Raganella
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The raganella (Italian: "tree frog") is a percussion instrument common in the folk music of Calabria in southern Italy. Technically, the raganella is a "cog rattle," producing a sound that is enough of a "croak" to have derived the folk name of the instrument from the Italian name of the common tree-frog. The raganella is about the size of a breadbox and consists of a wooden frame into which are fastened four or five stiff but flexible wooden tines fastened to one side of the frame; the other ends of the tines are struck in rapid succession by a cog wheel that is turned by a crank handle mounted on the side of the frame. Ottorino Respighi asks for one in the first movement of his orchestral work Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome).
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