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Love to Hear Percussion

The Smithsonian celebrates both common and unusual percussion instruments along with the musicians who keep the beat.

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  • Bomba Drum
  • Ritual Drum
  • Drummer
  • Bell
  • Conga Drum Played by Paul Hawkins
  • drum
  • Lionel Hampton
  • Drum
  • Drum
  • Drum
  • Drum
  • Hand Drum (Thone Or T'One)
  • Drum
  • Tambourine used on stage at Wembley Stadium during Prince's Nude Tour
  • Bass Drum
  • Haitian Drum
  • Snare Drum
  • Dance Drum
  • Long Drum
  • Rattle-Clapper
  • Tambourine Drum
  • Pair of Small Cymbals with Carrying Case
  • Lionel Hampton, 1991
  • Crash Cymbal (18")
  • Decorated Drum
  • Figurative Sculpture: Drummer
  • Long Drums Pair
  • Shaman's drum
  • Presentation Drum
  • Drum (Iyalu Dundun) And Beater
  • Hawaiian Drummer
  • Mola : Drummer And Horseback Rider
  • Wrought Iron Gong
  • Ceremonial Or Theatrical Gong
  • Gong & Stick (Ching)
  • Walt Dickerson, 1989
  • Drummers
  • Cadet Drummer
  • Two Drummers
  • Them Drummers and Sangers
  • Xylophone And 2 Wooden Mallets
  • First Drummers
  • Maracas
  • Figure of a drummer
  • Drummer figure
  • Popsy Dixon, 1996
  • Lionel Hampton
  • Pair of Large Cymbals with Carrying Case
  • The Drummer Stopped the Drum Beat
  • Rainstick

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