discription	Price	Order
Pine Spoons	$8.95
"Cheater" spoons (handles attached)	$29.95