"Clappers" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Here the little ones stood, and counted, and beat double time, under the direction of a leader, to a slow, melodious air played on the piano. Then they marched, keeping step, and still counting the time. After this they took tambourines, triangles, drums, and clappers, and made a noise, ...
— In and Around Berlin • Minerva Brace Norton
... in solid brass. Both ends of the larger drums were played on with the palms of the hand; hundreds of little brass bells were suspended round the edges for ornament rather than use; for being without clappers, they could not produce any sound. The common native drum is beaten on one of its ends only, and with a stick shaped ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish |
