Make some beautiful noise! Treshchotka is a Russian folk music idiophone instrument which is used to imitate hand clapping.

This big folk music instrument consists of several oak “plates” on a rope and sounds like stepping on dry branches in a forest. In folk bands, treshchotkas are used for singing funny songs.

Technical characteristics:

• 32 wooden plates
• 4 bells
• 100% natural birch- or oakwood
• plate size 100x40x5 mm (3.9x1.6x0.2")
• Hand decorated in a folk style