Rhythm Tech is a manufacturer of

percussion instruments A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

, particularly known for the production of a crescent-shaped

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

which is now featured in the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...

and which has since spawned many imitators. The Rhythm Tech tambourine, designed by Richard Taninbaum in 1978, was the company's original productOK - Here's how it all started
retrieved 23/01/2011 and is still in their catalogue.

External links

at the company website.
Richard Taninbaum Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (2010)

References

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