CYMBALS

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) Bra musical instruments of percu ion, played in pairs by striking one against the other. They are circular, about six or eight inches diameter, attached to leather mountings, by which they are held. Cymbals are musical instruments of great antiquity, though there is considerable doubt as to who was the inventor. They were employed by the Greeks in the festivals of Cybele and Bacchus, and indeed by nearly all the nations of antiquity. The cymbals and the crotola (which see) were used together. [s. 324]